Growing up my mother made this dish quite often during Lent. I much preferred this to her creamed spinach. She was a fantastic cook but her creamed spinach left a lot to be desired! This inexpensive meal is not only easy to make, it’s nutritious, filling, and if you love cabbage and pasta, you’re going to love this dish. My mother was German and Hungarian so I’m pretty sure the addition of Paprika to this dish comes from her Hungarian side. It adds a lovely sweetness to this dish that I think you will thoroughly enjoy.
The seasonings for this dish are simple everyday ingredients you probably have in your spice drawer; salt, pepper and sweet Hungarian paprika.
Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside. I use wide egg noodles for this dish, because I always seem to have them on hand. My mother used bowtie pasta and it also works well in this dish.
Using a sharp knife, cut cabbage in half and then into quarters, Remove the hard core and discard; slice cabbage thinly. Set aside.
Thinly slice onion, Set aside.
In a large pot melt butter over medium heat. Add sliced onion and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes.
Add sliced cabbage to the pot and continue to cook until soft and it reduces down to about a ¼ in volume. Stir the mixture often to prevent burning.
Add paprika, salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine spices with the onions and cabbage.
Add the cooked, drained pasta to the pot.
Stir to combine pasta and cabbage together. Serve immediately.
This is comfort food for me! I love the mild sweetness of the braised cabbage with the pasta. It’s utterly delectable! Most German, Austrian, Hungarian, and Polish families will have a similar variation of this recipe. Some recipes call for using lard or bacon fat instead of butter. Some may or may not add paprika. Some recipes call for making dumplings instead of using noodles. Some include the addition of cooked sausage like Bratwurst or Polska Kielbasa or bacon to make this a more substantial meal. That’s the beauty of this dish, no matter how your family makes it, it’s utterly delicious. Give this recipe a try, I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how tasty such a simple dish can be.
Krautfleckerln, Cabbage & Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter or olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1 large head green cabbage, cored and thinly sliced
- 8 oz wide egg noodles
- 2 tsp Hungarian sweet paprika
- salt & pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- In a large pot melt butter over medium heat.
- Add sliced onion and sauté until soft.
- Add cabbage to the pot and continue to cook until soft and it reduces down to about a ¼ in volume.
- Add paprika, salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine with onions and cabbage.
- Add cooked pasta to the pot and stir to combine.
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We made this tonight. So good! I can see how this is your comfort food! I put sliced smoked sausage and cooked that with the onion, making this for our main dish. My husband and I both loved it! Thanks for sharing!
My husband likes it better when I add smoked sausage or ham to it too, but I grew up eating it plain and it’s total comfort food for me. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!