Bratwurst and Buttered Cabbage Recipe (2024)

There's not much more comforting than buttered cabbage studded with juicy bratwurst. The flavor combination is exceptional. Not only does this recipe taste outstanding it is extremely easy to recreate at home. Let's take a look at how to make it.

This Brat & Buttered Cabbagerecipe is: Gluten Free, Paleo, Primal and Wheat Belly Friendly.

Today has just been the kind of Autumn day where comfort food is necessary. It started with a chilly early morning drizzle and got cloudy from there. My mind drifted off to someplace less dreary. That place is food.

It's really incredible just how much my comfort foods have changed since going gluten free and then paleo. If you asked me three years ago what my laundry list of comfort foods were, they would all have included flour. Every single one of them. Pasta of just about any form, cookies, New England Clam Chowder and nothing really beats sausage gravy and buttermilk biscuits. Now, when I look back, it's not surprising that my blog was called The Chubby Cook.

Since going gluten free, I've decided that I'm not going to try to replicate any of these former delights in some bastardized form. Quinoa, corn, black bean or any other form of pasta that wasn't the real thing just didn't taste like the real thing. I tried them all. What it made me do was miss the real thing even more, because itwas so close but just not there. To make a long story short, my new mission when going gluten free initially was to find some foods that really hit me in the "I love it, but don't want it every day" category that comfort food always falls into.

Welcome to the bratwurst and buttered cabbage comfort section of this post. Oh... It's so good. Let's start with the bratwurst. What's not to love about sausage? And as far as sausages go, this dude is one of the kings. The bratwurst is packed with flavor and tastes great both on the grill as well as in the pan. And when you match it up with braised, slightly sweet and yet succulent buttered cabbage it is just a match made in heaven. Although I just finished eating this awesome dish, after writing this paragraph I want some more. It's just that good!

HOW DO YOU MAKEBUTTERED CABBAGE?

Making buttered cabbage is simple. Here are the basic steps:

1. Dice or slice the cabbage.
2. Add it to a pan over medium-highheat with a little water to soften the cabbage.
3. Add butter and salt.
4. Cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring every now and again to prevent sticking.
5. Check the seasonings and you're ready to eat.

BUTTERED CABBAGE AND SAUSAGE

To make exceptionally tasty buttered cabbage you need to add some sausage. If you cook the sausage in the same pan that you are going to cook the cabbage in, the browned bits and flavor from the sausage will be infused into the cabbage as it cooks.

You can choose from manydifferent sausagesto use for this recipe. Here are some good choices:

1. Bratwurst. Made with pepper, nutmeg and sage. The earthy flavor pairs well with cabbage.
2. Chorizo. Smoky and spicy made with paprika. Great to add topaprikashor to serve with cabbage.
3. Kielbasa. Heavily seasoned with garlic and smoke. A classic combination with buttered cabbage.
4. Italian. With or without spice, this sweet sausage is great with cabbage. Even better with caraway seeds.
5. Andouille. Only use fresh andouille sausage (soft rather than smoked or cured) with delicious overtones of pepper, onions and wine. Delightful with cabbage dishes!

PLEASE NOTE: The nutritional data is provided by NutriFox and may not be 100% accurate.

LOOKING FOR OTHER COMFORTING GLUTEN FREE RECIPES?

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Easy Chicken Fried Rice
Old World Sausage and Sauerkraut
Bacon Carbonara Recipe

Final Thoughts on the Brats & Buttered Cabbage Recipe:

There are some paleo people out there probably thinking to themselves that butter really isn't part of the plan. Ok. So here's the solution: substitute in bacon fat, duck fat or lard. Or use clarified butter or ghee. If using bacon fat, cut back the salt in the recipe. For the other types of fat, keep the salt levels about the same.

This dish may not become your next comfort food, but hopefully it will make its way into your paleo, primal, wheat belly or simply gluten free rotation. In any event, enjoy!

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