Bacon and Cabbage

Name: Bacon and Cabbage
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1.5kg kg bacon joint; 1 head cabbage; 1 each onion; 3 each carrot; 2 each bay leaf; 1 tsp black pepper; 80g g butter; 80g g flour; 600ml ml milk; 2 tbsp mustard

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A boiled bacon joint and cabbage cooked in the bacon's broth. Frugal, fragrant, deeply Irish. Serve with mustard sauce and floury potatoes.

Prep 10 mins

Cook 2 hr

Servings 6

Difficulty Easy

Per serving £0.55

Approx £3.30 total based on typical supermarket prices in GB. See yours →

S by Steven Tobin · Published 4 May 2026

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Instructions

1

Place the bacon joint in a large pot, cover with cold water. Bring to boil, drain. Refill with fresh water.
2

Add halved onion, bay, peppercorns, carrots. Simmer 1 hour 45 minutes per kg.
3

Quarter the cabbage and add to the pot for the last 15 minutes of cooking.
4

For sauce: melt butter, whisk in flour, then milk gradually. Cook to thicken. Stir in mustard.
5

Slice bacon thinly. Plate with cabbage and a generous slick of mustard sauce.

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Steven is the founder, recipe developer, and chief washer-upper at Budget Dinner Recipes. A passionate home cook from a big foodie family, he's spent years collecting and perfecting recipes from across the world — from Malaysian laksas and Kenyan curries to weeknight British classics. Family meals are at the heart of e…

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