Cabbage and Noodles is a vintage Czechoslovakian/Polish recipe our family grew up eating. This fabulous old-world recipe is from my grandmother and it's incredibly savory and delicious. This is a clean-eating recipe using bacon without nitrates or sugar and homemade gluten free noodles.
2cupsgluten free flouror use unbleached all-purpose flour; plus more for rolling out the dough
2largeeggs
2tsp.pink Himalayan sea salt
2/3 to 1cupwateras needed to form dough
Instructions
GLUTEN FREE NOODLES:
First, prepare noodles: Measure flour into a mixing bowl.
Sprinkle salt over top and stir to combine.
Add eggs and stir with a wooden spoon as much as possible.
Slowly add water and stir until most of the dry mixture is incorporated.
Sprinkle flour very generously on a bread board or other surface.
Place dough on top and sprinkle again with flour.
Working from the outsides of the dough bring edges to the center and keep working until you have a more workable lump of dough.
Knead about 5 minutes, continuing to work in extra flour so the dough doesn’t stick.
Allow dough to rest 10 minutes.
Roll dough out on a generously floured surface until about an eighth of an inch thick.
Cut with a pastry cutter into 1 ½ to 2 inch squares.
Allow dough to rest a minimum of one hour. Even several hours is okay.
STIR FRY:
Meanwhile, prepare cabbage.
Place bacon in a couple of large skillets and fry until done.
Add cabbage, onion, salt and pepper and divide between both skillets.
Stir to combine.
Cover with lid and continue cooking over medium heat until cabbage is fork tender, about 10 minutes.
Bring water to a boil.
(You can add a little bacon grease or chicken broth to the water if desired to increase flavor).
Add noodles and cook until tender.
Gluten free noodles only take 3-5 minutes, wheat noodles will take longer – 15-20 minutes, or so.
Drain noodles in colander.
Combine cabbage and noodles and season with additional salt and pepper if desired.
Notes
NOTE: I allowed the noodles to dry about 4 hours before adding to boiling water.NOTE: After boiling the noodles about 3-5 minutes I turned off the heat and allowed them to cook a few more minutes in the hot water.NOTE: Preparation time does not include time required to rest and dry noodles before boiling.NOTE: My favorite gluten free flour to work with is Cup4Cup.