Warm Cabbage Salad with Pineapple and Peanuts

Name: Warm Cabbage Salad with Pineapple and Peanuts
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4 (as a side dish)
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 3–4 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary or thyme; 3–4 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary or thyme; 350 g/12 oz peeled fresh pineapple, cored and cut into chunks; 1 onion, chopped into wedges; oil, for frying; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1 tsp honey (only necessary if the pineapple is too tart); 350 g/12 oz green cabbage, chopped; 2 tbsp roasted peanuts; 1 tsp honey (only necessary if the pineapple is too tart)

Preparation info

Serves
4
(as a side dish)

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

This dish won’t take much time and, if everything is fresh and lightly cooked, I suspect that it’s even good for you. Green cabbage is a standard food throughout the islands and is used in salads and rundowns, fried with salt fish or steamed with carrots. The chances are you’ll eat cabbage at least once a week in the Caribbean.

Ingredients

oil, for frying
350 g/12 oz peeled fresh pineapple, cored and cut into chunks
1

Americas
Jamaica
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Caribbean

Method

Heat about a tbsp of oil in a large skillet. Add the pineapple chunks to the hot oil, stirring so they don’t burn (you do want the pineapple to brown slightly).
Add the onion, herbs and peanuts and fry for 2 more minutes. Taste the pineapple and add the honey if you need to at this time.
Toss in the cabbage and sprinkle on a little salt and pepper. St