If you want to get several times more beta-carotene, while enjoying the original taste and the maximum number of useful properties of cabbage, then you can quite reasonably replace white cabbage with blue cabbage (red cabbage) in any of your favorite salads.

The high content of effective antioxidants anthocyanins give this vegetable a bright red-violet color. Anthocyanins help strengthen blood vessels, increase their elasticity, prevent the development of heart and vascular diseases, normalize collagen levels in tissues. In addition to all this, blue cabbage helps block the effects of radiation and is a prevention of leukemia.

Even the simplest blue cabbage salad is a storehouse of taste and good! The beneficial substances found in red cabbage stabilize blood pressure. The effect of alcohol in combination with a salad of such cabbage will also be partially neutralized. And the blue cabbage will relieve you from the unpleasant consequences of holiday libations even more effectively than the traditional pickled white pickle pickle.

All these important qualities help to make red cabbage one of the main ingredients of tasty and healthy salads. Some of them are suitable for the daily menu, while others will surprise you with their unique taste during the holiday.

The fact that red cabbage can be too stiff or spicy is an excuse for those who are too lazy to learn the secrets of cooking. Properly cooked cabbage will delight with its taste, which will help other ingredients of the salad to open. Red cabbage is the basis for many salads that will delight all family members, regardless of age and taste preferences.

This section contains the most delicious blue cabbage salads with photos that will make the cooking process even easier. Some of the recipes have long been known to all, and some will be a revelation for you. In any case, the combination of the unique taste, original look and the endless benefits of this product should help it occupy a strong position in your kitchen.

How to make a blue cabbage salad - 18 varieties

To prepare this salad you will need:

• Red cabbage - 1 head
• Salt, sugar, bite to taste
• Provencal oil - to taste

We start to cook:

Cabbage is finely chopped, scalded with boiling water and dried in a sieve after 15-20 minutes. Next, the cabbage is transferred to the salad bowl, salted, sugar is added to it and everything is seasoned to taste with vinegar and Provence oil. The salad is thoroughly mixed. Serve such a salad is better cold.

You can also watch the cooking process in the video:

To maintain the body in good shape, nutritionists recommend using seasonal vegetables as often as possible. For late autumn, the favorite salad will be ideal.

To prepare it, you should take:

• Red cabbage (half the average head or 1 small) - 750 g
• Red onion (salad) - 1-2 pcs.
• Tomato - 1 - 2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise (you can make your own) - 250 ml
• Greens (parsley, dill, chives) - to taste
• Salt (to taste)

How to cook a salad:

The first step is to chop the cabbage. Then cut the onion into cubes. To remove the bitterness of onions will help a little apple (wine) vinegar.

After also diced, but slightly larger tomato is cut. Add greens, salt, mayonnaise to taste. Mix everything well and let the salad stand for about 15 minutes.

Favorite salad is ready!

This salad is a real storehouse of vitamins. Vitamins A, B, E, beta-carotenes, a large amount of folic and ascorbic acid - all this in one plate!

What will be needed for the salad:

• blue cabbage - 300 g
• walnuts - 1 cup
• 1 small onion
• pomegranate juice - 2 tablespoons
• sour cream or mayonnaise
• salt to taste.

We start cooking:

Finely chopped onion. You can make it softer if you add a little salt and set aside for a while, allowing it to brew.

Red cabbage is also finely chopped, and walnuts are crushed by hand or in a mortar into small pieces.

All ingredients are combined, poured with pomegranate juice, seasoned with sour cream or mayonnaise. If desired, you can add pomegranate berries.

The salad is ready, enjoy your meal!

Something is not clear? See in more detail how to cook this salad:

Very tasty salad, perfect for a holiday or an ordinary dinner. And if you need to create a romantic atmosphere, such a salad, filled with natural aphrodisiacs, will perfectly complement your evening.

To prepare it you will need:

• 1 cup boiled rice
• 4 eggs
• 1 boiled carrot
• 1-2 boiled squid
• 200 g crab sticks
• 150 g shrimp
• 1 small head of blue cabbage
• Green onions, mayonnaise - to taste

We start to cook:

This salad is laid out in layers, and therefore we will also explain its preparation, moving from layer to layer. So, we begin:

1 layer - rice is boiled and mixed with egg yolks;

2 layer - diced carrots are added;

3 layer - followed by peeled, boiled in salt water (3-5 minutes), sliced \u200b\u200bsquid;

4 layer - add finely chopped green onions;

5 layer - crab sticks cut into cubes are stacked;

6 layer - the time of egg whites. Previously, they need to be grated and sprinkled with juice squeezed from red cabbage. If there is not enough juice in cabbage at that time, then you can add water. Proteins marinated in cabbage juice should acquire an unusual bright blue color. Cabbage itself is not included in the salad.

7 layer - shrimp.

Between each, with the exception of the last two layers, you need to make a layer of mayonnaise.

The salad needs to stand for 1-2 hours and that's it, you can serve it on the holiday table!

For this salad you will need:

• red cabbage;
• onions (preferably purple);
• turmeric;
• feta cheese or feta;
• sour cream;
• fermented baked milk;
• salt;
• sugar;
• white bread;
• vegetable oil.

We start to cook:

To prepare a salad of blue cabbage with crackers, you first need to cut a head of cabbage into thin strips. This is much faster and more efficient with a blender or vegetable cutter.

Then salt and sugar are added to the cabbage. All this is thoroughly stirred by hands, so the cabbage will become softer and let a little juice. Onion is added to the cabbage, cut into small cubes.

You can season the salad with a special sauce. For its preparation, you should knead the cheese with a fork, add fermented baked milk, sour cream, curry to it. Everything is well mixed.

While the cheese is soaked in fermented baked milk and curry juice, prepare crackers. To do this, white bread is cut into cubes and fried in a pan until golden brown.

The salad is seasoned with cheese sauce, sprinkled with aromatic crackers on top.

You can watch the cooking process in more detail on the video:

Salad "March 8" or "Beauty is a terrible force"

This salad is dedicated to all real ladies! Happy holiday, lovely girls!

