You will love our buttery baked cabbage steaks at 350. They are a cheap but perfect side dish you’ve been waiting for made with simple ingredients, keto and low carb made with green or we’ve made Roasted Red Cabbage too.
Tender baked cabbage steaks are to die for! Ok so I am a cabbage lover so any way I can bake, air fry or pressure cook this green vegetable I’m game. Just one of our favorite simple cabbage recipes we make on a weekly basis.
It took me YEARS to really start liking this veggie. My Grandmother cooked it with everything every time we visited but I was at a hard NO when I was a kid. Then fast forward to my 40’s and I think I could easily eat it twice a week.
It is great raw, shredded on chicken taco bowls and I have cooked it so many ways. You can even make it a different color with our red cabbage coleslaw recipe. I haven’t found a cabbage recipe I haven’t liked. That is, now that I am older. 😉 Let me share what we made here and throughout here I will include a few others you should try as well.
How Long to Bake Cabbage Steaks in Oven
About 20 minutes at 350 degrees F is about right. Of course this vegetable is subjective as far as how tender you might want it to you can adjust to your liking. I prefer a lower temp at the beginning and then increasing the heat to get crispy edges all the way around.
There are several ways you can cook these of course but we are focusing on the old fashioned baked method. All you need is a baking sheet which is nice. Make this green version with red cabbage above too. You may have a few questions before you start on all of this. Let me answer them before you go forward.
How do you cut cabbage steaks?
For baking like this or cooking air fryer cabbage you cut cabbage into slices or steaks as some call them with a sharp knife. Start by removing the outer leaves and the hard stem at the bottom and discard. Hold the head with the stem area facing you and slice on the side into 1 inch pieces (I won’t use the very end pieces). You should be able to get about 8 steaks in one head.
You can cube your head of cabbage it into small squares if you’re making Instant Pot fried cabbage. That will create very tender pieces.
Do you cook cabbage steaks covered or uncovered?
In the oven I did not cover with foil. That wasn’t necessary to get the leaves nice and tender. The key to this is adding butter to soften it so it’s perfect and flavorful. The only time I’ve covered it with a lid was with my dutch oven corned beef and cabbage recipe. For baked cabbage I think cabbage steaks are best. I slice them about 1″ thick, but nothing is exact around here. 😉
Ingredient Notes
You want a large head of green cabbage. If you had a large crowd and several baking sheets (and more than one oven) you could easily double or triple this. Red cabbage steaks would take longer but would use the same idea.
Salted Butter is the key ingredient here y’all. Now I will say there is a difference when it comes to this in flavor and creaminess. The best is Kerrygold if you ask me, all the way.
Old Bay is seriously my favorite seasoning in the world and is really great on this as well for bold flavors.
Onion powder and we generally use some Garlic salt as well with this. Another option is everything Bagel seasoning!
Any other seasonings can be used, up to you. Salt and pepper simply could be your choices with a bit of minced garlic. Some prefer just olive oil instead of butter and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar
Weight Watchers Baked Cabbage Steaks
You can use avocado oil or olive instead of butter and those are the only points you would count for this!! The most common is using the green variety but if you wanted to try the others you could do so quite easily. How tender it will get depends on how thick you slice each piece. The larger the more crisp it will remain, or just take longer to get to the texture you want.
Thickly sliced pieces will come out firmer and/or take more time to cook. There is no exact science to this part, just try to make them as close to the same thickness as possible so they all come out about the same.
How to Roast Cabbage Steaks in Oven
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, you will increase temp later on. Remove hard bottom stem and discard. Set head on it’s side and slice with a sharp knife 1″ slices on a cutting board.
For baking cabbage steaks, put cabbage steaks on a baking sheet with pats of butter on top of each one. Then sprinkle with seasonings. Bake uncovered for 10 minutes. Then turn temp up to 400 degrees F and bake for 10 minutes or until it’s as tender as you’d like.
Try it yourself with our oven baked brisket recipe for the best meal ever. If you use a different combination of ingredients let us know. I will say butter is way better than olive oil if you ask me.
Baked Cabbage Steaks Recipe
Equipment
- 1 knife
- 1 cutting board
- 1 baking sheet
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice cabbage into 1" thick slices and put on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle each one with seasonings and put 3/4-1 tbsp slice in the middle of each one.
- Bake for 10 minutes, then turn oven up to 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Enjoy immediately for best results.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Other easy cabbage recipes you’ll love
We have a bunch of different Instant Pot cabbage recipes you can try. Cooking it in a pressure cooker is a great way because it gets tender really quickly. One of our most popular ones is our Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage. This is the ONLY way I cook this popular St.Patrick’s Day recipe now.
- Slow cooker stuffed cabbage soup is another favorite, hearty meal. Use spicy ground sausage for really bold flavors. A really cheap meal that even my kids love.
Smoked sausage and cabbage is really yummy. The kielbasa gives the wedges a lot of extra flavor. Super easy to throw together if you have a Traeger or other brand. I have made this many times and will say that cut smaller into bite size pieces works better, and faster, than wedges.
What goes well with cabbage?
If you love fish, try the best baked salmon. You can cook these together on different racks at the same time and serve together for a complete meal.
What else have you cooked with this that you really love? I’m game for lots of new ideas I can try here in the near future. It’s great hearing your ideas so we can change things up a bit. Like I said, I could eat this often but it does get boring unless you come up with new flavorful ways of baking or cooking it.
Printable recipe below which includes nutritional information. Of course size will make a bit of difference in regards to that. Our head was on the smaller size with 6 slices total. Remember, the thinner you cut it the more tender it will be in a shorter time duration.
FAQ
I haven’t found a reason to keep or try the core. That is the hard part at the bottom that was once attached to the plant. Once you remove that you can slice it in a bunch of ways to serve or cook.
To create tender leaves you will need some liquid. Low and slow cooking is best to soften. A simple treatment if it’s left raw is salting. Makes it just a tad more tender and considerably more flavorful while preserving its crunch.
This isn’t a food you couldn’t eat raw so it is safely eaten at any time in the cooking process really. What you are looking for is the tenderness you desire. It is done when it’s right for you palate.
These were super easy and tasty, the cabbage was softened but still had a little bit of crunch. Butter is such a great flavor enhancer for cabbage, it really only needs a few of those seasonings. I followed your tip and baked the cabbage steaks and some sausage at the same time.
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These were amazing!! I love how delicious and easy these are to make!!
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We are tryng the cabbage steaks tonight. I can’t wait to taste them.
This was great/had it with my corned beef yesterday. I squeezed some lemon over it at the end though and it gave it a little punch. This may turn out to be my new go to for cabbage.
So glad!
Easy and delicious! These are the perfect side dish.
We love it too
This was an easy and delicious side dish that we all really enjoyed! It will be a great addition to many of our meals!
Just plain WONDERFUL! My “G”kids love it, & they are picky eaters.
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Absolutely delicious!
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Love this recipe! Delicious!!
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I love cabbage and when I saw your recipe I had to try it. All I have to say is DELICIOUS!!!! Simple and good, that’s what I look for. This is now on the top of my list of favorite baked cabbage!!! Serving it this weekend for my family coming in. Thank you so much for this Great recipe. Love it!!!!
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