Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet
Gluten Free Living – 2024
I must have made ten or twelve of these kielbasa skillet recipes with either cabbage or sauerkraut, back in the spring. This delightful recipe was one of my top two or three favorites. I LOVED all the flavors of this delicious skillet dinner. This one includes several colors of bell pepper, red onions, cabbage in the form of a coleslaw mix and a healthy smoked kielbasa without all the chemicals, nitrates and other bad ingredients that usually appear in smoked sausage.
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As I stated above, this recipe was so good it turned out to be one of my favorites. It’s also one of the few kielbasa skillet recipes without apples, sauerkraut or caraway seeds in the recipe. It uses fresh cabbage instead of sauerkraut, and it’s not overly seasoned either. Garlic powder and black pepper are really the only seasonings used.
This easy skillet dinner is ready to eat in less than 30 minutes–and that includes all the chopping! Sausage with sauerkraut and apples is probably one of my favorite dishes. If you haven’t grown up on sauerkraut, you’re really missing out. I made at least one or two recipes weekly for at least two months! Some of the recipes are similar and others completely different, but I sure enjoyed all of the ways I learned to use kielbasa and cabbage or sauerkraut this past spring.
I stopped in at Sprouts and several other places to find the healthiest kielbasa and smoked sausage available. Some of the packs I got were made with chicken, others with beef or turkey. The rest were made with pork. I did my best to find kielbasa without all the harmful chemicals. None of the main distributors offered anything healthy, so I had to find kielbasa from smaller companies that were trying to make their product as healthy as possible. Overall, I was really pleased with the taste and texture of all the different kielbasa I used in recipes in February through April and plan to start remaking them again soon. 🙂
If you enjoy German-style cooking, Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet is perfect for any weeknight supper.
Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet was one of my favorite Kielbasa-style dinners that I made up this past spring. It was so yummy.
Every bite was mouthwatering.
Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet can be whipped up in less than 30 minutes!
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Place butter in a large skillet. Add bell peppers and red onion.
Stir to combine.
Sauté about 5 minutes, until peppers and onions are tender.
Add garlic powder and ground black pepper.
Add chicken broth.
Stir in cole slaw mix and kielbasa.
Stir to combine; cook about 5-6 minutes until meat and cabbage is heated through.
Serve from the skillet, if desired.
Or transfer mixture to a serving dish and serve.
Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet was really tasty. I used a Roasted Garlic Kielbasa that increased the flavors even more!
This is a hearty, gluten free main dish recipe.
If you enjoy German-style meals, this one is superb!
Here’s the recipe.
CABBAGE KIELBASA SKILLET
(Recipe adapted from Taste of Home, Quick Cooking, 2008, pg. 211)
Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet
Equipment
- 1 12 or 14-inch skillet
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables and meat
- 1 cutting board
- 1 plastic spatula or wooden spoon
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion thinly sliced and separated into rings
- 1 large red bell pepper seeded and julienned
- 1 large yellow bell pepper seeded and julienned
- 1 large green bell pepper seeded and julienned
- 2 tbsp. salted butter
- 1 lb. smoked kielbasa or Polish sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 lb. cole slaw mix did red cabbage and carrots
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a very large skillet, melt butter.
- Add red onion and bell peppers and sauté a few minutes until vegetables are tender.
- Sprinkle with garlic powder and black pepper.
- Add chicken broth.
- Stir in kielbasa and cole slaw mix.
- Cook until heated through about 5-6 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
I really enjoy sausage with either cabbage or sauerkraut, so this meal was perfect for me!
This is a great main dish to whip up on weeknights when you’re short on time. If you don’t desire pork kielbasa, then substitute chicken, turkey or beef.
Cabbage Kielbasa Skillet is a healthy option for dinner, especially if you purchase a high-quality kielbasa without all the chemicals and other bad ingredients that many smoked sausages have.
You may also enjoy these delicious recipes!
Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage
Polish Kraut and Apples