Salad Products:

• Sausage (200 g cervelat + 100 g boiled - cut with a diameter of at least 12-15 cm) - 300 g
• Rice (boiled) - 2 tbsp.
• Mayonnaise (homemade) - 0.5 tbsp.
• Olives - 100 g
• Beans (asparagus) - 100 g
• Cucumber (1 pickled and 1 fresh) - 2 pcs.
• Dutch cheese - 100 g

We start to cook:

For cooking, take rice. It needs to be welded and divided into 2 parts. One half should be painted with red cabbage juice.

To prepare cabbage juice, you need to cut 1 sheet of blue cabbage, pour it with water and cook for 5 minutes. The water will turn bright blue. The resulting juice is poured into rice and infused for about 5 minutes.

Now it's time to pick up the salad. It will be multi-layered.

• Layer 1 - white rice, well-oiled dressing;
• Layer 2 - olives;
• Layer 3 - servilate cut into thin strips;
• Layer 4 - asparagus beans, boiled for about five minutes in salted water;
• Layer 5 - thinly cut into strips pickled cucumber;
• Layer 6 - blue-colored rice.

On this basis, a portrait is laid out - the contour of the face and neck from boiled sausage. Facial features can be seen in the picture of Japanese bento artist Sakurako Keats. A robe and collar can be made from cheese. Beads and a ring - suluguni cheese. You can put sponges out of cervelat; tinted mayonnaise can be used as a mask. From the sticks we lay out the earrings and, as it should be for beauty, circles of cucumbers over the eyes. With such a festive salad, any hostess will be irresistible!

Salad Products:

• red cabbage - ¼
• feta cheese - 100 g
• lemon - 1/2 pcs.
• apple - 1 pc.
• sunflower oil
• nuts
• vinegar, sugar, salt, ground pepper - to taste

We start to cook:

First, chop the cabbage. Now we take apples and chop them coarsely. We turn to walnuts, they need to be chopped, best of all - with your hands. Cheese cut into small cubes. We mix all products, add salt, sugar, ground pepper to taste. It is advisable to sprinkle the salad with vinegar or lemon juice. Season with sunflower oil and mix well again.

An elementary in cooking, but very healthy French salad is ready!

Another option for this salad, see the video:

In this light and healthy salad, you can use dressing to your taste - olive oil (for those who fast), natural yogurt or mayonnaise. In any case, it will be very tasty!

For the salad we need:

• Red Cabbage - 0.5 fork
• Apples - 1-2 pcs.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Salt, pepper - to taste
• Vinegar (wine or apple) 6% - 2 tbsp. l
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Sugar - 0.5 - 1 tsp
• Olive oil or mayonnaise for seasoning

In order to prepare an original salad, you need to chop the cabbage and mix it with a coarsely chopped apple and season with butter or mayonnaise.

A very tender and spicy salad at the same time will not leave indifferent even the most demanding gourmet. This salad is sure to take its rightful place in your cookbook and on the festive table.

Salad Products:

• Chicken fillet (boiled) - 200 g
• Squid (boiled) - 200 g
• Red cabbage - 100 g
• Beijing cabbage - 100 g
• Red grapes (for decoration) - 1 handful.
• Pine nuts - 1 handful.
• Curry powder, salt - to taste
• Mayonnaise (for dressing)

We start to cook:

Boil the chicken. Finely chopped meat or tear into fibers. Squid is cut into rings.

Red cabbage is chopped, slightly salted, kneading until soft. Peking cabbage is cut into small pieces. Everything mixes, curry sprinkles, seasoned with mayonnaise.

You can decorate the salad with grapes and pine nuts. Such a culinary decision is sure to please the whole family.

To make a salad you will need:

• red cabbage - 150 g;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• starch - 1 tsp with a slide;
• canned corn - 1 can;
• sour cream - 4 tbsp. l;
• salt to taste.

Red cabbage is very healthy. Its leaves are stiffer than white leaves. Egg pancakes help make the salad more tender. And sour cream will add juiciness. Thanks to the natural coloring pigment of cabbage, pancakes will acquire an unusual bright blue color.

We start to cook:

Beat egg whites with starch and a pinch of salt. 2-4 pancakes are fried in a pan (depends on the size of the pan). When the pancakes have cooled, they need to be cut into strips.

Everyone knows that casting red cabbage is a little tougher than white cabbage. Pancakes will make the salad taste softer.

Shredded cabbage is mixed with pancakes and corn. Everything is seasoned with sour cream.

The salad is ready to eat.

The video shows how to cook this salad:

Salad "Fairy Snow Maiden" will definitely decorate the New Year's table, adding a little piquancy and originality. And with a slight change in decor, this delicious salad can be served on other holidays.

Required Products:

• 1 salted herring
• 1 boiled potato
• 1 green apple
• 1 red onion
• 3 boiled eggs
• 200 g cheddar cheese
• mayonnaise (to taste)
• red cabbage (for coloring proteins)
• black pepper or peas, suluguni cheese (for decoration)

We start to cook:

The salad will be layered. Therefore, you immediately need to take a large flat dish, where our culinary masterpiece will be created.

• 1 layer - depending on the size of the plate, we will prepare a template for the future Snow Maiden. According to this template, a layer of boiled potatoes is laid out, cut into small pieces. Lubricate the layer with mayonnaise, thus softening the potatoes.
• 2 layer - herring is laid out and also smeared with mayonnaise. Herring, so that there is less work, you can buy immediately in the form of a finished filet, which only remains to be cut into cubes.
• 3 layer - chopped pickled onion rings.
• 4 layer - grated apple and a little mayonnaise.
• 5 layer - smoked cheese and some mayonnaise.
• 6 layer - 3 boiled yolks.

After the whole structure is densely greased with mayonnaise. The time is ripe for salad decoration and your creativity.

To prepare the coat of the Snow Maiden, you need to color the squirrels in blue. To do this, knead blue cabbage with your hands, pour it with two tablespoons of boiled water. Proteins grated on a coarse grater are mixed with this juice. They absorb blue dye. It will turn out material for a blue coat.

