This fried cabbage with bacon recipe cooks chopped cabbage in bacon drippings until tender and sweet. Crumble cooked bacon over cabbage and season with lots of black pepper for a hearty and delicious side.
Ingredients
- bacon: 1 pack (12 ounce pack)
- bacon drippings: 0.25 cup
- head cabbage, cored and: 1 piece (chopped)
- ground black pepper: (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Cook bacon in a deep skillet over medium heat until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Reserve 1/4 cup drippings in skillet.
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Add cabbage to hot bacon drippings; cook and stir over medium heat until cabbage wilts, 5 to 7 minutes.
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Crumble bacon over cabbage. Stir and simmer until bacon is warmed, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with black pepper.
