Air Fryer Cabbage
Air Fryer Cabbage? Yes, you saw that right! This method gives you tender cabbage with great flavor and a bit of caramelization.
The air fryer is great for cooking cabbage! It approximates sautéed cabbage for a tasty and easy side dish. It will become soft and tender when air fried, with some caramelization in places.
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Video: How To Air Fry Cabbage
What Kind Of Cabbage?
I used green cabbage for mine, but you can absolutely use your favorite variety. Red cabbage or napa cabbage would be fantastic!
My 5.5 quart air fryer was able to fit 6 cups of chopped cabbage. This is equivalent to half of a medium green cabbage. You want to remove the cabbage core and then roughly chop the leaves. You can alternatively use one 14-16 ounce bag of shredded cabbage or coleslaw mix if you prefer to skip the chopping.
If your air fryer is smaller, you will want to work in batches to make the full recipe so as to not overcrowd the cabbage. Or, you can cook it for longer, stirring every now and then.
Seasoning Cabbage
This air fryer cabbage recipe has a sweet butter sauce with caraway seeds that is tossed with the cabbage before cooking it.
If you’d prefer though, you can just use the butter or some olive oil and omit the honey and caraway. I would still include the seasoning ingredients though – salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
How Long To Air Fry Cabbage?
I like my cabbage quite tender and so I typically will cook it for a bit longer, about 12 minutes total. It gets darker in spots, but I like the mellow softness. If you like your cabbage to have a bit more texture, then you will likely want to cook it for a bit less, around 8-10 minutes.
More Air Fryer Veggies
There are so many vegetables that are delicious cooked in the air fryer. Try my Air Fryer Sun-dried Tomatoes and these other great air fryer recipes too.
- Air Fryer Broccoli with Parmesan
- Air Fryer Balsamic Brussels Sprouts
- Air Fryer Green Beans
- Air Fryer Carrots
- Air Fryer Mushrooms Recipe
Podcast Episode About Making Air Fryer Cabbage
Listen to me explain briefly about how to make this recipe, with some great tips along the way, by clicking the play button below:
Air Fryer Cabbage Recipe
- Prep Time: 7 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Total Time: 16 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: American
DESCRIPTION
Cooking cabbage in the air fryer gets you tender cabbage with great flavor and a bit of caramelization.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. melted butter
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 1/2 tsp. caraway seeds
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 6 cups chopped cabbage*
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the butter, honey, caraway, salt, garlic powder, and pepper.
- Add the cabbage to the bowl and stir to coat.
- Transfer the cabbage to the air fryer basket. Shake basket to evenly distribute the cabbage. Set air fryer to 370°F and cook for 8 minutes.
- Open the air fryer and check if cabbage is tender throughout and browned in places. If you’d like your cabbage more tender or more browned, shake the basket to rearrange the cabbage and then continue to cook for 3-5 more minutes.
- Taste and season with more salt, if desired.
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Notes
*This is equivalent to 1/2 of a medium green cabbage, cored then chopped, or you can use one 14-16 ounce bag of shredded cabbage or coleslaw mix.
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