The edge of the fur coat can be made from cheddar cheese, which is rubbed on the finest possible grater. Suluguni cheese is perfect for the braids and hair of the Snow Maiden. For the face we take any cheese without holes (a cheddar plate is suitable). Black pepper peas will be eyes, rosemary will help to make a nose and eyebrows, ketchup or any other tomato paste - juicy sponges.

With such a salad, a holiday will come to your house much faster!

As you know, with the constant use of blue cabbage, the work of the kidneys, thyroid gland, and the process of hematopoiesis improve. This all happens due to the high content of vegetable protein in the cabbage. It is noteworthy that in cabbage there is many times more protein than in the more popular carrots or beets.

We will need for this salad:

• Red cabbage
• Jar of green peas
• Tuna can
• Fresh dill, onion, salt, black pepper, olive oil - to taste
• Some lemon juice

Cooking is very simple:

Cabbage must be chopped, it is convenient to do this with a special grater, but you can also use an ordinary knife.

If you do not want cabbage to start juice and everything turns blue, then it is better to cook it in advance and mix it with olive oil.

Now it remains to add green peas to the cabbage, canned tuna mashed with a fork and finely chopped greens.

Delicious and healthy salad is ready!

For more information on how to cook this salad, see the video:

Bright, crispy cabbage is ideally combined with corn, canned green peas, crispy carrots. A couple of drops of lemon will add sourness, and a little olive will make the salad unusually tender. This combination is able to conquer the most capricious picks!

Salad Products:

• Red cabbage (half medium fork)
• Corn - 1/2 cans.
• Green peas - 1/2 cans.
• Carrots (medium) - 1 pc.
• Lemon (juice) - 1/2 pcs.
• Olive oil - 5-6 tbsp. l
• Sesame oil - 1 tbsp. l
• Greens (dill and parsley, to taste)

We start to cook:

The cabbage is chopped so that it starts up the juice - we knead it with our hands. Peas and corn are added to the cabbage. Carrots are chopped on a coarse grater and added to the salad.

Everything is seasoned with lemon juice, olive and sesame oil. Almost ready salad is supplemented with chopped herbs.

A quick-to-cook salad will surprise you with its extraordinary taste.

Salad Products:

• Red cabbage (blue) - 200 g.
• Sweet red pepper - 1 pc.
• Carrots - 150 g.
• Parsley - 20 g.
• Sesame oil - 40 ml.
• Sesame - 20 g.
• Lemon juice - 20 ml.
• Salt 1/4 tsp
• Pepper 1/4 tsp

Preparing a salad is very simple:

The ingredients are ground to your taste. Slightly larger or smaller - it does not matter, the main thing is that the pieces are approximately equal. Chopped cabbage, peppers and carrots are mixed, seasoned with lemon juice, oil and decorated with greens.

The cooking process is shown in more detail in the video:

Red Calorie Cabbage Salad with Original Dressing

This salad will be the perfect solution for those who follow the figure. Almost all the ingredients are low in calories, which will help those who want to get in good shape lose weight. The highlight of this salad will be the eastern note of dressing.

For the salad you will need:

• Red cabbage - 1/4 forks;
• Carrots - 1 pc;
• Beets (only raw!) - 1 pc;
• Apple (Better Green) - 1 pc;
• Radish (green or radish - 5 pcs.) - 1 pc.
• Lemon - 1/2 pcs;
• Greens (To taste)

For refueling:

• Ginger - 1 slice;
• Honey - 1 tbsp. l .;
• Lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l .;
• Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
• Black pepper, salt - salt.

Cooking:

Red cabbage is cleaned of all hard parts, cut into strips, and knead a little. On a coarse grater, carrots, radishes and beets are rubbed.

The apple is peeled, cut into slices and soaked for some time (about a minute) in water with a slice of lemon. This will allow the apple to retain color and not darken.

For refueling, it is necessary to dissolve a spoonful of honey in lemon juice, add ginger grated on a fine grater, a little olive oil, pepper, salt. Everything is whipped with a whisk.

Salad and dressing are combined and decorated with finely chopped greens.

About 150 g of salad is only about 100 calories that you can easily spend on making it.

In this recipe, cabbage turns out to be sauerkraut, very tasty and fragrant. But there is an important nuance - the salad should stand for about 3 days, only after that it will become tasty and fragrant.

Salad Products:

• 1 head of red cabbage
• 2 large carrots
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 2 tbsp salt
• 1 cup table vinegar 9%
• 1 liter of water
• 5 tbsp. l vegetable oil

We start to cook:

Cabbage, carrots and garlic must be thoroughly washed, peeled, chopped. Garlic is squeezed through a press. Everything is mixed and folded tightly into a 3-liter jar.

To prepare the brine, you need to boil water in a pan, add a little vegetable oil, salt. All is brought to a boil and vinegar is added. The brine is poured into a jar of cabbage. The salad should be infused for three days.

For more information on the tricks of cooking this salad, see the video:

In the spring, the body does not just ask, it requires vitamins! Fresh vegetables have not yet grown, and you can always take red cabbage and white cabbage from last year’s stocks. A few nuts, dressing and a supervitamin salad are ready!

Products for salad:

• Red cabbage - 300 g
• White cabbage - 300 g
• Walnuts - 50 g
• Sour cream (for dressing) - 100 ml
• Garlic (for dressing) - 1 clove
• Salt, spices to taste
• Parsley for decoration.

We start to cook:

First, chop the red cabbage, sprinkle with salt and crush well with your hands. Then chopped cabbage is added, everything is mixed and sprinkled with coarsely chopped walnuts.

For dressing, take sour cream, chopped garlic, salt and spices to taste are added to it. Dressing and salad are combined, mixed and decorated with herbs, served on the table.

Kirmizi lahana salatasi is a find for lovers of Turkish cuisine and red cabbage. This salad will complement meat dishes well, and also, due to its low calorie content, it will help you lose weight a little.

Salad Products:

• 1 small head of red cabbage;
• 1 small carrot;
• juice of half a lemon
• some fresh parsley
• 3 tbsp. l olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste

We start to cook:

All vegetables are washed, dried. Carrots are peeled. Start cooking this salad with dressing. You need to put together oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Everything is poured into a container with a lid and shakes well for 3-4 minutes.

