This Easy Sausage and Cabbage Skillet is my go to quick, easy and healthy weeknight dinner! Low Carb, Gluten Free, Whole 30, Paleo and all made in one pan – with minimal prep and easy cleanup!
This Sausage and Cabbage Skillet has been on a weekly rotation in our house for the last few weeks. I didn’t even mean to develop this for the blog, this was born out of pure necessity. That necessity being – I need a quick dinner that is also healthy and requires minimum effort. Anyone ever had that need before?
This is similar to my One Pot Paleo Sausage and Slaw Skillet except I’m pretty sure it is even easier. Plus I like that the sausage is crumbled and evenly distributed though the dish. I again turned to my weeknight dinner saver – bagged slaw. You can of course slice up your own cabbage/kale mix if you want, but using a precut bagged slaw just cuts down on a little prep time. Lazy? Possibly, but if it gets dinner on the table faster and with less clean up I think it is worth it.
Other than this Sausage and Cabbage Skillet being quick, flavorful and low carb, I love that it makes a huge serving! And you can make even more by bulking up the veggies. Not only that, but it’s all made in one pot. So you are spending less time making dinner and less time cleaning up! What more could you want?
If you want to reduce the calories more, using turkey or chicken sausage would work just as well here. I like using hot Italian sausage because it adds great flavor, but if you prefer mild that would work too. What are your favorite dinner shortcuts?
Sausage and Cabbage Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 pound hot Italian sausage for paleo/whole30 be sure to read ingredients to determine if they are compliant
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or oil of choice
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1 bag of slaw with kale cabbage, brussels sprouts and broccoli slaw (such as Cruciferous Crunch from Trader Joe's or Sweet Kale Salad from Costco/Kroger OR slice your own mix) about 10 ounces or 6 cups
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a high sided saute pan over medium high heat, brown the sausage until cooked through. Remove from pan.
- Reduce heat to medium and add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. Once hot, add the onions and season with a little salt. Cook for 5-10 minutes, until softened and golden.
- Add the garlic and spices, cook for about 30 seconds, until fragrant.
- Add the cabbage/kale slaw to the pan. The pan will be very full at first, carefully mix the slaw in and it will start to wilt and reduce in volume. You my need to add it in a few batches. Continue to stir, until everything is combined and slaw is wilted, about 5 minutes.
- Add the sausage back to the pan, stir to combine. Cook for another minute or two, until sausage is warmed. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. Serve.
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Gloria Wallace says
If I wanted to add cheese what kind would you recommend and should I put it on top or mix it in? Sounds delicious 😋 Can’t wait to try it!
Meghan says
Hi, I haven’t tried it with cheese, but I would probably try it with mozzarella!
Laurie says
I made this today to eat for lunch this week and it’s delicious. I used hot chicken sausage and couldn’t find cabbage with kale slaw so I bought broccoli slaw. The flavor is phenomenal and it’s so easy to make.
Meghan says
So happy you loved it!
Vamika says
Thanks for sharing this Easy Sausage and Cabbage Skillet, love to try this one . Just hope my members gonna love this one
Ivory says
Can hardly wait to make this again. I made it last month, and we loved it. Thanks for sharing, because I love your recipes.
Tina says
i used chicken sausage and figured out the calories. It is about 180 per serving and pretty tasty and healthy!
Gail says
Do you remove the casings from the sausage before cooking?
Meghan says
Hi Gail, I use ground sausage. But if you are using links, then yes, remove the casings first.
Vincent says
This was really good and it didn’t take much time at all to make.
Meghan says
So happy you loved it!
Darlene Tucker says
Sounds delicious. Can’t wait to try it. How many serving does it make?
Meghan says
Hi Darlene – it makes 4 servings. Let me know how it turns out!
Carolyn says
I am always looking for easy and healthy dinner recipes, this sounds like he perfect dinner!
Meghan says
Yes, so quick and healthy! Thanks Carolyn!
ashley manila says
I want this for dinner!
Meghan says
Thanks Ashley!
Elyse says
I made this last night and it was fantastic. I used chicken apple sausage, which really went great. My fiance loved it too. I ended up eating more than I intended! I served it with some crusty sourdough with mustard.
Meghan says
Hi Elsye – I’m so glad to hear that! The chicken apple sausage sounds fantastic!
Stephanie says
This is delicious! And easy. I had cabbage and broccoli on hand so I didn’t use a bagged mix. Served it with rice. The whole family loved it.
Meghan says
Hi Stephanie – I’m so happy to hear that! We make this often in our house too 🙂
Carol says
I added mixed salad peppers with the onions and used half sausage a d half ground beef. I also added 8 oz can of tomato sauce at the end. Deliciou! It also occurred to me that mushrooms would be good and/or cheese on top.
Meghan says
Hi Carol, That sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing, I’m so glad you loved it.
Olivia Foschetti says
This was wonderful! My whole family loves it! By chance does anyone have the nutrition breakdown on this?
Meghan says
Hi Olivia – Yay, so glad your family loved it! I don’t currently have the nutrition info up for this, but there are a few good, free nutritional calculators out there that you can use to get that info really quickly. Many readers use My fitness pal or the Lose it! app. Hope that helps!
Hannah says
I was wondering if you would know what the calories would be in this dish? I made this last week and it was so good, I’m making it again tonight! I would like to log this meal in My fitness pal… so I can keep track of my calories, since I’ll be making this more than once! 😃
If you could help out that would be great!!!
✌️ Hannah
Meghan says
Hi Hannah – I’m so glad you love the recipe! I don’t currently have nutritional info on the site, but my fitness pal has a cool feature where you can enter a recipe and the serving size and it will give you a calorie estimate. You can sometimes even just copy and paste the ingredients to make it super fast and easy. And you can do it for all of the meals you make at home so that you can keep track of them all. It is usually more accurate because you can enter the exact brands and amounts of ingredients that you use. Hope that helps!
Cassandra @ Uncommonly Well says
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! We made it a few weeks ago and loved that it was simple and yet very flavorful and healthy 🙂
Meghan says
Yay! I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks Cassandra!
Lynn says
This would be great with cornbread and butter!
Meghan says
Cornbread and butter is always a good idea!
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons says
These photos are gorgeous! Looks like a winner of a recipe!
E.A. says
This looks like a great dinner choice! I love how you describe putting recipe together, as I get a very clear image of just how to make it work! I know it will be a hit at our table~~thank you!
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Tamara says
Mmmm! I love everything in this one pan dish… I really need to remember to try it! Pinning. 🙂
Michelle - Giraffes Can Bake says
I am soooo trying this! It looks delicious and using lean pork mince with some added spices (you don’t really get ground italian sausage in the UK, at least I’ve never found it) it’s like 3 smart points a serving on Weight Watchers! I am so down! (for any WW followers who read this message, note I don’t count olive oil as points unless my weight loss plateaus just FYI haha!)
And you gotta love than one pan life!
Jane @ littlesugarsnaps says
Ok, only one memeber of my household does not like cabbage – this is going on the menu next time she is invited to a friends for tea – lovely.
Kankana says
Always love a quick one pot meal and that dish looks mighty good for any weekday!
Meghan says
Thank you Kankana!
Karly says
Holy delicious. I’m one of those total weirdos who is kind of obsessed with cabbage in the first place, but when I see recipes like this I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t be! Looks amaze.
Meghan says
Thank you Karly! Yes, I love cabbage too! I think most people that dislike it have only ever had it overcooked or something. It can be so good!