SEARED NAPA CABBAGE WITH SAUSAGE AND A MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE
This was a really tasty twist on an old standard. I was browsing epicurious.com when I came across the recipe, but, I switched it up a little bit from their version. What can I say - theirs didn't include onions. Cabbage and onions go hand-in-hand to me.
INGREDIENTS:
1 Napa Cabbage
Sausages - I selected some gluten free chicken sausages for us
1/2 Red Onion
Coconut Oil
For the Vinaigrette:
3 TBS. Olive oil
1 TBS. Dijon mustard
1 TBS. White Wine Vinegar
1 TBS. Water
Salt and Pepper
For the Mashed Potatoes:
Red Bliss Potatoes - cut into uniform size pieces
Salt
White Pepper
Butter
Milk - I used Almond Milk
DIRECTIONS:
I started off by getting my potatoes going in some salted boiling water. Cook them until they are fork tender. Drain. Add in butter, salt, white pepper, then using a mash using whatever tool you like, mixer, masher, etc. Add in milk to get to the desired consistency. Keep warm.
Once I got the potatoes going, I started on my cabbage. I used a small head of Napa Cabbage. Tear off the outer leaves. I cut it in half, then quartered it, then cut each quarter in half so I wound up with 8 wedges. I left the stem intact.
In a very large saute pan, heated on med-high, using coconut oil, place each 1/8 wedge of cabbage in to sear. You will only turn this once, and it should get brown on each side. After my cabbage had been cooking for a few minutes, I added in my cut up red onion. I also cut this up similar to the cabbage in wedges. I also added in my cut sausages.
When the cabbage was nice and seared on one side, I turned it as well as stirred the sausages and onions.
While the potatoes were boiling and the cabbage was cooking, I whipped up the vinaigrette. Very simple to just put the ingredients in a bowl and blend to combine.
Plate presentation has never been my thing! ♥ My food tastes great, but it doesn't always look beautiful. Not likely you'll ever see a cake on my website. But once you put the cabbage and sausages on your plate, drizzle a little of the mustard vinaigrette over and enjoy.