Next, prepare the salad itself. To do this, grate the carrots, add chopped cabbage leaves and finely chopped parsley to it. Everything is mixed and complemented by a thickened and very beautiful yellow dressing.

After 5-10 minutes, the salad is ready to please its unusual taste.

For a variety of diets, many housewives improve the art of cooking. Try to prepare delicious and healthy red cabbage dishes, which can be purchased in stores all year round.

Vitamin salad, which is very simple in execution and unusual in taste, will help to tone up on winter days. It turns out sweet and sour, crispy and bright.

Ingredients:

• red cabbage - 0.5 fork;
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• onion - 55 g;
• greens - 12 g;
• sea \u200b\u200bsalt - 5 g;
• sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• sugar - 12 g;
• carrot - 55 g;
• cucumber - 120 g;
• bell pepper - 55 g.

Cooking:

1. Chop cabbage and onions. Dice the cucumber. Chop the pepper. Grate the carrots. Chop greens.
2. Sprinkle with salt. Mix. Hands knead. Sprinkle with sugar.
3. Pour mayonnaise into sour cream. Mix. Pour the vegetables. Mix.

Corn Salad Recipe

Dishes from red cabbage are varied. Salads are especially tasty. With corn, the dish becomes more colorful and festive.

Ingredients:

• red cabbage - 420 g;
• salt;
• onions - 260 g onions;
• dill - 15 g;
• horseradish - 25 g;
• parsley - 15 g;
• citric acid - 2 tsp;
• corn - 220 g;
• vegetable oil - 6 tbsp. spoons.

Cooking:

1. Chop cabbage. Put in a colander. Pour boiling water. Cool. Sprinkle with salt, grind and stir.
2. Chop the onions finely.
3. Grate horseradish and mix with salt.
4. Connect products. Fill with oil. Stir.
5. Sprinkle with citric acid, chopped herbs and corn.

Salad with raisins and red cabbage

To make the cabbage softer, right after they chopped salt and mash it with your hands.

Ingredients:

• red cabbage - 0.5 fork;
• rosemary - a twig;
• carrot - 2 pcs.;
• raisins - 5 tbsp. spoons;
• olive oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• apple - 2 pcs.;
• juice from lemon;
• celery root - 2 pcs.;
• radish - 3 pcs.;
• sunflower seeds - 3 tbsp. spoons of sunflower.

Cooking:

1. Grate carrots, use a coarse grater.
2. Finely chop the apples.
3. Chop the cabbage.
4. Celery and radish will be needed in circles.
5. Mix prepared foods. Sprinkle seeds. Add raisins. Pour juice and oil. Mix. Garnish with rosemary.

Vegetable hodgepodge for the winter

This variation produces instant pickled cabbage that retains freshness until spring.

Ingredients:

• red cabbage - 1700 g;
• olive oil - 55 ml;
• sweet red pepper - 650 g;
• sugar - 35 g;
• onions - 370 g;
• wine vinegar - 30 ml;
• tomatoes - 320 g;
• salt - 10 g;
• hot pepper - 110 g;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• parsley - 85 g.

Cooking:

1. Finely chop the head of cabbage. Chop the flesh of pepper. Crescent onion.
2. Pour boiling water over tomatoes. Remove the peel. Slice. Grind bitter pepper and herbs.
3. Prepare a pot with thick walls. Heat up. Pour in olive oil. Warm up. Place onion. Five minutes to darken.
4. Throw cabbage. Followed by sweet and bitter peppers. Add tomatoes and parsley. To salt. Pour sugar.
5. Skip the garlic through the garlic and send to the cabbage.
6. Cover with a lid. Put out.
7. Then pour vinegar. Pot eight minutes.
8. Hot, place in pre-sterilized jars.

Pork stew

The dish is hearty, tasty. We bring to your attention the Danish version of the preparation.

Ingredients:

• pork - 2100 g of scapula;
• pickles - 3 pcs.;
• salt - 2 tsp;
• red cabbage - 1100 g;
• water - 1100 ml;
• potatoes - 1100 g;
• vegetable oil - 45 ml;
• sugar - 4 tsp.

Cooking:

1. Set the oven to warm up (200 degrees).
2. Place a spatula in the mold. To fill with water. Put in the oven. Half an hour. Get a piece of meat. Make cuts across and along. Grate with salt.
3. Send back to the oven. Mode switch to 140 degrees. Withstand an hour and a half.
4. Chop the cabbage. Place in a pan.
5. Add potato wedges. Pour in oil. To salt. Cover with a lid. Stew until vegetables are cooked.
6. Chop the cucumbers. Send to cabbage. Mix. Pour sugar. Mix.
7. Place a piece of meat on the dish. Put vegetables on top.

Tasty borsch with red cabbage

Everyone is accustomed to cooking this white cabbage dish. When adding red-headed - the taste remains the same, but the color is much more saturated.

Ingredients:

• red cabbage - 0.4 fork;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• carrot - 1 pc.;
• black pepper;
• potato - 3 pcs.;
• salt;
• onion - 2 pcs.;
• vinegar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• beetroot - 2 pcs.;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoons.

Cooking:

1. Put the beetroot in the pan. To fill with water. Cook.
2. Chop cabbage.
3. Grate the carrots.
4. Chop the potato.
5. Place in a pan. Pour water.
6. Cabbage will immediately give off color, the liquid will darken.
7. Pass the chopped onion in a pan.
8. Ready to grate beetroot. Use a coarse grater. Send to the soup along with frying.
9. Pour in the vinegar. Add tomato paste. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
10. Crush the garlic. Send to the soup. Boil. Boil for seven minutes.

Original cabbage rolls recipe

Prepare an original, purple dish that has an interesting color not only outside but also inside. Since the leaves stain the filling and sauce. Red cabbage is tougher than white cabbage, so it will take longer to stew cabbage.

Ingredients:

• minced pork - 370 g;
• rice - 170 g;
• water - 1950 ml;
• onions - 120 g of purple;
• sunflower oil - 90 ml;
• red cabbage - 150 g;
• black pepper;
• sour cream - 5 tbsp. spoons;
• salt;
• tomato paste - 6 teaspoons.

