Cooking Bacon And Cabbage In A Slow Cooker

This super easy Crock Pot Cabbage recipe tastes just like grandma used to make! Tender cabbage with the savory flavor of bacon and onions makes the perfect side dish for any family dinner.

Crock Pot Cabbage Recipe: This super easy recipe tastes just like grandma used to make! Tender cabbage with the savory flavor of bacon and onions makes the perfect side dish for any family dinner.

Cris here. One of my absolute favorite side dishes growing up as a kid was cooked cabbage. Mom would often make it on the grill during the summer and in the microwave during the winter. I absolutely LOVED it.

Over the years I have made it several different ways in the crock pot, but after having it in a restaurant the other day it got my recipe development wheels a turning and this version was the result. The family raved about it and begged me to make it this way from now on. The kicker is, it is SO simple to throw together so I knew I HAD to share it with you.
Crock Pot Cabbage

Crock Pot Cabbage Recipe

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Crock Pot Cabbage Recipe: This super easy recipe tastes just like grandma used to make! Tender cabbage with the savory flavor of bacon and onions makes the perfect side dish for any family dinner.

Ingredients for Crock Pot Cabbage Recipe

1 small head of cabbage- cored and chopped
⅔ cup real bacon crumbles ( or 8 slices cooked crisp and chopped)
15 oz jar pearl onion, drained
8 cups chicken broth
¼ cup butter- sliced
salt and pepper

How to make Cabbage in a Crock Pot

Place your cabbage in your crock pot
Top with remaining ingredients
Cover and cook on high for 4 -6 hours or until cabbage is tender.

Crock Pot Cabbage Notes:

I used one of my favorite 6 qt slow cookers to whip this up. You are going to want a large slow cooker because it will be quite full until the cabbage cooks down.
We like our cabbage VERY tender, so we tend to cook it longer. If you like your cabbage a little firmer, just reduce your cooking time.
We LOVE using real bacon crumbles to skip the step of frying bacon. If you would prefer to cook your own bacon, go for it.
Similarly, we LOVE the flavor those little baby pearl onions in the jar bring to the table. You can usually find them in vegetable aisle or the same aisle with the pickles. However, if you want to use regular onions instead, I would just chop one up and cook them a little in your bacon grease before adding to the cabbage.
As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.

Printable Version of Crock Pot Cabbage Recipe

Crock Pot Cabbage Recipe: This super easy recipe tastes just like grandma used to make! Tender cabbage with the savory flavor of bacon and onions makes the perfect side dish for any family dinner.

1 small head of cabbage cored and chopped
⅔ cup real bacon crumbles or 8 slices cooked crisp and chopped
15 oz jar pearl onion drained
8 cups chicken broth
¼ cup butter sliced
salt and pepper

Place your cabbage in your crock pot
Top with remaining ingredients
Cover and cook on high for 4 -6 hours or until cabbage is tender.

I used one of my favorite 6 qt slow cookers to whip this up. You are going to want a large slow cooker because it will be quite full until the cabbage cooks down.
We like our cabbage VERY tender, so we tend to cook it longer. If you like your cabbage a little firmer, just reduce your cooking time.
We LOVE using real bacon crumbles to skip the step of frying bacon. If you would prefer to cook your own bacon, go for it.
Similarly, we LOVE the flavor those little baby pearl onions in the jar bring to the table. You can usually find them in vegetable aisle or the same aisle with the pickles. However, if you want to use regular onions instead, I would just chop one up and cook them a little in your bacon grease before adding to the cabbage.
As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.

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