Napa cabbage

Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette

Published at In Category Cabbage, Lettuce, Napa cabbage, Recipes

Last week I hosted dinner for neighbors and served the last of my previous cabbage in a coleslaw with chipotle-honey dressing. I chopped the cabbage in the food processor to make small (maybe 1/4-inch?) chunks instead of shreds. That’s something I learned from the guys who own The Po’Boy Shop on Clairmont. We are running their coleslaw recipe in the AJC in a few weeks and they firmly believe that small diced cabbage is the key to really excellent slaw. Their version has a mayo/vinegar/sugar dressing, but next week the AJC will publish my feature on what to do with some of those leftover condiments in your refrigerator and pantry. I made this chipotle-honey vinaigrette for the story and since I needed to use it up, I poured it over the cabbage (and a few chopped carrots). To a person, everyone at the table raved about it. I thought those who aren’t fans of smoky heat would leave it on their plates, but they ate it all. It’s sort of a recipe but you really have to taste it and adjust every single ingredient to suit your palate. I wanted more honey in mine.

(2023) Chicken and Vegetable Donabe

Published at In Category Daikon Radishes, Napa cabbage, Recipes

I confess there’s still Napa cabbage from weeks past in our basement refrigerator. Instead of trying to cook a whole one at once, I’ve taken to just peeling off leaves as needed for a recipe. So the recipe below will probably only use 4 or 5 leaves. The rest of that cabbage will go back in the refrigerator and be joined by this week’s cousin. But that means we’ll have beautiful cabbage to enjoy through the rest of 2023. No complaints here.

~Conne

(2023) Napa and Radish Salad

Published at In Category Napa cabbage, Radishes, Recipes

I love the Napa and radish salad recipe from Beautiful Briny Sea that’s appended below. Absolutely perfect for the contents of this box AND what a nice change of pace from the way many of us have been preparing all the Napa cabbage we’ve been receiving recently.

This is adapted from one created by Grant Park-based Beautiful Briny Sea, maker of the Campfire Sea Salt used in the recipe. If you don’t happen to have Campfire Sea Salt in your pantry, it’s a mix of smoked sea salt, cumin and ancho chili. You could substitute a bit of smoked paprika, salt and cumin, and ground ancho chili if you have it, and make a fine substitute.

(2022) Bully Boy’s Teriyaki Sauce

Published at In Category Bok Choy, broccoli, eggplant, green beans, Napa cabbage, Recipes Tags: ,

If you’re looking at a behemoth bok choy and wondering what to do with it, turn to Riverview’s collection of recipes – https://grassfedcow.com/ingredient/bok-choy/ – for about two dozen ideas. But … I offer you a new one. I had dinner at Bully Boy Sunday night and my friends enjoyed their salmon teriyaki which is served with baby bok choy drizzled with their teriyaki sauce. It was delicious and it just happens we’re publishing that recipe in the AJC in about two weeks, so I am here to share the basics on that sauce so you can reproduce something like it at home. The bok choy was steamed until completely, meltingly tender, and served with the sauce (and the salmon and some steamed green beans). Use a few of the green onions from your box to make this. This sauce is definitely sweet so you just need a little. But it will keep in your refrigerator for a long time, so use it on other vegetables and proteins.

(2021) Napa Cabbage Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

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I also ran into this recipe from Gourmet many years ago, Napa Cabbage Slaw with Radishes and Celery. We seem to be past having radishes in our box, but maybe you still have some of that celery from a few weeks ago. Anything crunchy would work. Cucumbers instead of radishes? And the dressing will work just as well on that bag of lettuce as it will in the slaw. The notes with that recipe are from Smitten Kitchen.

The dressing is a simple blend of buttermilk, apple cider vinegar, a touch of mayo, shallots, sugar, salt and pepper but the flavor is anything but. This is my new go-to creamy dressing. I am sure it would equally delicious with some crumbled blue cheese mixed in, if you’re into that kind of thing.

The dressing would be really great on an iceberg wedge or romaine hearts salad, or any kind of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mega mixed bowl. Like your lunch tomorrow.

(2019) Grilled Napa Cabbage Slaw

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And then there’s this recipe adapted from one by Laurie Moore of Moore Farm and Friends. You might know Laurie, she’s in the booth just a few tables away from Riverview at Freedom Farmers Market. As she says, “If you’re already firing up the grill, this is a great way to get some great flavor on the veggies, too.”