Cooking:

1. Chop the onion. Pieces should be small.
2. Fry in a pan in sunflower oil. Mix with minced meat.
3. Boil rice grains. Put in meat mass. Add salt. Sprinkle with pepper. Mix.
4. Prepare a large sized pan. Pour water. Cut the leaves at the base of the head. Put in boiling water. Keep leafs until soft. Take off. Place again in water. Repeat the procedure until all sheets are soft.
5. Each leaf cut off a rigid base. Using a large spoon, put the minced meat in a sheet. Form cabbage rolls.
6. Place in a pan. Put tomato paste and sour cream on the surface.
7. Place the cabbage in the pan. To fill with water. The liquid should reach the middle. To salt. Put out. A vegetable is needed ready, but not overcooked.
8. Place the bacon in a dry pan. To fry. It should be golden greaves.
9. Drain the remaining liquid from the cabbage.
10. Throw cracklings into prepared vegetables.
11. Pour sugar with pepper.
12. Pour in the vinegar. To salt. Mix. Put out seven minutes.

Vitamin salad with cucumbers and tomatoes

The dish turns out light, vitamin. A beautiful, bright look will cheer you up and decorate the table.

Ingredients:

• salt;
• cabbage - 0.4 head of cabbage;
• salt;
• vegetable oil;
• tomato - 1 pc.;
• lemon - lobule;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• dill - 25 g.

Cooking:

1. Chop cabbage into thin strips. Pour juice squeezed from a lemon slice. Sprinkle with salt. To hold hands.
2. Cut the cucumber into circles. Grind the tomato in the form of medium sized slices. Chop the dill.
3. Mix prepared foods. Sprinkle with salt. Fill with oil. Stir.

So the time has come for purple cabbage. Everyone knows that this vegetable is considered very useful because it is rich in vitamins. Also purple cabbage contains enzymes, proteins, volatile, fiber. You can talk about the benefits that this vegetable brings to the human body for a very long time. But we suggest that you familiarize yourself with several recipes for its preparation.

Recipe number 1. Braised

Purple cabbage, the recipes for which are different, after heat treatment loses its beauty. Nevertheless, it is consumed in a stew. So, we need:

• two red onions;
• three tbsp. l wine vinegar (red);
• 8 clove buds;
• two tbsp. l butter;
• a pinch of cumin;
• salt to taste;
• a kilo of red cabbage;
• one tbsp. l Sahara;
• a bunch of green onions.

First, peel and finely chop the onions. Take a pot with a thick bottom, melt the butter, fry the onion for 5 minutes. Add sugar, cloves, cumin, vinegar. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring so that the sugar dissolves.

We remove the upper leaves from the cabbage, wash, finely chop. Put in a pan with onions, cover, cook for one hour over low heat, stirring occasionally. Season with pepper and salt to taste. Finely chop the washed green onions. When serving, sprinkle cabbage with green onions.

Recipe number 2. Cabbage soup

Purple cabbage, the recipes for which are usually very simple, can also be used for making cabbage soup. To prepare them, we take such products:

• 1.5 l of vegetable broth;
• 200 g;
• 2-3 pcs. medium potatoes;
• 50 g mayonnaise;
• 40 g of tomato paste;
• salt.

We prepare cabbage soup as follows. Well wash the potatoes, peel, cut. We wash the purple cabbage, chop it very finely. Bring the broth to a boil, add the potatoes. Next, we cook for 10 minutes. When this time passes, add tomato paste to the vegetables, cook everything until done. When serving cabbage, season with mayonnaise.

Recipe number 3. Salad

We offer to prepare a salad of purple cabbage, its recipe is very simple. We take:

• red cabbage - 300 g;
• fresh carrot (medium) - one pc.;
• onions - one pc.;
• fresh tomatoes - two;
• bell pepper - two pcs.;
• greens - to taste;
• black pepper (ground), salt, sugar - to taste;
• cold boiled water - 1/4 l;
• table vinegar 9% - to taste;
• vegetable oil - five tbsp. l

The cooking process is this. Purple cabbage is thinly chopped. Wash the pepper, peel the seeds, cut into thin strips. Wash the tomatoes, dry. We cut into thin plates. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. We clean the carrots, three on a grater (medium).

Well wash the greens, dry, finely chop. We grow vinegar in the water to your taste. We put all the vegetables in a large enough bowl. Salt, pepper. Pour sugar, grease with vegetable oil. Pour vinegar water, mix salad well. We taste it, if some seasoning is not enough, then add it taking into account that the taste of the salad should be pleasantly sweet and sour. We put it in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Stir before serving.

Recipe number 4. Pickled

Have purple cabbage appeared in your house? Recipes on the list also include a dish such as pickling vegetables. Therefore, we offer you one of them. We take the following ingredients:

• purple cabbage - kilo (shredded);
• four tsp fine salt;
• two peas of allspice;
• one or two peas of black pepper;
• one bay leaf;
• four tsp Sahara;
• one tbsp. l vinegar essences.

For pickling, choose tight heads of cabbage. We clean the cabbage, shred with a thin straw. Weigh the amount of chopped cabbage, add salt (for 1 kg two tbsp. L.). Stir in a large container, leave for two to three hours. During this time, cabbage will secrete juice and become soft. We put it in jars with spices: black and bay leaf.

We prepare the marinade as follows: boil water, dissolve salt (two tablespoons), sugar (four tsp), (one tablespoon) in it. All this per liter of water. Cool. Fill the jar filled with cabbage with the cooled marinade, cover with lids, pasteurize. 20 minutes a half-liter can, 30 minutes - a liter, 50 minutes - a three-liter, from the moment the water temperature is 85 degrees.

Roll up the cans with metal lids, turn over, cover, leave until completely cooled.

Recipe number 5. Sauer

Purple cabbage, the harvesting recipes of which do not cease to amaze, can be fermented with plums. Thanks to them, her taste will be very original.

• three kilos of cabbage;
• kilo plums;
• two and a half Art. l Sahara;
• five tbsp. l salts;
• one tbsp. wine (apple) vinegar;
• 10 pieces. peppercorns black pepper;
• 15-20 pcs. peas of allspice;
• five pieces bay leaf;
• 10 buds of cloves;
• 3-3.5 Art. water.

