Unstuffed Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage

Name: Unstuffed Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 794 grams whole tomatoes in juice; 1 Tbsp packed dark brown sugar; 79 milliliters dried cranberries; 2 Tbsps chopped flat-leaf parsley; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, divided; 907 grams green cabbage, quartered lengthwise and cored; 227 grams ground beef chuck; 227 grams ground pork; 118 milliliters reduced-sodium chicken broth; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 3 Tbsps red-wine vinegar; 4 servings Accompaniment: steamed rice

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Unstuffed Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage If you have garlic cloves, chicken broth, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the dark brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Place cabbage in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet with broth, 1 garlic clove (sliced), and a rounded 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, then cook, covered, turning cabbage occasionally, until very tender, about 45 minutes. (

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Cabbage

Broth

Salt

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Frying Pan

Add more broth or water if necessary.)

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Broth

Water

Meanwhile, cook onion and remaining garlic in oil in a heavy medium pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 8 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high and stir in ground meats along with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring and breaking up lumps with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 3 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Garlic

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Wooden Spoon

Pot

Stir in tomatoes with their juice, cranberries, vinegar, and brown sugar and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally and breaking up tomatoes with spoon, until slightly thickened, about 20 minutes. Season with salt.

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Brown Sugar