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Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage Made Fast in Your Instant Pot

Are any of you getting beautiful heads of cabbage in your CSA yet? I’ve been getting some for the past month or two. Honestly, I’ve made enough raw cabbage salad for the summer and I was ready for something cooked.

I really like cooked cabbage, but Cheryl doesn’t. Well, until she had this Sweet and Sour red Cabbage. It’s so easy to make in the Instant Pot and she even asked for seconds!

Originally, this was going into my new book, The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot. But the book’s loss is your gain!

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Photo from The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot

In the book, it was served as a side to some pierogies, but you could also serve it with some baked tofu or tempeh. Or wrap some chopped potato in foil and cook it on top of the cabbage and make mashed potatoes. You can also make it sweeter or more sour to suit your taste.

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Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage Made Fast in Your Instant Pot

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This is the dish that I've used to get cabbage haters to try - and like - cabbage for the very first time. The sweetness of the applesauce and the tang from the vinegar turns plain cabbage into something you can eat by the bowlful.

Ingredients

Saute Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon (14 g) mild oil (or broth to make oil-free)
  • 1/2 cup (80 g) minced onion
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced

Pressure Cooker Ingredients

  • 6 cups (534 g) chopped cabbage
  • 1 cup (237 ml) water
  • 1 cup (244 g) applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon (15 g) apple cider vinegar
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Use the sauté setting over normal, or medium heat, and heat the oil or broth. Saute the onion until they become transparent. Then add the garlic and sauté a minute more.
  2. Add the pressure cooker ingredients listed above and put the lid on and make sure that the vent is sealed. Cook on manual setting at high pressure and set for 10 minutes.
  3. Carefully move the pressure valve to release the pressure manually.

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Recipe Notes

Feel free to use less applesauce or more apple cider vinegar to make this dish less sweet and more sour.

Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage Made Fast in Your Instant Pot

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  2. I have made something similar in the slow cooker using peeled apple chunks instead of applesauce. One of my Fall recipe favorites

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  8. I’ve bought your book (love it!) and on page 185 I see the same picture. The recipe for the cabbage didn’t make it into the book, nevertheless there are some remarks that you can make a Slavic meal with the pierogies by making ‘the cabbage recipe below’. I assume that these remarks are forgotten to be skipped together with the recipe for the cabbage? Just mention it because you would like to change this with the second print of the book, I’m sure that will be soon! Will make the cabbage today, nice that’s its on your blog, I savez it on Pinterest. Kind regards XXX from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Pauline

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  10. Hello in your sweet& sour red cabbage made in an instant pot you didnt mention what type of onion you used.ive never eaten sweet&sour red cabbage made with onion&apple sauce.ive been told by friends in the past( and I mean many years ago) that they used sugar in their receips.Im looking forward to makeing your recipe.I have red onions&brown onions.which type should I use? Thank you,Robyn Moore.

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  11. Recipe says to use the “sauté” button and then the “manual setting ” at high pressure. On the XL which button do I use for sautéing and which button do I use for manual cooking

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  12. I love sweet and sour red cabbage! This turned out very well and I liked that I didn’t have to babysit the pot, it didn’t heat up the kitchen, and it was quick. I added additional vinegar and a pinch of cloves. I will definitely make this again.

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  13. I don’t have a pressure cooker it’s on my list to get. But if I cook it manually in a pot do you think I still can do do it? Or would I need to make alterations? Is the cabbage still crunchy or is it soft? And I have both red and green cabbage can I cook them together? Thanks!

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    • You can totally cook this on the stove. You might need to add more water or put a lid on it while it cooks. Red and green cabbage should both work. The cabbage is cooked until it’s soft, but not mushy.

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  16. I love sweet and sour red cabbage! I Like mine more tart but both ways are great! I don’t put garlic in it. I also add nutmeg and a touch of allspice. SO good!

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