Violet with plums is easy to prepare. Wash the plums, cut in half, remove the stone. Remove the external leaves from the cabbage, chop it with a thin straw. Sprinkle with salt, slightly crush hands.

We prepare the marinade: add sugar and spices to the water, put on fire, let it boil, boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, add vinegar, mix.

We spread the cabbage in liter jars, shift it in halves of the plums, ram tightly until the juice appears. Pour jars with marinade, pre-strained, tightly close, put in a warm, bright place. We open the banks on the second day, arrange them in a bowl so that the excess marinade has a place to flow.

The end of pickling will be indicated by the cessation of the flow of the marinade. We rearrange the jars of cabbage in a cool, dry place. In four to six days, the cabbage will be ready.

Conclusion

Since purple cabbage is very useful, even more than white cabbage, we recommend that you take the time to make a fresh salad out of it or make preparations for the winter so that your family receives the next necessary portion of vitamins.

Externally, red cabbage is similar to its white relative, but they differ not only in color. Vegetable culture, painted in bright colors (from red and burgundy to lilac, violet, blue), has a unique taste. Purple cabbage salad is unusual, healthy, aesthetic - a real gourmet's dream!

How to make red cabbage salad

Dishes from such cabbage are bright, elegant, as in the photo in the magazine. This vegetable is created for use in its raw form, it is just a storehouse of vitamins, micro and macro elements, essential oils. Mistresses know how to make red cabbage salad to emphasize its taste. She needs a thin cut, the colored leaves are tougher than the green ones of her white-skinned relative. There are many products that combine with this vegetable crop. The success of the preparation depends on your ingenuity and desire to experiment.

Red Cabbage Salad - Recipe

Red cabbage (red-headed) in harmony with all kinds of summer vegetables, herbs. It looks great both in simple salads, including 3-5 components, and in complex, hearty, with the addition of meat, eggs, sausages. Find your recipe for red cabbage salad, enjoy its exquisite taste, recharge its energy, giving youth and health. Cabbage will delight you all year round, because it is perfectly preserved and can be preserved.

For winter

Whether you need harvested red cabbage for the winter is up to you. It is so well stored that it will not be difficult to buy fresh forks even in early spring. But if you need to process a part of the autumn harvest from the summer cottage - do not hesitate, such a vegetable harvest will diversify the winter menu and will please the home. Vinegar is used as a preservative in this recipe; therefore, cabbage straws turn out to be crispy, pickled.

Ingredients:

• cabbage red-headed head - about 4 kg;
• bay leaf - 8 pcs.;
• garlic - 5-7 cloves;
• black peppercorns - 12 pcs.;
• allspice peas - 12 pcs.;
• dry clove buds - 12 pcs.;
• well or spring water - 1 l;
• salt - 2 tbsp. l (without slide);
• sugar - 3 tbsp. l .;
• vinegar 9% - 4 tbsp. l

Cooking method:

1. Cut each forks into thin and long strips. Properly chopped cabbage does not have to be wrinkled by hand.
2. Chop the garlic. It is better to cut into slices than crush.
3. Fill four liter jars (sterile and dry) tightly with cabbage slices. Do not forget to put spices on the bottom.
4. Bring the water to a boil. Add salt and sugar to it.
5. Pour the vinegar and pour the marinade into the jars immediately.
6. For winter storage, sterilize the jars in a pot of boiling water for about 15 minutes. Seal with iron sealed caps.

With mayonnaise

Pickled cabbage is tasty, but fresh cabbage is not inferior in taste, but surpasses it in benefits. Red cabbage salad with mayonnaise can be considered a classic. It is customary to include different vegetables in it. Traditionally add onions or green onions, radishes, carrots, beans, asparagus, bell pepper, garlic, root and leaf parsley, celery. Vegetables can be combined in any combination, it all depends on their availability and your preferences. In this recipe, onions, carrots, and garlic are adjacent to the main vegetable.

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 500 g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• carrots - 1 pc. (small);
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l .;
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l .;
• salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Cut vegetables (except garlic) into thin strips. For carrots, you can use a grater.
2. Salt the cabbage, knead a little.
3. Combine all vegetables, add finely chopped garlic.
4. Season the dish with mayonnaise, pepper if necessary.

With corn

This section provides an easy and tasty recipe for a dish that can decorate a festive table. Red cabbage salad with corn looks very elegant and is always very popular among guests. Still would! Purple cabbage, orange carrot, yellow corn, greens, egg white - a combination for a joyful mood and color photo. And he adds vitamins such necessary in the cold winter.

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 600 g;
• canned corn - 150 g;
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 1 pc. (small);
• greens (dill, parsley) - 1 bunch;
• mayonnaise - 100-150 g;
• salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Chop cabbage with a thin straw. If it is harsh, remember to pre-salt.
2. Cook hard-boiled eggs, cut into pieces.
3. Chop the carrots with a coarse grater.
4. Finely chop the greens.
5. Mix all the ingredients in one bowl, season with mayonnaise.

Simple salad

A quick, quick-cooked blue cabbage salad can be a great addition to a protein dish. If you follow a diet and take care of a figure - this dish is for you! A minimum of calories and a maximum of vitamins for beauty and health - this is what a simple red-eye salad means. It consists of only three ingredients or four if you want to add walnuts to it.

Ingredients:

• blue onion - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil (preferably olive) - 3 tbsp. l .;
• lemon juice, walnuts - optional;
• salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Shred vegetables thinly, salt.
2. Add a spoonful of lemon juice if desired.
3. It would be nice to add a couple of crushed walnuts if you like this combination.
4. Refuel with vegetable oil and help yourself!

With apples

Experienced housewives know many recipes on how to cook a delicious vitamin coleslaw with apple. The recipe is somewhat unusual in its combination of products, but it is definitely worth a try: cabbage and apple slices are successfully combined with slices of fresh tomatoes in it. The very appropriate name for this dish is “Sweet Autumn”. Do not try to cook it with greenhouse tomatoes, cottony on the palate: the secret of the recipe is to use salad, sweet, juicy tomatoes ripened on a bed in the open ground.

