(cache)Grilled Cabbage Wedges With Ginger-Miso Dressing Recipe

This grilled cabbage has a great texture that's both soft and crisp, with the smoky flavor of its gently charred edges. It's made even better by a ginger-miso dressing that's sweet, salty, earthy, and tangy.

Why this recipe works:

Cutting the cabbage into wedges with the root intact helps it stay together on the grill.
Starting the cabbage over direct high heat chars the outer leaves, then roasting it over indirect heat softens the insides a little, while retaining a nice crunch.
A ginger-miso dressing sinks between the leaves of the cabbage, giving each bite a great sweet and salty flavor.

Prep Time:

32 mins

Cook Time:

8 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Servings:

4 to 6 servings

Yield:

Serves 4 to 6

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Ingredients

For the Dressing:

3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons white miso
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon mirin
2 teaspoons finely minced ginger
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic (about 1 medium clove)
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

For the Cabbage:

1 medium head green cabbage, cut into 6 wedges with the core left intact
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 scallion, thinly sliced
Kosher salt

Directions

For the Dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, soy sauce, miso, vinegar, mirin, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, crushed red pepper, and white pepper. Set aside.
For the Cabbage: Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate. Place cabbage wedges on hot side of grill and cook, covered, until well charred on first side, about 2 minutes. Flip cabbage, cover, and cook until charred on second side, another 2 minutes. Flip wedges to third side, cover, and cook until well charred, another 2 minutes. Transfer cabbage to cooler side of grill, cover, and continue cooking until mostly tender but still crunchy in center, about 4 minutes longer.
Transfer cabbage to a large bowl and toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Transfer to a serving platter. Drizzle with sauce, garnish with scallion, and serve immediately.

Special equipment

Grill

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)

136	Calories
5g	Fat
20g	Carbs
4g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4 to 6
Calories 136
% Daily Value *
Total Carbohydrate 20g	7%
Dietary Fiber 5g	16%
Total Sugars 13g
Protein 4g	8%
Total Fat 5g	7%
Saturated Fat 1g	4%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Vitamin C 80mg	89%
Sodium 627mg	27%
Calcium 114mg	9%
Iron 1mg	4%
Potassium 470mg	10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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salty_sea_keri

07/06/2018

I have been wanting to make this since I saw the email last week, and man, it was so, so good. I don't have outdoor space, so no grill, but I managed to get a decent char using the dry saute method mentioned in the comments of Kenji's original article. I will definitely make this again indoors, but I also look forward to trying it any time I get out of the city the rest of the summer.I'm not the author of this recipe, but to take a crack at the questions posed in the other comments:-I think any miso would probably be fine. The one I used was more like a yellow or red, and it was great.-I don't know about 8 carbs. I track macros myself, and for 1/2 the recipe as written, I came up with a count of 50 total carbs and 39 net carbs. So even if you had a small portion, you'd still have to make some changes. I personally think it's totally doable to still come up with something tasty based on this for that amount of carbs though (assuming you count net).

autotraveler

06/28/2018

I just started on a keto-style, restricted carb diet. Do you have any idea of carb count that you can share? I'm hoping it's eight carbs or less.

Chocolate Sundae

06/27/2018

Thank looks really bad🤭 However, the sauce sounds great 👍🏾

Loran

06/07/2016

I have yellow miso in the fridge - would that work for the dressing? I'm not to familiar with tastes by miso color.