This recipe for Scalloped Cabbage is a low carb twist on the classic southern side dish. It has deliciously tender cabbage, a creamy cheese sauce and a crispy topping that makes it irresistible!
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Scalloped cabbage is essentially scalloped potatoes - minus the potatoes and add the cabbage. If you've never had it before you may think that this sounds like a disaster - but you're gonna have to believe me on this one. It's absolutely amazing!
As a kid, it was the only way that I would eat cabbage and it's still the only way my kids (and my husband for that matter) like it.
My grandma used to make it all the time and I was always happy to see it making it's way around the dinner table.
I'm pretty certain that my grandma made her scalloped cabbage with Velveeta cheese. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure that is the only "cheese" that I remember my grandma ever using for anything.
Say what you want about it, but nothing melts or is as creamy as Velveeta. With this in mind I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to recreate this dish from my childhood without it. But I couldn't be happier with the results!
Ingredients and substitutions
The ingredients for this recipe are very straightforward and I don't recommend a lot of substitutions.
The sauce calls for some dried mustard, but you can substitute prepared mustard if you don't have any.
For the crispy topping, I used my Keto Butter Crackers which I pretty much always have on hand. If you don't have these and don't want to make them, You can mix about ¼ cup of almond flour with a tablespoon or so of melted butter and sprinkle this mixture over the dish in place of the crackers.
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Scalloped Cabbage
Ingredients
- 1 small head of cabbage (about 4-5" in diameter)
- salt and pepper
- ¾ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 serving of Keto Butter Crackers (optional)
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Meanwhile cut the cabbage into quarters and remove the core. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the boiling water, then carefully add the cabbage. Cook until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- Drain the cabbage and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a 2 ½ quart casserole dish with butter or nonstick spray.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the almond milk, heavy cream and cream cheese. Stir frequently until the cream cheese is completely melted. Stir in cheddar cheese, and ground mustard.
- Stir constantly until the cheese is completely melted and the sauce is smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add ½ of the cabbage to the bottom of the prepared dish, then top with ½ of the cheese sauce. Repeat this process with the remaining cabbage and cheese sauce.
- Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove from oven, take the foil off and top with crumbled butter crackers. Return to the oven, without the foil and bake an additional 10-15 minutes until the top is golden and the cheese is bubbly.
Notes
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Donna Thompson says
We loved this dish! I added a little bit of bacon on the bottom of the dish and some diced chicken thighs fried in the bacon grease on the top of that.. Topped it with the cabbage and yummy cheese sauce and baked as directed. I omitted the crackers.
Linda B says
This recipe looks delicious! My partner and I can't successfully digest heavy cream or half and half. What do you suggest as an alternative. By the way, I love it that you use so many low cost healthy ingredients in your recipes like cabbage and cauliflower! Thanks for this 😊