crack slaw thou art my friend

eterprincess · 03-11-2013, 09:32 AM

So last night I got adventurous, and decided to track down and make this "crack slaw" i hear people talking about. Used Genaw's recipe for hamburger and cabbage stir fry with ground beef, cabbage, mushrooms, soy sauce and sesame oil..

Where has this been before? Wow. I did not expect it to be quite as tasty, but the sesame oil packs a nice flavor into it. Now I see why its called "crack" lol.

moniruth · 03-11-2013, 09:36 AM

Sounds yum! I love sesame oil, are we allowed to have soy sauce? Or just tamari? I actually wasn't using it at all and miss it. Thanks for this recipe idea!

eterprincess · 03-11-2013, 10:01 AM

there is about 2 tbs in the total recipe, I think its listed as having 4.5 grams of carbs (net) per serving. HAMBURGER CABBAGE STIR-FRY - Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes

abitobeef · 03-12-2013, 02:10 PM

Best recipe ever. I eat it about twice a week. Try some hot sauce in it.

Ntombi · 03-13-2013, 04:34 AM

You know, I've been making a version of this for years and years, just came up with it one day, and it was several years before I realized that the "crack slaw" that people talked about here was the same thing I'd been cooking since long before I started Atkins.

Yes, soy sauce is allowed on induction.

DairyQueen · 03-13-2013, 09:24 AM

i've always been confused about crack slaw. I mean, it's sliced cabbage, sauteed, and with hamburger meat, or whatever you have on hand? throw in some red peppers maybe, for color? But are people enamored of it because they've never had fried or sauteed cabbage before? please tell me!

Ntombi · 03-14-2013, 04:38 PM

I don't know either. It's just a good dish, but it's amazingly amazing to me.

Ntombi · 03-15-2013, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Ntombi

I don't know either. It's just a good dish, but it's amazingly amazing to me.

it's NOT amazingly amazing to me.

indigocrush · 03-15-2013, 02:09 PM

I'm going to make this tonight for dinner. Can't wait to try it!

eterprincess · 03-18-2013, 03:32 PM

It's good, it's not an omg zomg best thing ever. I grew up on cabbage, sautéed, steamed, raw, boiled with salt pork, so I like cabbage. For me it was an easy I make dish I could take with me to work, had meat and veggies combined, and was tasty

Shrinkingviolet · 03-19-2013, 06:32 AM

I might give this a go, sounds interesting and I'm sucked in by the notion that I can casually tell people I had crack slaw for supper

I do love fried cabbage though, especially with crispy bacon and a little bit of onion. Also love kale chips. Nom nom nom

DairyQueen · 03-19-2013, 12:43 PM

mmmm - i'm part hungarian, part german and part irish, so a love of cabbage is in my genes! I've got one at home - fried cabbage with bacon sounds terrific-- and my hungarian grandmother used to make something that was fried cabbage but also a little sweet? i'll have to look that up....then there's stuffed cabbage and cabbage soup....

Shrinkingviolet · 03-19-2013, 01:57 PM

Stuffed cabbage!!!

Ntombi · 03-19-2013, 06:26 PM

I'm not a fan of stuffed cabbage, but cabbage is one of my staple veggies. I love it!

pawleys14 · 03-25-2013, 10:47 AM

pawleys14 · 03-25-2013, 04:41 PM

OMG - just had this for dinner.... I am in love...LOL... it was sooooo good.....

Shrinkingviolet · 03-26-2013, 12:41 AM

I wanted to try it last night and got excited, then realised too late that I used up all my frozen minced beef on a shepherd's pie. Bah!

cmcd1070 · 03-28-2013, 12:01 PM

I was going to stirfry shrimp and broccoli but I am going to try THIS for dinner instead! I love fried cabbage and soy sauce =)

moniruth · 04-01-2013, 09:12 PM

I think I am going to have to succumb to the crack slaw! Only, I can get really bad wind with cabbage!!!

