Grandpa’s Simple Cabbage Salad (with just 4 main Ingredients) – easily prepared at home in 20 minutes time. Bold flavors and simplicity of farm life meet to make one of the best cabbage salads possible.
Today’s recipe is one dear to my heart. A recipe that my husband now helps prepare (massaging the cabbage anyone?) regularly at our home. We learned how to make it from Grandpa a few years back when he was visiting around October – when local farmers usually take their cabbage produce to market.
This easy cabbage salad offers bold flavors with yet simple ingredients which makes it even more apologetically delicious. If you are a fan of cabbage, check out some of my other cabbage recipes, such as these lovely traditional Sour Cabbage Rolls (Sarma) or another favorite in the house: Best Braised Red Cabbage (sweet & sour).
FUN FACTS: cabbage is a traditional vegetable in Europe, where it has been a staple food for centuries. Its adaptability and nutritional value made it a common ingredient, particularly in regions with colder climates, where it thrived. Across Europe, cabbage is valued for its affordability, nutritional benefits, and ability to be preserved through fermentation, which also gave it cultural significance as a winter survival food.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- White cabbage (Dutch cabbage), diced
- Carrot, shredded
- Red bell pepper
- Celery leaves, minced
- Seasoning: sea salt, to taste; vegetable oil, to taste; red wine vinegar, or to taste;
How to cook Grandpa’s cabbage salad?
1st: Dice cabbage in stripes, then massage cabbage rubbing in the sea salt. Cabbage should be well pressed.
2nd: Dice all other ingredients, add to cabbage. Season generously to taste with oil and red wine vinegar. Serve.
More Cabbage recipes to try:
Grandpa’s Simple Cabbage Salad (4 Ingredients)
Ingredients
- 1/2 small white cabbage (Dutch cabbage), diced
- 1 medium carrot, shredded
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup celery leaves, minced
- sea salt, to taste
- 1-3 tbsp. vegetable oil, to taste
- 1-2 tbsp. red wine vinegar, or to taste
Instructions
- Clean the top leaves from the cabbage and wash the rest under cold water.
- Cut the cabbage in small thin stipes, sprinkle with sea salt and massage (toss and press) the cabbage until salt incorporates well.
- Next, shred the carrots and cut the pepper in thin stipes. Mince the celery leaves. Combine all and season with vegetable oil and red wine vinegar to taste. Serve.
Notes
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