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 500 g;
• sweet and sour apples - 1-2 pcs.;
• tomatoes - 1-2 pcs.;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l .;
• mayonnaise, salt, sugar, vinegar - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Shred the cabbage forks thinly, salt, season with mayonnaise. Let it stand for about 30 minutes.
2. Peel apples, chop on a coarse grater, mix with lemon juice so as not to “rust”.
3. Cut the onions into half rings, and the tomatoes into thin slices.
4. Mix all the ingredients, add salt, sugar, vinegar to taste.

With carrots

To show the amazing variety of snacks from this vegetable crop, an unusual, almost exotic salad of bright vegetables will be described here. Refueling is done with the addition of grapefruit juice, and citrus pulp is cut into the dish itself. The appetizer has an original aroma, low calorie content, incredible vitamin content. Dish - a godsend to deal with winter blues. Replace the grapefruit with orange slices - and you will get other flavoring shades.

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 300 g;
• carrots - 100 g;
• grapefruit - 1 pc.;
• celery greens - a small bunch;
• red wine vinegar - 30 ml;
• olive oil - 50 ml;
• salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Grind vegetables with a knife or with a grater. Finely chop the celery.
2. For dressing, mix vinegar, oil and grapefruit juice squeezed from half the fruit.
3. Pour the dressing into the vegetable mixture. Let it stand in a cool place for 30 minutes or longer.
4. Before serving, mix the salad, add three slices of grapefruit, peeled and chopped thin skin.

With pepper

To make a diet breakfast, do not do without fresh vegetables. Red cabbage with bell peppers are perfect for the start of the day! In the proposed dish, the tone is set by sweet pepper, radish, apple, and ground coriander is used as the main spice. Salad is seasoned with any vegetable oil. Flaxseed, sesame, mustard cold pressed is very suitable. Such breakfast is just a pantry of vitamins, minerals, and other useful substances.

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 400 g;
• large sweet red pepper - 1 pc.;
• green radish - 150-200 g;
• large apple - 1 pc.;
• lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l .;
• ground coriander - 0.5 tsp;
• vegetable oil, salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Peel vegetables, cut into thin strips. For radish, you can use a grater.
2. Mix and add salt. Add coriander and lemon juice.
3. Dress the salad with vegetable oil. Enjoy a light breakfast for beauty, vitality, health!

With vinegar

Cabbage salad with vinegar - a classic of domestic cooking. There are many options for this dish, in one of them purple is used instead of white. A quick appetizer with vinegar, described below, for universal use: it can be eaten a couple of hours after cooking, it can be kept in the refrigerator for several days so that it is better marinated, it can even be closed for the winter! In this original recipe, raw table beets are added to the main ingredient, which is marinated with other salad ingredients.

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 1 kg;
• medium carrot - 2 pcs.;
• beetroot - 2 pcs. (medium-sized);
• vegetable oil - 1/2 cup;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• sugar - 1/2 cup;
• salt - 1 tbsp. l
• vinegar 9% - 1/3 cup;
• ground red pepper - 1 tsp;
• ground black pepper - 1/3 tsp;
• purified water - 1/2 l.

Cooking method:

1. Grind vegetables into strips. For root vegetables, use a grater on which Korean carrots are chopped.
2. Stir the vegetables.
3. Cook the marinade: salt, sugar, spices, bring to a boil, add oil and vinegar, remove from heat.
4. After cooling down to 70-80% marinade, pour the vegetable mixture. Insist in the refrigerator from 2-3 hours to several days.
5. If you decide to roll up a jar of salad for the winter - sterilize it for 15 minutes before capping.

With garlic

Another spicy recipe is a cabbage salad with garlic, which is especially good with meat and potatoes. Garlic adds piquancy to the cabbage flavor. Onions are inappropriate in this salad, because the garlic flavor should set the theme. If two ingredients are not enough for you, add greens, corn or green peas. Experiment with new flavors. If in your imagination these products combine well - try it!

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 1/2 fork (approximately 0.5 kg);
• garlic - 3-4 cloves;
• mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. l .;
• salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Finely chop the forks.
2. Cut the garlic into thin slices.
3. Add salt, pepper.
4. Mix and add mayonnaise.

Sausage

A vegetable snack can be hearty. To make sure of this, prepare red cabbage salad with sausage and cheese. This dish is simple to make, but it looks appetizing, as in the photo. This salad will be the decoration of your holiday feast. For breakfast or dinner, this appetizer is a complete balanced meal that brings joy and pleasure. Be sure to try to make such an option for the next holiday!

Ingredients:

• red-headed cabbage - 300 g;
• red onion - 1 pc.;
• smoked sausage cheese - 200 g;
• smoked or boiled sausage - 200 g;
• rye crackers - 30 g
• greens (dill, parsley) - a small bunch;
• salt, pepper to taste;
• dressing mayonnaise.

Cooking method:

1. Chop the vegetables into thin strips.
2. Cut the sausage and cheese into thin, oblong cubes.
3. Chop the greens finely.
4. Mix, salt, add crackers and season with mayonnaise.
5. Before serving, lettuce should stand for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

Making red cabbage salad is the power of any diligent housewife. Master the preparation of cabbage salads and diversify your family's diet for health and pleasure all year round:

• The first secret - cutting should be thin. Use special tools and sharp knives.
• The second secret is that cabbage leaves are guaranteed to retain a bright color if lemon juice, wine or apple vinegar are added to the dressing.

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Dishes from red cabbage not only have a pleasant taste, but also look very beautiful. Salads from this vegetable can become a real table decoration. Other dishes are also prepared from cabbage. It is used in soups and various preparations for the winter. Like any product, a vegetable has its own cooking secrets.

Red cabbage. Recipes

Dishes in which red cabbage is added acquire a purple tint. This is a normal phenomenon associated with the composition of the vegetable. Vegetable salads look especially beautiful, combining bright vegetables like sweet bell peppers and tomatoes. There are many recipes with red cabbage. Whatever you decide to cook from it, first you need to choose the right head. It should not be visible damage. It is worth choosing cabbage with a size of at least 1 kg. It should be dense with elastic leaves. As for color, heads of cabbage are not always just purple. Shades can be bluish. Color depends on the growing conditions of the vegetable. On acidic soil, its leaves are less purple. So if you meet cabbage, the color of which differs from the traditional, then you can safely buy it.

