Boiled Bacon and Cabbage

Name: Boiled Bacon and Cabbage
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 bacon joint (boiling bacon); 1 head cabbage, sliced; 6 potatoes; 3 tbsp butter

Boiled Bacon and Cabbage/boyld BAY-kon and KAB-ij/

About this dish

Tender boiled bacon joint served with cabbage cooked in the flavorful cooking liquid.

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Ingredients

🥓1 bacon joint (boiling bacon)

🥬1 head cabbage, sliced

🥔6 potatoes

🧈3 tbsp butter

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the bacon joint in water for about an hour and a half until tender.

Add sliced cabbage to the pot for the last 15-20 minutes of cooking.

Boil the potatoes separately until tender.

Slice the bacon and serve with the cabbage and potatoes.

Finish the cabbage with a generous pat of butter.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Boiled bacon and cabbage is a traditional Irish dinner, historically central to Irish farmhouse cooking.

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