📖 RECIPE CARD — JAMAICAN STEAMED CABBAGE
Jamaican Steamed Cabbage stir-fried with peppers, thyme, and pimento—quick, flavorful, and perfect with jerk chicken or steamed fish.
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Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 90kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cabbage medium, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper small, julienned
- 1 green bell pepper small, julienned
- 1 yellow bell pepper small, julienned
- ½ onion small, thinly sliced
- 2 scallions sliced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 - 2 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 Scotch bonnet or hot pepper or to taste
- 2 teaspoons pimento berries
- 1 tablespoon sugar brown or white
- 1/2 cup vinegar white, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter or oil
Instructions
- Prepare vegetables — Slice all vegetables and set aside in separate bowls for fast cooking.
- Build the flavor base — In a wide sauté pan, add vinegar, sugar, pimento berries, thyme, and hot pepper. Cook 1 minute over low heat.
- Add garlic — Stir in garlic and cook 30 seconds without browning.
- Add bell peppers — Add red, green, and yellow peppers; stir-fry 1 minute.
- Add cabbage and seasonings — Add cabbage, scallions, salt, and black pepper; toss to coat evenly.
- Finish with butter or oil — Add butter or oil and stir-fry 3 minutes until cabbage is crisp-tender.
- Taste & serve — Adjust seasoning and remove from heat immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 436mg | Potassium: 302mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1030IU | Vitamin C: 110mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 1mg