Nine recipes where cabbage is the main event, from Polish cabbage rolls to egg rolls and a crispy bacon hash. It's cheap, easy to find and does more than you'd think.

Golabki (cabbage roll)
Allrecipes
Polish cabbage rolls filled with beef, pork and rice, baked in tomato sauce on a bed of the leftover chopped cabbage. Originally from Allrecipes.

Tangy cabbage slaw
BBC Good Food
Red and white cabbage with carrot and celery in a mustardy mayonnaise dressing. The recipe says you can make it a day ahead.

Cabbage Soup (Shchi)
thespruceeats.com
Russian cabbage soup with potatoes and tomatoes, finished with sour cream and dill.

Air Fryer Egg Rolls
simplyrecipes.com
A pork and cabbage filling rolled in wrappers and air-fried. No air fryer? The recipe has a pan-fry method too. From Simply Recipes.

Jamaican Steamed Cabbage
myforkinglife.com
Everything goes into one covered pan: cabbage, carrot, tomato, thyme, butter and half a Scotch bonnet.

Napa Cabbage with Dried Shrimp
simplyrecipes.com
Napa cabbage stir-fried with ginger and dried shrimp, which bring a salty kick. The recipe gives a dried shiitake swap if you want it vegetarian.

Trinxat (Potato, Cabbage and Bacon Hash)
internationalcuisine.com
Mashed potato and cabbage pressed into a pan with bacon and fried in the bacon fat until golden on both sides.

Rosemary braised red cabbage with kabanos
BBC Good Food
Red cabbage braised slowly with apple, vinegar and brown sugar, with kabanos sausages added near the end. BBC Good Food suggests mash on the side.

Ham hock colcannon
BBC Good Food
Mash, buttery cabbage and ham hock, topped with a fried egg. The eggs go in the cabbage pan, so there's one less thing to wash.