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Chargrilled butter cabbage

Chargrilled butter cabbage served on a decorative plate

Chargrilled butter cabbage

Name: Chargrilled butter cabbage
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 1 large white cabbage; 100g salted butter; 2 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 garlic clove crushed; 1⁄4 - 1 chilli (scotch bonnet works well), deseeded and finely chopped; 2 limes zested and juiced; 1⁄2 tsp ground white pepper

Melissa Thompson – Journalist and food writer

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Serves 4-6

Easy

Prep: 8 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Make this delicious chargrilled butter cabbage on the barbecue for an easy veggie side dish. It's full of flavour with lime, chilli and garlic.

Gluten-free

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 large white cabbage
100g salted butter
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 garlic clove

crushed
1⁄4 - 1 chilli

(scotch bonnet works well), deseeded and finely chopped
2 limes

zested and juiced
1⁄2 tsp ground white pepper

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal183
fat18g
saturates9g
carbs4g
sugars4g
fibre3g
protein1g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Cut the cabbage into wedges, keeping the stalk intact so the leaves stay together during cooking. Put in a bowl of water – you want the cabbage to be immersed so some water gets trapped between the leaves, which will help cook it.
step 2

Lay the cabbage wedges on the grill furthest away from the coals and cook for 20 mins (or see tip below for cooking indoors). Melt the butter in a small pan over a low heat. Remove from the heat, then stir in the oil, garlic, chilli, lime zest and juice, the white pepper and a pinch of salt.
step 3

After 20 mins, brush the spiced butter mixture over one side of each cabbage wedge. Close the lid for another 15 mins. Turn the cabbage wedges over and brush the other side with the spiced butter. Once the cabbage has started to soften, move it directly over the coals using tongs, brushing it with more of the spiced butter until it is fully soft and has char marks. Remove from the barbecue and serve straightaway.

Recipe tips

On a rainy day

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 6. Make the butter mixture as instructed in step two and set aside.
Heat a griddle pan over a medium-high heat. Lightly brush the cabbage wedges with oil and cook for 2-3 mins on each side until charred. Put on a tray and bake until tender, about 25-30 mins. In the last 5 mins, pour over the butter, then return to the oven. Serve straightaway.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2022

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