TMI!

AllieBee · 04-02-2013, 07:30 AM

I have no idea what makes it so awesome, but I really love crack slaw! I suggest using ground pork (if you can find it) or dice up some shrimp instead of the beef. It tastes like the inside of an egg roll, nom!

Bella · 04-02-2013, 07:57 AM

Yeah, I think that pork somehow pairs with cabbage better . . . but I am sure I'd snarf down any of these versions . Reminds me of the easiest of all go-to's, sauer kraut. I can't' do it very often but it is great for a change of pace. There's a good rueben casserole recipe floating around her. Ok .. my mind is wandering a bit . . .

03-11-2013, 09:32 AM	#1
eterprincess Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 106 Gallery: eterprincess Stats: 210/210/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/7/13	crack slaw thou art my friend So last night I got adventurous, and decided to track down and make this "crack slaw" i hear people talking about. Used Genaw's recipe for hamburger and cabbage stir fry with ground beef, cabbage, mushrooms, soy sauce and sesame oil.. Where has this been before? Wow. I did not expect it to be quite as tasty, but the sesame oil packs a nice flavor into it. Now I see why its called "crack" lol.

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03-11-2013, 09:36 AM	#2
moniruth Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Hobart, Tasmania Posts: 178 Gallery: moniruth Stats: 203/190/150 WOE: Atkins Induction Phase Start Date: March 5th 2013	Sounds yum! I love sesame oil, are we allowed to have soy sauce? Or just tamari? I actually wasn't using it at all and miss it. Thanks for this recipe idea!

03-11-2013, 10:01 AM	#3
eterprincess Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 106 Gallery: eterprincess Stats: 210/210/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/7/13	there is about 2 tbs in the total recipe, I think its listed as having 4.5 grams of carbs (net) per serving. HAMBURGER CABBAGE STIR-FRY - Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes

03-12-2013, 02:10 PM	#4
abitobeef Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 62 Gallery: abitobeef	Best recipe ever. I eat it about twice a week. Try some hot sauce in it.

03-13-2013, 04:34 AM	#5
Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 34,746 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: Restart:360/329.8/185 Original:325+/259.6/180 WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Restarted: 1-3-13 Original: 8-23-02	You know, I've been making a version of this for years and years, just came up with it one day, and it was several years before I realized that the "crack slaw" that people talked about here was the same thing I'd been cooking since long before I started Atkins. Yes, soy sauce is allowed on induction.

03-13-2013, 09:24 AM	#6
DairyQueen Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Washington, D.C./Maine Posts: 1,922 Gallery: DairyQueen Stats: 5'6" 192/141/135 WOE: Atkins induction plus wine/light beer Start Date: restarted 3/9/12	i've always been confused about crack slaw. I mean, it's sliced cabbage, sauteed, and with hamburger meat, or whatever you have on hand? throw in some red peppers maybe, for color? But are people enamored of it because they've never had fried or sauteed cabbage before? please tell me!

03-14-2013, 04:38 PM	#7
Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 34,746 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: Restart:360/329.8/185 Original:325+/259.6/180 WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Restarted: 1-3-13 Original: 8-23-02	I don't know either. It's just a good dish, but it's amazingly amazing to me.

03-15-2013, 02:09 PM	#9
indigocrush Junior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: TX Posts: 11 Gallery: indigocrush Stats: 186/183/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: March 2013	I'm going to make this tonight for dinner. Can't wait to try it!

