Southern Fried Cabbage With Sausage

This is a family favorite cabbage recipe. The cabbage is cooked down with tomatoes, seasonings and smoked sausage for a hearty and delicious meal-in-itself. Serve with cornbread.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons bacon fat
• 1  small green cabbage, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
• 1⁄2-3⁄4 lb smoked sausage, sliced (I like Conecuh, Original)
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained (I like Hunt's Petite Diced)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  garlic salt, to taste
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  Tony Chachere's Seasoning, to taste (optional)
•  salt, to taste
•  black pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Chop/slice the sausage, cabbage, and onion.
2. In a large non-stick skillet, pre-cook the sliced sausage about 3 minutes to render some of the fat out. Remove sausage from skillet and drain on paper towels if needed. Set aside. Wipe the skillet clean.
3. In the same skillet, melt the butter. Add cabbage and onion and cook and stir on medium-high for about 5 minutes, until cabbage starts to wilt.
4. Add remaining ingredients, and the sausage.
5. Cover the skillet and cook for about 10 minutes.
6. Uncover, and finish cooking until cabbage is desired tenderness and most of liquid has been reduced.