• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • meet the team
  • blogger resources
  • Contact Me
My Account
Member Dashboard
40 Aprons Premium (Ad Free!)

40 Aprons

Delicious, Healthy-ish Meals for the Whole Family

  • All Recipes
  • Most Popular
    • Cheryl’s Favorite Recipes
    • 30-Minute Recipes
    • Creamy Soups
    • Copycat Recipes
    • Casseroles
    • One-Dish Wonders
  • Method
    • Air Fryer
    • Baking
    • Crockpot
    • Grilling
    • Instant Pot
    • Sous Vide
  • Course
    • Appetizers
    • Cooking Basics
    • Breakfast
    • Condiments
    • Dips & Salsas
    • Dessert
    • Main Course
    • Meal Prep
    • Salads
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups
  • Cuisine
    • American
    • Asian
    • Indian
    • Italian
    • Mediterranean
    • Mexican & Latin
    • Southern
Home Blog Dietary Concern Dairy Free

How to Boil Cabbage (Easy, Buttery Boiled Cabbage Recipe)

Cheryl Malik
Cheryl Malik Posted: 10/30/20 Updated: 01/02/23
4 Comments
Jump to Recipe
DF Dairy Free GF Gluten Free P Paleo V Vegan VG Vegetarian 30 Whole30

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

This boiled cabbage turns a humble side into something you’ll crave! Buttery and savory, this side dish is easy, quick, and super cheap to make. Delicious with corned beef, kielbasa, roast chicken, or really any comforting main course, and easy to make paleo or vegan, too.

Boiled cabbage in a white bowl

What Makes This Recipe So Good

  • This easy and quick recipe is the perfect way to make tender, buttery, absolutely delicious cabbage. It’s perfect for adding to other dishes or eating as a side.
  • Made in under 20 minutes with only 5 easy ingredients, this boiled cabbage is perfect for weeknights or when you need to add bulk to your meal without more expensive options.

How To Make It

The full recipe & ingredients list are below, but here you’ll find a quick overview for making this recipe perfectly, along with useful tips and info!

Remove the outer leaves from the cabbage and cut into wedges. Add to a large pot and add chicken stock, salt, and pepper.

Cover and simmer, then remove the lid and flip over the cabbage. Add the butter and replace the lid. Cook until the stem is easily pierced with a fork.

Instructions for boiled cabbage

Chef’s Tips

  • To make this boiled cabbage paleo or Whole30, use ghee instead of butter.
  • For a vegan version, use vegan butter and vegetable stock.
Boiled cabbage in a white bowl

More Veggie Recipes

  • Air Fryer Mushrooms
  • Crockpot Cabbage
  • Creamed Onions
  • Candied Carrots

Hey – you’ve made it this far, so now we’re basically best friends! If you make this recipe, I’d love for you to give it a quick review & star rating ★ below. Make sure you follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, and Facebook, too!

Boiled cabbage in a white bowl

Boiled Cabbage

Prep:15 minutes minutes
Cook:15 minutes minutes
Total:30 minutes minutes
This boiled cabbage turns a humble side into something you'll crave! Buttery and savory, this side dish is easy, quick, and super cheap to make. Delicious with corned beef, kielbasa, roast chicken, or really any comforting main course, and easy to make paleo or vegan, too.
Print Save Saved! Click Here to Remove Ads
6

Ingredients

  • 1 medium head cabbage
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 32 ounces chicken stock 1 quart
  • black pepper to taste
  • 4 tablespoons butter cut into 4 pieces

Instructions 

  • Remove outer leaves. Cut cabbage into 6 wedges, leaving root intact.
  • Place cabbage in large pot over high heat and add chicken stock, salt, and lots of pepper. Cover and simmer 6 minutes, then remove lid and flip cabbage.
  • Add butter. Replace lid and cook 6 minutes or until stem is easily pierced with fork.

Notes

  • Make it Paleo or Whole30: Substitute butter with ghee, 1:1
  • Make it Vegan: Use vegan butter and vegetable stock instead of butter and chicken stock, 1:1
 
Recipe yields approximately 6 servings. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 6. Result will be the weight of one serving.

Nutrition Information

Serving Size: 1serving, Calories: 159kcal, Protein: 6g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 25mg, Sodium: 698mg, Potassium: 418mg, Total Carbs: 14g, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 7g, Net Carbs: 10g, Vitamin A: 386IU, Vitamin C: 56mg, Calcium: 68mg, Iron: 1mg

Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

 

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

 

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

© Author: Cheryl Malik

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @40aprons on social and be sure to leave a review on the blog post!

Rate Recipe Tag Me on Instagram
Cheryl Malik

Meet Cheryl Malik

Cheryl Malik is the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind the healthy, flavorful, family friendly recipes at 40 Aprons. She's been a blogger for 10+ years and is known for her delicious recipes and detailed recipe instructions. Cheryl is a mom of three who lives in Memphis, TN.

Read more...

You may also like...

  • Instant Pot cabbage in a white bowl with a neutral napkin in the background
    Buttery Instant Pot Cabbage
  • sauteed cabbage in a bowl with serving spoons on the side
    Simple Sauteed Cabbage
  • Graphic for can you freeze cabbage article
    Can You Freeze Cabbage?

Reader Interactions

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Have a question? Submit your question or comment below.

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  1. daisy says

    Posted on 3/13/23 at 10:48 am

    I like the recipie

    Reply
    • Jessica | 40 Aprons Team says

      Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:27 pm

      So glad you like it, Daisy. 😊

      Reply
  2. tom hanks says

    Posted on 3/5/23 at 8:41 am

    EXCELLENT!

    Reply
    • Jessica | 40 Aprons Team says

      Posted on 3/6/23 at 1:47 pm

      Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

      Reply

Primary Sidebar

What’s Popular?

A casserole dish, angled on a table, filled with banana stuffed french toast casserole topped with strawberries.

Tonga Toast French Toast Casserole

Overhead view of a cast-iron skillet filled with cream cheese sausage dip surrounded by tortilla chip scoops.

3-Ingredient Sausage Dip (Stovetop or Crockpot)

Top-down view of a large bowl, lined with parchment paper, holding several orange-sauced buffalo chicken wings.

Boneless Chicken Wings

Overhead view of one bowl and one partial bowl of cajun chicken pasta soup on a wooden table.

Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta Soup

In Season

Zoomed out photo of two mimosas glasses holding apple cider mimosas rimmed with brown sugar cinnamon sitting in front of a bowl of apples.

Apple Cider Mimosas

Two slices of Whole30 meatloaf plated with green beans and mashed potatoes on a grey-blue plate with silverware on a table.

Whole30 Meatloaf

Close-up, angled view of soft and fluffy air fryer pizza on a white plate.

Air Fryer Pizza

close up image of king ranch casserole being lifted out of the baking dish

Cheesy King Ranch Casserole

As seen on:

More Goodies + NO Ads!

Become a 40 Aprons Premium Member!

All the 40 Aprons content you love - now even better.

  • Member-Exclusive Recipes
  • Meal Plans & Grocery Lists
  • eBooks
  • NO ADS!
Join now

Privacy Policy

Accessibility

Disclaimers

Contact

© 2023 40 Aprons
Site Credits Designed by Melissa Rose Design Developed by Once Coupled
Back to Top
700 shares