I recently did one of Kwame Onwuachi’s recipes for jerk chicken and I thought that was an exceptionally good recipe. So it made sense to do his braised cabbage and carrot recipe to go with the jerk chicken. Incase you don’t know Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard Award Wining Chef and also was a competitor on Bravo’s Top Chef TV Show. This recipe is very easy. Also the cabbage comes out all melted and very soft. You might want to serve something like rice with it. It’s not very seasoned but is tasty. It will help to cool you off after the fireworks from the jerk chicken. I cut his recipe in half so depending on your portion size it will make 4-6 servings. The cabbage does shrink a lot as it cooks.

Ingredients for around 5 servings

1/2 head medium cabbage – core removed julienne cut

2 carrots – shredded

1 1/2 Tablespoons garlic – ground to paste

1 1/2 Tablespoons ginger – ground to paste

1 onion – diced

6 oz coconut milk

1 tablespoon sea salt

6 Tablespoons butter – cut in slices

1/2 lemon – just the fresh juice (this gets added at the end for finishing)

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

In a small bowl mix together the coconut milk, ginger, garlic, salt.

Get a large pan and the cabbage, onion, carrots, and butter slices. Give it a little mix. Add the small bowl of liquid. Try to pour it all over.

Cover the pan.

Put on middle rack of the oven for one hour and forty minutes.

A Special THANKS!!!! to Kwame Onwuachi for sharing this family style recipe.