It is believed that it is more beneficial for health to eat red cabbage in salads. This dish contains the largest amount of vitamins.

Red cabbage salad

Composition:

1. Cabbage - 350 gr.
2. Red onion - 1 pc.
3. Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.

Cooking:

• Wash and chop cabbage. To make it softer, mash it with your hands.
• Cut the onion into rings.
• Put the cabbage in a salad bowl. Mix with onions. Season the salad with vegetable oil and salt.

Hot Flemish Red Cabbage Salad

Composition:

1. Red cabbage - 600 gr.
2. Onion - 1 pc.
3. Apples - 3 pcs.
4. Butter - 2 tbsp.
5. Sugar and salt to taste

Cooking:

• Peel the cabbage from the bad upper leaves. Finely chop. Chop the onion.
• Heat a skillet with butter. Put onion on it. Fry for 5 minutes.
• Put cabbage and simmer for about 40 minutes.
• Dice apples and mix with sugar. Add them to the cabbage. Add salt and simmer for another 10 minutes. Serve hot or cold. It can also be used as a side dish for meat or fish.

Red cabbage needs to be stewed, as well as white cabbage. As additional ingredients, various vegetables, meat, sausage are added to the dish. The cabbage processed in this way is served as a side dish for potatoes and fish. It is also prepared for meat dishes. We offer you several recipes for stewed cabbage, which can be prepared for lunch or dinner.

Braised red cabbage with salami

Composition:

1. Cabbage - 1 head
2. Onion - 2 pcs.
3. Tomatoes - 4 pcs.
4. Bell pepper - 1 pc.
5. Salami sausage - 200 gr.
6. Vegetable oil, spices - to taste

Cooking:

• Peel and finely chop the onion. Bell pepper is cleaned from seeds with a knife, thoroughly washed from the inside. Cut into strips.
• Tomatoes are crushed in a blender or finely chopped with a knife. Salami cut into cubes or strips.
• Put a frying pan with a small amount of oil on medium heat.
• When it is heated, spread the onion in the pan. Then it is fried until transparent. It should be half ready. Pepper is added to the onion. About 100 ml is added to the pan. water and stew for 5-7 minutes.
• Chop the cabbage, crush it with your hands and after 7 minutes. spread to the onion and pepper in a pan. Shredded tomatoes are added there. Stew the mixture for 15-20 minutes. until the cabbage is soft. If necessary, add vegetable oil.
• In 20 minutes. chopped sausage is put in the pan to the vegetables. Salt the dish, add spices and stew all together until cooked.

Braised red cabbage

Composition:

1. Cabbage - 1 pc. (about 1 kg.)
2. Onion - 1 pc.
3. Vegetable oil - 30 ml.
4. Chives - 50 gr.
5. Wine vinegar - 30 ml.
6. Sugar, salt, spices - to taste

Cooking:

• Finely chop the cabbage and mash it with your hands.
• Finely chop both types of onions.
• Put a frying pan on medium heat. Pour a small amount of oil, heat it and put onion. Fry for 5-7 minutes.
• Add shredded cabbage and a small amount of water to the pan. Reduce the heat and simmer the cabbage until cooked for 15-20 minutes.
• At the end, add salt, pepper and pour vinegar into it. Stew for another 5 minutes.

Also, red cabbage can be prepared for the winter or used as a cold pickled snack.

Red cabbage pickled

Composition:

1. Red cabbage - 1 pc. (approximately 1-1.5 kg.)
2. Onions - 2 pcs.
3. Garlic - 4 cloves
4. 9% vinegar - 125 ml.
5. Sugar - 4 tbsp
6. Salt - 1 tbsp
7. Peppers, cloves - 5-6 pcs.
8. Water - 1 l.

Cooking:

• Prepare glass jars (about 2 pcs. At 0.5 ml.). Wash them thoroughly with soda. Let it dry.
• Cut red cabbage into 2 parts. Remove the stump. Cut each half into 4 pieces and cut in half. Slightly chopped cabbage with your hands. Chop the garlic finely.
• Prepare a large pot or enameled basin. Put cabbage and garlic in it.
• Boil water in a separate bowl. Add sugar, salt and spices to it. Boil for 10 minutes. and pour in the vinegar. Keep the marinade on fire for another 5 minutes.
• Pour red hot cabbage mixed with garlic with the resulting hot solution. Stir the mixture with a spoon.
• Sterilize clean jars in a pot of water or in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Put cabbage with marinade in them and close with sterilized lids.

If you want to use the dish as a snack and do not close it for the winter, then do it a little differently. Pour the marinade over the cabbage and place it under the press. As it is possible to use a flat plate and a three-liter jar of water. Tamp the cabbage and put a jar on top of the plate. Let the marinade cool a bit. Place the cabbage under the press in the refrigerator. After 1-2 days, the snack will be ready.

Red cabbage is really very useful, whatever cooking method you choose. It is believed that it improves digestion and metabolic processes due to the high content of fiber. Fresh cabbage also acts as an effective antioxidant. Some doctors are inclined to believe that it serves as an excellent tool for the prevention of breast cancer. Of the minuses of this vegetable, we can distinguish only that it is not worth eating in large quantities to people suffering from stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers.

When using red cabbage, it is important to remove the top leaves. Especially if they are damaged. It is also better to remove solid parts. The secret ingredients that should be used in cabbage dishes include wine vinegar. It gives the vegetables a very interesting piquant taste and can be used both for stewing and for dressing fresh salads. It is also worth remembering that the cooking time of a vegetable can be different. It all depends on the amount of fluid. It is best to be guided by the softness of cabbage. When ready, it does not crunch.

Red cabbage is cooked in the same way as ordinary cabbage. It is added to salads, second and first courses. So that you do not decide to cook, remember: the head of cabbage should be solid without damage. Its color can vary from bluish to deep purple.