January 31, 2020

Instant Pot Cabbage Recipe

Name: Instant Pot Cabbage
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 Med-Lg Head of Cabbage ((core removed diced in 1.5” pieces)); ½ cup Onion (thin sliced); 3 cloves Garlic (minced); 2 Tbsp Butter (browned, optional); 1/2 tsp Salt (more to taste); 1 cup Chicken stock (Or vegetable stock)

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If you like easy low carb sides, you’ve got to try this Instant Pot Cabbage recipe! It is ready in 15 minutes and is great to serve with your protein of choice and is also a great vegetable for meal prep! This is a keto-friendly, gluten-free, and ridiculously easy recipe!

The recipe card at the bottom of the post has the full list of ingredients and instructions for your convenience. Before you scroll there, there is important information in the post!

How many carbs are in cabbage?

You’re wondering if cabbage is good on a low carb or keto diet. I see you. The answer to your question is, there are about 2.5g net carbs per cup of (raw) cabbage.

When it comes to low carb and keto-friendly vegetables, cabbage is definitely one of them!

There are different varieties of cabbage (green, red, savoy, napa or Chinese) and each will yield different carb counts. This particular recipe is for green cabbage, the most common form of cabbage in the USA.

Cabbage Recipes on Yellow Glass Dish

If you want some other cabbage recipes, there are plenty right here on Yellow Glass Dish (all are low carb)!

Cabbage and Sausage Stew (Instant Pot)
Chicken and Cabbage Soup (Instant Pot)
Sausage and cabbage Chinese Recipe (Sheet Pan, oven)
Roasted Cabbage (Side dish, oven)
Turkey Cabbage Asian Bowls (Stovetop)

See, cabbage is a low carb favorite around here!

How to Cook Vegetables in the Instant Pot

Steaming and cooking vegetables in the Instant Pot is super easy to do!

It only takes a few minutes on the manual mode to cook cabbage. Other vegetables will take different amounts of time to cook. Some vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower cook on steam mode for 0 minutes!

Ingredients for this Instant Pot Cabbage Recipe

The ingredients to make super flavorful cabbage in the Instant pot include:

Cabbage (Green) – in bite-sized pieces
Onion (Thinly sliced)
Garlic Cloves (Minced)
Butter
Salt
Chicken Stock*

If you want to use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock that is totally an option. In a pinch, you could use water but maybe add some extra salt.

Tools for making this Instant Pot Cabbage

The obvious tool you need for this recipe is an Instant Pot!

This recipe does not require a steamer basket so, all you need is the Instant Pot!

Tips for making this Low Carb Cabbage side dish in the Instant Pot

It would be perfectly understandable if you just put water and cabbage in the Instant Pot and hoped for the best. But if flavor is what you love then hold tight and read these suggestions.

Browned butter makes the world go round. What is browned butter? Oh, it is when you cook the butter (on saute mode, in the Instant Pot) until the milk solids turn golden-brown. It gives a rich, nutty flavor to your food.

Brown the butter with the Instant Pot on saute mode

Once the butter is browned, saute the onions for 2 minutes and then add the garlic and stir for about 30 seconds.

Cook the onions in the browned butter for several minutes then add the garlic and stir

Add in your cabbage, salt, and stock and give it a good stir.

Add the cabbage, salt, and stock to the mixture to cook it in the Instant Pot

Close the lid and make sure the sealing valve is closed!

Turn the Instant Pot to manual mode and set it for 3 minutes. Now, just wait until it comes to pressure.

Cook Instant Pot cabbage for 3 minutes on manual mode

Do a quick release and carefully open the Instant Pot away from you, serve your cabbage up.

You might want to use tongs or a slotted spoon to get the cabbage out of the Instant Pot. Since there is moisture IN the cabbage as well as the liquid needed to cook, there will be liquid that you can strain off. You can toss it or use it.

This is a great low carb recipe for St. Patrick’s Day!

If you’re looking for a side dish to go with your St. Patty’s meal, this cabbage won’t disappoint.

Here are a few other low carb recipes for St. Patrick’s day

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