Parmesan Roasted Cabbage Steaks
Parmesan roasted cabbage steaks feature cabbage steaks that are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside on top of a bed of a crispy, seasoned parmesan cheese blend. It’s the perfect main course or side dish.
Cabbage steaks are the new “it” recipe these days, and there are a lot of variations out there. We think our version is the cream of the cabbagy crop, though. With a bed of seasoned parmesan cheese that gets crispy as it cooks and a perfectly cooked cabbage steak on top, this is one cabbage steak recipe that stands out from the rest.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: This recipe delivers a ton of flavor, but it only uses a handful of ingredients you can find in any grocery store.
- So Easy: Just mix the parmesan blend, slap a slice of cabbage on top, and bake. That’s it!
- Tons of Flavor: The herbed parmesan cheese and slightly sweet roasted cabbage steak create a dish that explodes with delicious flavor.
- Versatile: You can serve this as a meatless main course or a delicious, creative side dish.
🛒Ingredients
- Shredded parmesan cheese
- Oil
- Dried Italian seasoning
- Garlic powder
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Paprika
- Cabbage
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Cabbage: Any cabbage variety will work. Pick the one you like best.
- Spicy: Add red pepper flakes or cayenne to the parmesan mix for a kick of heat.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Large baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- Mixing bowls
- Spatula
🔪 How to Make Parmesan Roasted Cabbage Steaks
- Combine the parmesan cheese, oil, and seasonings in a medium bowl.
- Place the cheese mixture in 4 equal mounds per baking sheet, spreading the mixture out just enough to be about the size of your cabbage steaks.
- Add a cabbage steak to each mound and bake until the cabbage is tender-crisp, and the parmesan creates a crust on the bottom of the steaks.
- Then, use a spatula to flip the steaks. Bake again for another few minutes to get a good color on the cheese.
💭 Tips
- To bake both batches at the same time, place one pan on the top rack and one on the bottom. Then, halfway through cooking, rotate the pans 180 degrees and move the bottom pan the to rack and the top pan to the bottom rack.
- To ensure your parmesan mixture is about the same size as your steaks, spread them out until they’re just a bit smaller than the steaks. Then, gently press the steaks down into them, spreading the cheese a bit further to the perfect size.
🥫 Storage
Refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days in an airtight container.
To reheat the cabbage steaks, microwave them at 30-second intervals until heated through.
Serve With
Serve these tasty parmesan roasted cabbage steaks as a meatless main or as a side with dishes like pot roast vegetable soup, bacon-wrapped chicken tenders, or slow cooker brown sugar pork chops.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Cabbage steaks are simply slices of whole cabbage that are baked or roasted until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Any cabbage works well for cabbage steak, and they all bring their own flavor and texture. Napa cabbage is very tender and caramelizes well, creating a cabbage steak that is super-tender on the inside and nicely caramelized on the outside. Green cabbage is more robust but still a bit sweet. Red cabbage has a more pronounced flavor that mellows a bit when roasted, so it also works well.
Burned cabbage steak is most often the result of using the wrong oil. Cabbage steak is cooked at a high temperature, so an oil with a high smoke point is essential. Oil with a low smoke point will develop a rancid flavor and cause the cabbage to burn rather than brown.
🍽 More Cabbage Recipes
If you love the flavor and texture of cabbage, then check out our cabbage green goddess salad, cabbage roll soup, and slow cooker cabbage rolls. We have much more than those, so explore!
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Parmesan Roasted Cabbage Steaks
Equipment
- Baking sheets
- parchment paper
- medium bowl
- small bowl
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon dried italian seasoning
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 head cabbage cut into 8 equal slices
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl stir together the parmesan cheese, oil, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, pepper and paprika in a small bowl until well combined.
- Place the cheese mixture in 8 equal mounds on the 2 baking sheets (4 on one and 4 on the other).
- Spread the cheese mixture out about the size of each cabbage slice.
- Place a cabbage slice down on each cheese mixture spot.
- Bake in the oven until cabbage is tender-crisp and Parmesan creates a golden brown crust on bottom of cabbage, 16 to 18 minutes, rotating pans between top and bottom racks and from front to back halfway through or just bake one pan at a time.
- Remove the cabbage from the oven and let sit for 2-5 minutes.
- Use a spatula to carefully flip the cabbage and cheese crust over.
- Place the pans back in the oven and bake another 8 minutes.
- Serve!
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
