It’s damn near shameful the amount of cabbage we’re been getting in our CSA this year.
Those beautiful, bounteous, and ever expanding orbs are consistently showing up in my farm share on a weekly basis. Normally I’d be overjoyed to see some smiling greens on the regular, but cabbage and I aren’t really the best of friends. In fact, it’s my least favorite cruciferous vegetable, way behind broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts.
Despite it’s healthy glow and notable nutritional panel, cabbage and I merely tolerate one another…until now that is.
Mainly because I decided to grill that sucker and smother it in bacon and blue cheese.
Basically, I took the super simple and classic wedge salad and elevated it a notch. Not because I’m fancy, just because I have a fridge full of cabbage, and I hate to waste food. Also, I’ve already given my mother-in-law two full heads and I can’t seem to pawn the rest off on anyone else.
Truly though, this unique twist makes this salad extra tasty, super crispy, and puts a significant dent in my cabbage hoard. If you’re a fan of the wedge salad, and you better believe I am, then you’re gonna love this version.
- 1 medium Cabbage, cut into quarters and core removed
- 4 Hard-boiled Eggs, cut in half (1 per salad)*
- 8 slices of cooked Bacon, crumbled (2 slices per salad)**
- 4 Tbsp. Blue Cheese crumbles (1 Tbsp. per salad)
- Handful of Cherry Tomatoes, halved (a few per salad)
- 2 Green Onions, diced (1/2 green onion per salad)
- Blue Cheese dressing, to taste
- Cut the cabbage into quarters and remove the woody core.
- Turn on grill. While the grill is heating up, hard-boil your eggs and cook your bacon. See notes on how to hard-boil eggs and cook bacon below.
- Place the cabbage flat side down on a hot grill with the lid closed. Cook for five minutes and then flip to the other flat side and cook another five minutes with the lid closed. There should be dark brown grill marks on both sides.
- Move cabbage to top rack of grill, round side down, and cook another 12 to 15 minutes until the cabbage is slightly soft on the outside.
- Remove from grill. Top grilled cabbage quarters with hard-boiled eggs, crumbled cooked bacon, blue cheese crumbles, cherry tomatoes and green onions. Top with blue cheese dressing.
- *To hard-boil eggs, place four eggs in a medium saucepan. Bring to a soft, gentle boil and cook for an additional eight minutes. Remove from heat and add cold water and ice until cooled down.
- **To cook bacon, lay flat on a skillet in strips and cook over medium heat, flipping bacon until completely cooked through on both sides. I prefer crispy bacon for this recipe. Cool on a plate lined with paper towels. Break into crumbles.
- I generally cook my eggs and bacon ahead of time so it's all ready to go.
What’s your take on cabbage?
I roast cabbage wedges sometimes, which turns out pretty similarly, minus the grill flavor of course. I’ve never thought to make a salad with roasted wedges though. Yum.
Look at you, one step ahead of the game already. Now you just need to toss some hard-boiled eggs, bacon and blue cheese on top and you’ll be all set.
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
Love a cabbage. I buy one every week and roast my chickens on top of it all cut up. Besides doing that I wouldn’t have a clue what to do with one (apart from the usual coleslaw etc).
This looks great though and I can see it pairing so well with blue cheese.
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I think almost everything pairs well with blue cheese.
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
This looks like a plate of joy with all my favorite things. Grilled cabbage. Genius! I’ll take two.
Coming right up. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
This would be seeeeriously impressive to serve to company. I don’t think I’ve ever bought an actual head of cabbage…
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Impressive and pretty easy too. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
I had a wedge salad yesterday! I love this twist. I’m a big fan of cabbage, but I never seem to be able to use the whole head (TWSS).
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I love a good wedge, salad that is.
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
Oh My! I don’t care for okra and the rest of the veg I love, cabbage included! Parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, eggplant, spinach purée, all of them! But poor old okra. Sorry southerners. I have have tried, even in your neck of the woods.
I’ve grilled just about all of the vegetables. But not cabbage, for some reason! And I love charred vegetables too! I’ve never tried grilling any romaine or other lettuce but you’ll betcha I’m making your salad as soon as I can get to the store and get some bacon and the biggest head of organic cabbage that I can find! And some blue cheese of course!
Dinner will be served! And lunch following. And dinner, hopefully! It’s a thing of beauty.
I don’t care for okra either so at least we’re in good company. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
I love cabbage! Boiled, roasted, salted, raw whatever. This grilled version looks amazing
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If you lived close by, I would absolutely gift you some cabbage.
Meghan recently posted…Healthy and Heavenly Grilled Cabbage Wedge Salad
I love cabbage. If I were anywhere near Ohio I’d gladly take it off your hands. 🙂
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And I would gladly share with you.
Woah! This the first time I saw a grilled cabbage and it definitely looks interesting. I appreciate texture in my salads which make me excited to try this. After all, it has lots of bacon. Will try this soon.
Oh yes, this salad packs a crunch thanks to the bacon and the cabbage. I can’t wait to hear what you think.