I'm sure there are those anti-vegetablarians who'd consider cabbage a weed but I think we'd all agree that combining fire, smoke and bacon will make anything taste better. I actually made this one awhile ago (when I made the smoked avocado bombs) and just realized I'd never told you about it. Smoked cabbage is a great side dish when you want to pretend you're making a healthy side dish when you're either grilling or smoking something else.
Ingredients:
- 1 head of cabbage
- 1 lb of bacon
- 1 medium sized onion
Using a sharp knife, I carved an inverted "pyramid" in the base of the cabbage by cutting around the cabbage heart. If you're really interested in eating something healthy, you can munch on the cabbage core that you've just cut out!
Both the bacon and onion were cut up into small pieces and the bacon cooked until it was just beginning to be crisp. The bacon was removed and the onion was cooked in the bacon grease until softened. The bacon and onions were mixed together and then stuffed into the cabbage which was then wrapped in foil.
I didn't completely wrap the cabbage this time so that it would get as much of the smokiness as possible but...next time I think I'll wrap the whole thing with a layer of foil. I popped the stuffed cabbage into the smoker and smoked it at about 250 degrees for three hours. Pro-tip -- be sure to place the cabbage in the smoker with the bacon side up!
This was a thing of beauty when it came out. It may look a bit charred on the top in the photo below but it wasn't burnt, just verrrry smoked. Don't be deceived by looks, when that puppy was cracked open it was truly a thing of beauty. It was a great way to have a nice vegetable side dish ready when whatever else was being smoked was ready to come out of the smoker.
I didn't hear any complaints about this dish and everyone certainly finished their vegetables!
Bon appetit!
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