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25 budget-friendly recipes that will change your mind about cabbage

Cabbage has suffered from an image problem – until now. Add some crunch and cool to your cooking rotation with these simple recipes.

25 recipes
Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.
EASY

Pork mince katsu with pickled cucumbers and cabbage

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Pickled cabbage and quinoa rainbow salad with miso dressing.
EASY

Pickled cabbage and quinoa rainbow salad with miso dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Chrissy Glentis
Chargrilled buffalo chicken with grilled cabbage and ranch dressing.
EASY

Chargrilled buffalo chicken with grilled cabbage and ranch dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Hand-torn cabbage.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s hand-torn cabbage

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Sticky tonkatsu braised pork ribs with green tea and cabbage noodles.
EASY

Sticky tonkatsu braised pork ribs with noodles and shredded cabbage

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Dukkah-crusted salmon with sweet and sour braised red cabbage.
EASY

Dukkah-crusted salmon with sweet and sour braised red cabbage

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
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Stir-fried cabbage with turmeric.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s stir-fried cabbage with turmeric

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Vietnamese cabbage with egg sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Vietnamese cabbage with egg sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Italian-style stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce.

Italian stuffed cabbage rolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw’s fritters

Adam Liaw’s cabbage and cheese fritters

  • Adam Liaw
Pork and cabbage yakisoba.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s yakisoba with pork belly and cabbage

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Crispy XO pork omelette gets an umami boost from store-bought XO sauce.
EASY

Crispy XO pork omelette

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Crumbed pork cutlets with hot honey and summer slaw.
EASY

Crumbed pork cutlets with hot honey and summer slaw

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This herb-strewn soba noodle salad with chicken and edamame is ideal for hot nights.
EASY

Soba noodle salad with chicken, edamame and Vietnamese mint

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Juicy marinated beef, crunchy vegetables and noodles make this salad a textural delight.
EASY

Asian beef salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
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Adam Liaw masterclass recipe: Vietnamese chicken salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Vietnamese coleslaw

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Katsu finger sandwiches.

Katsu finger sandwiches

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Vegan-friendly cabbage, kale and chilli slaw.
EASY

Cabbage and kale slaw with chilli, yeast and seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Hearty winter vegetable soup with borlotti beans and porcini mushrooms.
EASY

Fresh borlotti bean, winter vegetable and porcini soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Colourful cabbage coleslaw.
EASY

Colourful cabbage crunch salad recipe with fried halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Rachel Khoo
Level up midweek dinners with this mushroom-packed version of Japan’s favourite savoury pancake.
EASY

Mushroom and cabbage okonomiyaki

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Roast cabbage with porcini and caramelised onion butter.

Roast cabbage with porcini and caramelised onion butter

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Chorizo cabbage soup goes really well with our pita bread.
EASY

Chorizo cabbage soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Chicken salad with cranberries and raisins.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken salad with cranberries and raisins

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Salt and pepper chicken noodles.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s salt and pepper chicken noodles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw