Ingredients
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1 head cabbage
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1 1/2 cups broad egg noodles
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4 tablespoons unsalted butter or 4 tablespoons unsalted margarine, and
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4 tablespoons virgin olive oil
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2 teaspoons minced garlic
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1/2 teaspoon brown sugar or 1/2 teaspoon Splenda sugar substitute, brown blend
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salt, to taste
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1 1/2 cups onions
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fresh coarse ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Variation #1:
- Cook broad noodles according to package instructions and drain.
- Cut up cabbage, onions, add butter, garlic and brown sugar and water.
- Cook until cabbage is done, making sure no water remains, 5-7 minutes.
- Pour cabbage over noodles and mix well.
- Add salt & pepper, to taste.
- This is a more rustic looking recipe.
- Variation #2:
- Cook the noodles according to package instructions and drain.
- Cut the cabbage up any way you like, slices or shredded, do the same with the onions, I prefer sliced onions & shredded cabbage.
- Heat a large pan on medium-high heat.
- When the pan is hot, add butter/oil combo, or 'grease' of your choice.
- When the butter & olive oil are hot, add cabbage and onions and saute for a few (about 5 minutes), then add garlic and sugar.
- Turn down the heat to medium and cover the pan.
- Let this cook until the cabbage is soft, about 3 more minutes.
- If you want the cabbage browned more, remove the lid and turn up the heat once again.
- Add the butter/oil combination as you need it.
- Add the cooked noodles and serve.
- Variation #3:
- Use 1/2 of the butter/oil combination and turn heat to medium-high, when it is hot; add the onions.
- Saute the onions with sugar or substitute for about 10 minutes, until they start to caramelize, then add garlic for another 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Cook noodles according to package directions, and drain.
- Place cabbage in large saute pan with 1 Tablespoon of the butter/oil combination and saute until lightly browned.
- Add the caramelized onions, garlic, cabbage & noodles and marry them for about 1 or 2 minutes, then add salt & pepper, to taste .
- Serve.
- *The amount of ingredients you use depends on how much halushki you want to make. Experiment!