Slow Cooker Braised Red Cabbage with Apples & Ginger
Janice Pattie
Red Cabbage with Apples & Ginger is a classic braised red cabbage with apples and onions spiced up with sweet ginger preserves. Make it in your Slow cooker or in the oven, It's the ideal side dish for autumn and winter days.
4.73 from 11 votes
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 6 hourshrs
Total Time 6 hourshrs10 minutesmins
Course Side Dish, sides
Cuisine British, Scottish
Servings 6
Calories 116kcal
Equipment
Sharp knife
chopping board
Slow Cooker
Measuring spoons
Vegetable peeler
Ingredients
1/2mediumred cabbage
1large red onion
3apples
3tablespoonginger preserve
2.5cmfresh gingerpeeled and finely grated
2tablespoonred wine vinegar
1tablespoonsoft brown sugar
1teaspoonsalt
Instructions
1/2 medium red cabbage
Slice the cabbage.
1 large red onion
Peel and slice the onions.
3 apples
Peel, core and slice the apples.
2.5 cm fresh ginger, 3 tablespoon ginger preserve
In your slow cooker pot build up layers of cabbage, onion, apple, finely grated fresh ginger, and ginger preserve.
Repeat the layers until you have used all the ingredients. There should be around 3 layers. Finish with a layer of cabbage.
1 tablespoon soft brown sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Sprinkle over the salt and the soft brown sugar and add the wine vinegar.
Put a lid on the slow cooker.
Cook on LOW for 6 hours until the cabbage is tender.
Notes
To cook in the oven
Pre-heat the oven to 160C. Follow the preparation steps layering the ingredients into an oven-proof casserole dish with a lid. Cook for 1 1/2 - 2 hours until the cabbage is tender.
Optional extra
You can make this even more festive by adding fresh cranberries and an additional tbsp of soft brown sugar to counteract the acidity of the berries.
Garnish
I like to garnish the dish with some finely chopped fresh root ginger.