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Buttered Rice and Cabbage

20 minutes
cabbagesugar snap peas
Posted:5/15/18
Updated:2/24/21
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EASY Buttered Rice and Cabbage dinner! One of the best buttered cabbage recipes!  This dish uses cooked cabbage and is ready in 20 minutes!  It’s a healthy vegetarian rice meal my entire family loves! Buttered Rice and Cabbage

Buttered Rice and Cabbage

This Buttered Rice and Cabbage is an easy comforting meal filled with healthy vegetables that I hope you’ll love as much as I do.   It’s so easy to make and it involves one of my favorite ingredients – cabbage!

As a girl my Mother would make the best Polish cabbage recipes, so every time I make it I get a smile on my face! 

Cooked Cabbage Recipe

I wanted to create a recipe that would be ready in 20 minutes that is still wholesome with fresh ingredients – a meal you’ll feel good about serving the family. 

Ingredients for Buttered Cabbage

The main vegetables in this recipe are cabbage and peas, 2 things that we have in abundance right now in the garden.  

I’ve always liked cabbage, but this Summer I turned into a real cabbage lover.  I can’t get enough of it, especially sauteed and buttered!  Yum.

 Our sugar snap peas are coming to a end this season, what’s left is those monster peas that are busting through the pods.  
Fresh Sugar Snap Pea

Buttered Rice and Cabbage Recipe

The recipe calls for 1/2 peas so you can either use frozen peas (cook them first) or you can shell fresh peas.   Use whatever you hand on hand and is easiest.  

Sauteed Cabbage in Pan

This recipe calls for 4 cups of cooked rice, basmati rice (and I love this Indian rice recipe!) is my favorite but you can use any type of white rice.  For those nights where you don’t have extra time you can even use instant rice.

Cooked White Rice in Bowl

How to make buttered cabbage

That’s easy!  

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a large pan over medium high heat. Add cabbage, salt + pepper to taste. Cook for approximately 15 minutes, allowing cabbage to wilt, browning slightly. Stir it semi often. 
Cabbage and Rice in Pan

Once your cabbage is slightly browned, then add in the peas and rice, stir and you have a delicious 20 minute meal!
20 MINUTE Buttered Cabbage and Rice dinner! This is one of my favorite weeknight recipes that uses sauteed cabbage and peas! It's a healthy, easy vegetarian meal my entire family loves! You can even use instant rice to make it even more simple!

Hope you enjoy this Buttered Cabbage and Rice meal! 

20 MINUTE Buttered Cabbage and Rice dinner! This is one of my favorite weeknight recipes that uses sauteed cabbage and peas! It's a healthy, easy vegetarian meal my entire family loves! You can even use instant rice to make it even more simple!

Looking for more cabbage recipes? Try my Cabbage and Kielbasas recipe!
Looking for more rice recipes? Try my Indian Basmati Rice and Cilantro Lime Rice using leftover rice!

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EASY Buttered Rice and Cabbage dinner! This is one of the best buttered cabbage recipes!  This dish uses cooked cabbage and is ready in 20 minutes!  It's a healthy vegetarian rice meal my entire family loves! 

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EASY Buttered Rice and Cabbage dinner! This is one of the best buttered cabbage recipes!  This dish uses cooked cabbage and is ready in 20 minutes!  It's a healthy vegetarian rice meal my entire family loves! 
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
serves 4

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 small head cabbage chopped
  • salt + pepper
  • 1/2 cup peas fresh or frozen
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 4 cups cooked white rice

Instructions

  • Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a large pan over medium high heat. Add cabbage, salt + pepper to taste. Cook for approximately 15 minutes, allowing cabbage to wilt, browning slightly. Stir it semi often. 
  • Add peas to pan and cook 5 additional minutes.
  • Take pan off the stove and add cooked rice, remaining 1 tablespoon of butter and Parmesan cheese to pan. Stir to combine.
  • Serve and enjoy!
Course:Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine:American, Polish
Did you make this?I love seeing what you’ve made! Tag me on Instagram at @BrooklynFarmGirl and don’t forget to leave a comment & rating below.

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  1. Amelia smith says

    October 11, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    Omg , my bf was dubious (of the cabbage I think) but we where both super impressed !! So so tasty

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  2. April Carter says

    July 12, 2018 at 2:52 pm

    This was absolutely delicious!!!! Quick and easy!!!!

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    • Pamela says

      July 13, 2018 at 9:44 am

      Hey April! Don’t you love how easy this recipe is? Thanks for commenting, glad you liked it!

      Reply
  3. Donna G. says

    February 16, 2018 at 8:53 am

    This sounds delicious. I would add a can of white cannellini beans to bump up the protein. What do you think, Pamela?

    Reply
  4. Carleen Bretz says

    February 5, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    I made this tonight for dinner and it was really good. I will make it again.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      February 6, 2018 at 9:07 am

      Hey Carleen, I’m so happy to hear you liked this dish! Thanks for commenting and letting me know!

      Reply
  5. Brett Martin says

    August 30, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    Thanks so much for joining us at Delicious Dishes! We love your Buttered Cabbage and Rice recipe and hope you’ll join us again this week!

    Reply
  6. [email protected] says

    August 19, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    this looks really comforting!!

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  7. Monica says

    August 16, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    I just love this, Pamela! I love any kind of rice dish but basmati is so extra good. Plus, I always stir-fry cabbage and wondering now why I never thought to combine the two faves. I wish I could have a bowl right now!!

    Reply
  8. Juliana says

    August 16, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    This is sure a nice rice dish…I love the idea of buttered…thanks for the recipe Pamela!
    Have a wonderful week 🙂

    Reply
  9. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    August 16, 2016 at 6:58 am

    I just can’t get enough of cabbage at the moment, and this looks like a great way to make it more of a filling meal.

    Reply
  10. Ashley says

    August 15, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    I love cabbage and am always looking for new ways to use it! Loving how simple and easy this recipe is!!

    Reply
  11. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    August 15, 2016 at 9:08 am

    Simple, quick and so delicious!

    Reply
  12. handmade by amalia says

    August 15, 2016 at 7:42 am

    Yum. Everything is nicer with a little butter.
    Amalia
    xo

    Reply

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