Grilled Red Cabbage with Magic Green Sauce

It’s grilling season, and I am ready for it!

I love entertaining, but sometimes I prepare so many appetizers for fear that my guests will be too hungry while I am grilling that by the time I present dinner they are no longer hungry.

But I have a solution! Grill the first course, and they can enjoy that while you finish grilling the rest of the dinner.

Have you had grilled cabbage before? It gets this nice smoky flavor, and it’s a bit wilty but still has some crunch to it. I decided to make a “green sauce” to go with not only the grilled cabbage but the steak as well. This sauce is magical – pinky swear!

This is kind of a chimichurri sauce, but I had a bunch of greens in my fridge that needed to be used up and this sauce has not only cilantro and parsley but spinach! Promise you won’t be able to tell. It has a nice acidic kick from the vinegar, sweetness from the honey and just enough spicy enough with the jalapeno.

Grilled Red Cabbage with Green Sauce

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Serves: 8

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

One large head of red cabbage

Avocado oil spray

Salt and pepper to taste

For the sauce:

1 cup parsley

1 cup cilantro

1 cup baby spinach (fresh)

6 cloves garlic

1 jalapeno*

3/4 cup grapeseed oil (or extra virgin olive oil)

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2 tablespoons white vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

Heat grill to medium heat. While the grill is warming up, place all the sauce ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth, about two minutes.

Cut the cabbage in half, and then each half into quarters, making sure to leave the core so the cabbage stays together on the grill.

Spray with avocado oil spray, salt and pepper and grill over medium heat for five minutes a side.

Serve immediately with the magic green sauce.

I am so excited to share that grilling classes are back on the schedule at our Lincoln Square location! If you are not familiar with grilling, or want to up your grilling skills, taking a class with one of our chefs is a fun event.