Canning Cabbage: Step-By-Step Guide
If you’re looking for a step-by-step tutorial for canning cabbage, this is it! Cabbage is an easy addition to your home food preservation routine.
Right out of the gate, let’s talk about why you might or might not want to can cabbage.
As with most vegetables, there are pros and cons, but with cabbage, even more so.
One reason you might not want to can cabbage is that it intensifies in flavor after canning. We all know that cabbage is pungent, and the flavor isn’t for everyone.
Solution: Drain and rinse canned cabbage before using.
Other solutions for improving the flavor of canned cabbage are seasonings. I personally stick mostly to plain cabbage and don’t do a lot of pickled cabbage, or other seasonings, because it cuts down on the versatility, but there’s not rule that you can’t add what you like. common additions to cabbage are pepper, caraway seeds, celery seed, mustard seed, onions, vinegar, or using chicken broth instead of water for your canning liquid.
You can also make sauerkraut. While I personally don’t prefer canning sauerkraut, it’s a great option for storing large amounts, especially if you heat your sauerkraut before serving anyway.
Reasons you might want to can cabbage
Convenience, and preserving food. Cabbage is one of those vegetables known for its storability. When root cellared properly, it can stay fresh all winter, but make no mistake, some of it will go to waste as the outer leaves discolor and dry out at time goes by, the usable head shrinks.
Not to mention, most of us don’t have a storage space for root cellaring. Especially those of us in the south where basements aren’t common, and attics don’t stay cool throughout the winter.
As for convenience, nothing beats being able to open and can and go. Canned cabbage is great for adding to a pot of soup, or casserole.
Ingredients for canning cabbage
All you need for basic canning is cabbage, salt, and water. As discussed above, you can add any seasonings you prefer, but those are the only necessities.
I typically use Redmond’s Real Salt, but any non-iodized salt works. Kosher salt is an affordable canning salt option available at most grocery stores.
As for cabbage, Green produces the best results, purely aesthetically. Red cabbage tends to discolor when canned.
Other tools needed for canning cabbage
As cabbage is one of the low acid foods, that requires a pressure canner to safely can. This is simply because a boiling water bath canner doesn’t reach the high temperature that a pressure canner does, so the odds of bacteria being properly neutralized is lower.
If you’ve never pressure canned before, don’t worry! It’s very easy. You just need a canner (I like this one for its simplicity), some water, and a stove.
Aside from the canner, you need canning jars. For cabbage, I usually use pint jars. This is purely personal preference. As a small family, we rarely need more than a pint’s worth of cabbage at a time.
When I buy new jars, I just use whatever lids come with them, but after that first use, I switch to Denali canning lids. They have a 30 guarantee, and haven’t failed me yet!
How to Can Cabbage
There are two basic processes for canning – hot tack, and cold pack.
For cabbage, I like to use the cold pack method to keep things simple.
- Cut your cabbage into your preferred size – I like to go on the smaller side.
- Pack into canning jars. Pack it tight. Keep squeezing cabbage in there – it’ll shrink.
- Add one teaspoon of salt to each quart jar, or 1/2 teaspoon to a pint.
- Fill with water, leaving about 1/2 inch of headspace.
- Screw on lids and bands.
- Place jars into the prepared pressure canner and heat.
- Let the canner vent steam for ten minutes, then set the weight to 10 lbs of pressure.
- Bring to pressure and process quarts for 30 minutes, or pints for 25 minutes.
Once the cabbage is done processing, remove the canner from the heat, and let it return to zero pressure naturally. After the pressure is down, you can let the jars continue cooling. If you need to remove them from the canner while still hot, be sure to protect jars from drafts with a kitchen towel or something of that nature. I also recommend covering hot jars with a towel once out of the canner until cool.
How to use canned cabbage
Canned cabbage is excellent for adding to soups like this stuffed cabbage soup or casseroles such as unstuffed cabbage casserole. It’s also suitable for adding to stir-fries, or seasoning and serving as a side dish.
Other canning recipes for you:
- How to Can Diced Tomatoes
- Canning Pinto Beans
- Old Fashioned Pickled Beets
- How to Can Green Beans
- How to Can Potatoes
Canning Cabbage
Canning cabbage is a great way to ensure delicious cabbage for your recipes year-round.
- Prep Time: 15-20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Total Time: 40-50 minutes
- Yield: Varies
Ingredients
- Cabbage – about 1 pound per pint
- Canning Salt – 1/2 teaspoon per pint
- Water
Tools needed:
Instructions
- Chop or shred cabbage. I like to chop it to about 1 inch pieces to make it easy to stuff in jars, and bit sized
- Stuff cabbage into canning jars, packing it firmly leaving about 1/2 inch of headspace
- Top with salt – 1/2 teaspoon for pints, 1 teaspoon for quarts
- Fill with water – again leaving a 1/2 inch of headspace
- Screw down lids and rings firmly
- Process in pressure canner for 30 minutes (quarts) or 25 minutes (pints) (see how to use a pressure canner)
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Great guide on canning cabbage! It’s such a useful way to preserve it for long-term use. Adding some tips on seasoning or different variations, like fermenting for sauerkraut, could make it even more interesting. Looking forward to trying this!
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It’s interesting to note the author’s preference for plain cabbage for versatility. This is a valid point, especially if you plan to use the cabbage in various dishes.
What elevation is assumed for pressure canning this recipe? I don’t know your elevation in TX where you live. You say 30 minutes for quarts. I live at 1200 ft so normally have to add 5 minutes to the base.
Yes, if you live at a higher elevation, you need to can longer, or use a higher pressure. You can see altitude adjustments here: https://extension.sdstate.edu/altitude-adjustments-home-canning
I live at 101 ft above sea level
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Thank you for this step-by-step guide to canning cabbage! I didn’t realize that canning intensifies the flavor and that rinsing the drained cabbage helps. I appreciate the tip of using green cabbage over red and adding seasonings like pepper, caraway seeds, or onions to make it more palatable. Your explanation of using a pressure canner for safety and the cold pack method with proper processing times was very helpful. I’ll be trying this soon to preserve my fall cabbage for soups and casseroles.
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