Ingredients:
1 medium/large head of cabbage (it can be large-ISH depending on the size of your crock pot)
1 large sweet onion
6 small sweet peppers
1 package of smoked sausage or kielbasa (with the casing ON- it's important... I used turkey smoked sausage)
1 package of sweet italian sausage ( casing doesn't matter because you're going to cut it off anyway! I used Premio)
*you can also add red potatoes, but I am trying to cut back on those delicious things*
1/2 cup of water
olive oil
Seasonings to taste:
cumin
crushed garlic
sea salt or rock salt
fresh ground pepper
caraway (optional)
coriander (optional)
turmeric (optional)
Equipment:
2 knives
2 cutting boards
1 saute pan
1 crockpot
What to do:
- Remove the outer layers of the cabbage, then cut the cabbage into 2 1/2 inch wide pieces. Add half to the crock pot set other half aside. If using potatoes cube & add them now.
- Slice the peppers into medium width strips and place in the crock pot.
- Cut onions into 2 inch pieces and set aside.
- put a SPLASH of oil in the sautee pan and turn the stove on medium heat. Cut the Italian sausage out of the casing and crumble into the pan.
- While that browns, cut the smoked sausage or kielbasa into 1 inch pieces and set aside.
- Stir the italian sausage making sure it is cooked through. Add JUST the meat to the crock pot leaving the grease in the pan.
- Add the onions and smoked sausage to the pan along with the crushed garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, caraway, coriander & turmeric (it adds a little UMPF & gives the onions a yellow hue).
- Once the sausage is seared and the onions are just a little limp and add to the crock pot.
- Add the rest of the cabbage and just a dash or 3 of the seasonings you added to the onions. Pour in the half cup of water.
- Set the crock pot on high for 2 hours or low for 4. In an hour, try to stir everything up to make sure the cabbage on top is not CROUNCHY! (yes CROUNCHY!)
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