In this Cabbage & Noodles recipe, simple pantry ingredients create a comforting dish in just minutes. Tender sweet cabbage, fluffy egg noodles and deliciously browned sausage are tossed with butter, salt & pepper. A perfectly comforting meal that your whole family will love!
When I was a kid, I loved veggies and now that I’m older, I love them even more. Right near the top of my list is cabbage!
Not only does it taste great either raw or cooked, it’s so good for you! Typically we use it in cabbage rolls or cabbage roll soup but of course it’s great in a nice crunchy coleslaw too!
Cabbage and Noodles (aka Haluskie) is an old Polish dish and it’s one of my favorites from my Grandmother! Different areas have slightly different versions, Slovak Halusky is more of a potato dumpling while other areas enjoy it as cabbage and noodles.
Regardless of what you call this dish, it’s the perfect way to enjoy the sweet flavors of cabbage and a great way to get a meal on the table on a busy weeknight!
Don’t let the simplicity of this recipe deter you from giving it a try, ingredients don’t have to be fancy to taste amazing!
When seasoning this dish, be generous with the salt & pepper, it makes this extra good! I typically use egg noodles in this dish, I love the light fluffy texture and you can use any type of sausage. If you don’t like sausage, feel free to crisp up some bacon (and sub in some of the bacon grease in place of the butter) or skip the meat altogether.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces kielbasa or smoked sausage, sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
- ¼ cup salted butter
- 1 large onion diced
- ½ head green cabbage chopped, approx. 6 to 7 cups
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ⅔ cup frozen peas
- 8 ounces egg noodles measured dry
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook noodles according to package directions, drain and set aside.
- In a large saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cook sausage until lightly browned.
- Add remaining olive oil, butter and onion. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add cabbage and garlic. Cook until tender (10-15 minutes). Stir in peas, noodles and salt & pepper. Cook 2-3 minutes or until heated through.
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Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Main Course
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Yummy,the cabbage noodles are superb
Wonderful recipe. My wife, whose ethnicity is Slovak and Hungarian, said she was surprised how good it was. Absolutely delicious meal. Plenty of leftovers to enjoy another meal. Thank you for publishing this recipe.
Love these recipe
I have been eating this since I was little and now make it for my family. Only I don’t put in peas and have started adding onion and garlic powder to it ( husband hates whole onion pieces and many other things so I work around that). My family loves it and ask for it often.
I made this for supper last evening. Excellent. Tasty. Starch, protein, vegs. Pretty sweet!
Jo
I have this huge 3 lb. head of napa cabbage. Do you think I could use that instead of the usual round cabbage head?
Sure you can! The texture is a bit softer so it may not need as long to cook. The flavor might be a touch sweeter but I think it’ll still be great.
Made this for dinner tonight and my wife was impressed. The only thing I would do different is add a little pepper flakes for some spice. Will be making this apart of my repertoire and recommending to family and friends. Thanks for sharing.
So glad you enjoyed it Mark, love your addition of pepper flakes!
Made this tonight as written and I loved it! My hubby and son both said they wished it had more of a sauce, any suggestions? Either way, it’s going in the dinner rotation since I’m the cook.
Hi Amanda, we have only tried this recipe as written but other readers have added in a little chicken broth or additional butter to increase the sauce.
I have made this before and we love it. So I decided to make it again for supper. Plus I make cornbread to go with it and it is so good together.
Thanks for recipe
I don’t have any frozen peas. Can I use frozen mixed vegetables?
Sure, that sounds delicious Angela!
This was excellent! Followed recipe exactly and it made a ton! It’s only my husband & I so we’ll have a few days of leftovers. This is great right now since we’re trying to limit our grocery shopping trips. Thank you for the awesome recipe, this is definitely a keeper :)
What a lovely recipe for Cabbage & Noodles, Holly! I’ve been making something very close to this for years. I got the recipe from my mom. We also add some Caraway & Mustard Seeds, which really add a lot of flavor.
Your additions sound delicious, thank you for sharing!
This was great. I don’t know if I would have tried it if the stores were stocked right now, but I am glad I did. It will go into dinner rotations from now on.
I am glad that you enjoyed this recipe, Jason!
My husband and I make this quite frequently … with his childhood recipe we always in addition add at the end a nice amount of seasoned croutons and stir them in… Once they soften up nicely, the texture and flavor addition is great.
Never had it, but it sure sounds yummy! In Polish it’s spelled “Haluski”, I’ll make it a point to try this very soon. I read somewhere that this dish was first made in Hungary, but who knows?
Because I do not have Sausage on hand, I will replace it with some ham that I have. Hopefully, it will be wonderful. lol But it looks easy and so yummy. I will report back.
This was very good, followed the recipe just added a little cream cheese. Would definitely make again!
I’m going to make this tonight & am going to use your suggestion of the cream cheese.
This is soooooo good. I want to keep eating it!
Everyone I make this for loves it! It’s very flavorful and warming. We like to use skinless beef sausage. I love that this makes a nice big amount so there’s leftovers, and like the best meals, this tastes even better the next day.
Made this a few times now, love it!!!