Red cabbage is better than Green cabbage

[ctbaars]

Better taste. Better recipes as a stand-alone vegetable.
I'm using to make chicken soup right now. Two parts green to one part red. The only downside is the color bleeds out into everything.

 

[ponyo]

nope

 

[RLGL]

I am color blind and can't tell the difference!

 

[Iron Woode]

I like both. The red does have a different flavour from the green.

Now, savoy cabbage is a whole other story.....

 

[lxskllr]

I like the savoy. That's especially good fried.

 

[whm1974]

Purple cabbage... is the best

 

[ctbaars]

 

[Scarpozzi]

Red cabbage in an egg roll or gyoza dumpling would truly suck. I also like making crack-slaw and traditional cole slaw.....in all cases, green would be my choice based on tradition.

Now...Red cabbage varieties typically grow in smaller heads, therefore it's more expensive per pound due to the amount of waste when you cut out the stalk. I'm going to venture to say that that counts against it further. I prefer green to red....but don't dislike anything about red....it would likely make a decent substitute.

You said it yourself though OP....2 parts green to 1 part red. You may like red cabbage more, but you aren't going 100% red. Perhaps it'd overpower the dish with more cabbage flavor than you want? I really like cabbage, but it's typically a filler vegetable in my soups and filler in the other foods I make. I even like cutting it into wedges in BBQ season, sprinkling with cajun seasoning, wrapping it in foil/olive oil and smoking it with my pork roasts...

 

[BurnItDwn]

I like all of the cabbages.
That said, I tend to buy and use Bok Choy over other cabbage family veggies. It's all around good with everything IMO. It is a bit bland, but it isn't bad, and I find it quite pleasant overall.

 

[whm1974]

What about purple cabbage? Am I the only one who has had it?

 

[BurnItDwn]

As far as I know, Red Cabbage is Purple cabbage.
Isn't it just two different names used for the same variety?

 

[KMFJD]

i could really go for some braised red cabbage with spaetzle and sauerbraten

 

[OCGuy]

Distinction without a difference.

 

[whm1974]

As far as I know, Red Cabbage is Purple cabbage.
Isn't it just two different names used for the same variety?

Red cabbage looks red, Purple cabbage looks purple.

 

[IronWing]

Red cabbage looks red, Purple cabbage looks purple.

So how does green cabbage fit in?

 

[sdifox]

Taiwanese cabbage ftw


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[sandorski]

They both have their Pros/Cons and are better depending on the dish being used in. Red/Purple tends to be sweeter, especially when cooked, many dishes are not better with a sweet profile.

 

[OCGuy]

"The purpler the cabbage, the sweeter the soup" - Tupac Amadeaus Shakur

 

[whm1974]

So how does green cabbage fit in?

Green of course.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Coleslaw, good with fried chicken.

Shredded cabbage on fish tacos.

Sauerkraut on a hot dog, or with a pork roast on New Years.

And halupki. The actual reason why God invented cabbage.

 

[Iron Woode]

Coleslaw, good with fried chicken.

Shredded cabbage on fish tacos.

Sauerkraut on a hot dog, or with a pork roast on New Years.

And halupki. The actual reason why God invented cabbage.

I think what you meant to say was Holubtsi.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Red cabbage looks red, Purple cabbage looks purple.

All the red cabbage I have ever seen looks purple.
Never seen red cabbage that was red.

 

[sdifox]

All the red cabbage I have ever seen looks purple.
Never seen red cabbage that was red.

That is because those were irrigated with stale blood.

 

[BurnItDwn]

That is because those were irrigated with stale blood.

hah, excellent reply, thank you.

 

[aldensmith]

Hi guys I just came to know that is red cabbage also. Hope it also have same taste. But what I read from Google about this is that Red cabbage has 10 times more vitamin A than green cabbage. Is it right?