Instructions

1. Remove the outer layers of the cabbage. Cut the head in half and cut out the core at the bottom ends of the cabbage halves. Chop the cabbage into thin slices or small square pieces, depending on your personal preference.

2. Heat butter, oil or an alternative cooking fat in a skillet over medium to medium-high heat. You need about 2 to 4 tablespoons of cooking fat, depending on the size of the skillet. If desired, you can cook bacon or pancetta and reserve some of the fat for browning the cabbage. A popular Southern fried cabbage dish mixes the crumbled bacon in the fried cabbage.

3. Add the cabbage to the heated skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until the cabbage becomes translucent and the edges turn brown. It takes about five to 10 minutes to make just the edges brown, but you can continue cooking the cabbage if you want a richer brown color across the cabbage pieces.