Creamed Cabbage Casserole

gailanng's Note:

About 25 years ago a neighbor brought this to a potluck. It was the most talked about and surprise of a dish. Can divide and freeze before baking.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 small cabbage, cored and shredded (approximately 5 pounds of cabbage)
• 1/4 cup butter (1 stick)
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 lb processed cheese, cubed small (Velvetta)
• 1 1/3 cups evaporated milk
• salt and pepper
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce or 1 dash hot sauce
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
2. Butter casserole dish.
3. In large sauce pan, boil shredded cabbage until tender, covered with lid, in just enough water to cover. Drain well and squeeze tightly to release excess moisture. Cabbage should be relatively dry; set aside.
4. In large sauce pan, melt butter; add onion, bell pepper and garlic. Saute until tender and onions become transparent; remove from heat.
5. Add to hot vegetable mixture the cheese; stirring to melt.
6. Next add the evaporated milk, reserved cabbage, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco, stirring to encorporate all; pour into prepared pan.
7. Sprinkle over top the breadcrumbs, then parmesan cheese.
8. Bake in preheated oven about 25-30 minutes, until heated through and bubbly.

Reviews

[Darkhunter]

This was a very tasty dish. Made it to accompany Minced Pork With Sour Cream (Faschierter Rahmbraten). They both went into the oven at the same time, and I was rewarded with a heart warming meal. As *Parsley* suggested, I used just 1 cup of evap milk. Thnx for sharing your recipe, gailanng. Made for the Voracious Vagabonds for ZWT6.

[*Parsley*]

Deeeeee-licious! I wan't sure I had the cabbage drained well enough, so I only used 1 cup of evap. milk. That worked out well. I loved all the flavors together. This was way more flavorful than the normal creamed cabbage. Thanx for sharing!

[2SpiceItUp]

This was pretty good. I also halved the recipe and I left out the bell pepper, because i didn't have any. Mine came out a little watery, but not too bad. It had good flavor but I still felt like it was missing something. Made for PRMR Tag.