03-18-2013, 03:32 PM	#10
eterprincess Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 106 Gallery: eterprincess Stats: 210/210/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/7/13	It's good, it's not an omg zomg best thing ever. I grew up on cabbage, sautéed, steamed, raw, boiled with salt pork, so I like cabbage. For me it was an easy I make dish I could take with me to work, had meat and veggies combined, and was tasty

03-19-2013, 06:32 AM	#11
Shrinkingviolet Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Guernsey Posts: 116 Gallery: Shrinkingviolet Stats: 230/226/140 WOE: Atkins tweaked my way :) Start Date: Oct 2010, restarting Mar 2013	I might give this a go, sounds interesting and I'm sucked in by the notion that I can casually tell people I had crack slaw for supper I do love fried cabbage though, especially with crispy bacon and a little bit of onion. Also love kale chips. Nom nom nom

03-19-2013, 12:43 PM	#12
DairyQueen Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Washington, D.C./Maine Posts: 1,922 Gallery: DairyQueen Stats: 5'6" 192/141/135 WOE: Atkins induction plus wine/light beer Start Date: restarted 3/9/12	mmmm - i'm part hungarian, part german and part irish, so a love of cabbage is in my genes! I've got one at home - fried cabbage with bacon sounds terrific-- and my hungarian grandmother used to make something that was fried cabbage but also a little sweet? i'll have to look that up....then there's stuffed cabbage and cabbage soup....

03-19-2013, 01:57 PM	#13
Shrinkingviolet Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Guernsey Posts: 116 Gallery: Shrinkingviolet Stats: 230/226/140 WOE: Atkins tweaked my way :) Start Date: Oct 2010, restarting Mar 2013	Stuffed cabbage!!!

03-19-2013, 06:26 PM	#14
Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 34,746 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: Restart:360/329.8/185 Original:325+/259.6/180 WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Restarted: 1-3-13 Original: 8-23-02	I'm not a fan of stuffed cabbage, but cabbage is one of my staple veggies. I love it!

03-25-2013, 10:47 AM	#15
pawleys14 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pawleys Island, SC Posts: 5,485 Gallery: pawleys14 Stats: 300/297/175 WOE: Atkins Start Date: restarting January 1, 2013

03-25-2013, 04:41 PM	#16
pawleys14 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pawleys Island, SC Posts: 5,485 Gallery: pawleys14 Stats: 300/297/175 WOE: Atkins Start Date: restarting January 1, 2013	OMG - just had this for dinner.... I am in love...LOL... it was sooooo good.....

03-26-2013, 12:41 AM	#17
Shrinkingviolet Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Guernsey Posts: 116 Gallery: Shrinkingviolet Stats: 230/226/140 WOE: Atkins tweaked my way :) Start Date: Oct 2010, restarting Mar 2013	I wanted to try it last night and got excited, then realised too late that I used up all my frozen minced beef on a shepherd's pie. Bah!

03-28-2013, 12:01 PM	#18
cmcd1070 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 175 Gallery: cmcd1070 Stats: pre-op 240/now 171/goal 130 WOE: WLS & Atkins Induction Start Date: WLS 2-8-11. Atkins 3-25-13	I was going to stirfry shrimp and broccoli but I am going to try THIS for dinner instead! I love fried cabbage and soy sauce =)

04-01-2013, 09:12 PM	#19
moniruth Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Hobart, Tasmania Posts: 178 Gallery: moniruth Stats: 203/190/150 WOE: Atkins Induction Phase Start Date: March 5th 2013	I think I am going to have to succumb to the crack slaw! Only, I can get really bad wind with cabbage!!! TMI!

04-02-2013, 07:30 AM	#20
AllieBee Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 139 Gallery: AllieBee Stats: 221/221/140 WOE: Atkins Induction Start Date: April 1, 2013	I have no idea what makes it so awesome, but I really love crack slaw! I suggest using ground pork (if you can find it) or dice up some shrimp instead of the beef. It tastes like the inside of an egg roll, nom!

04-02-2013, 07:57 AM	#21
Bella Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 531 Gallery: Bella	Yeah, I think that pork somehow pairs with cabbage better . . . but I am sure I'd snarf down any of these versions . Reminds me of the easiest of all go-to's, sauer kraut. I can't' do it very often but it is great for a change of pace. There's a good rueben casserole recipe floating around her. Ok .. my mind is wandering a bit . . .