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Corned Beef and Cabbage - Jamaican Style

This quick and easy Jamaican-style Corned Beef & Cabbage is our go-to recipe for busy weeknights. It's a flavorful and fast take on a traditional dish.

corned beef and cabbage in white bowl

The full recipe with ingredients/instructions is available on the recipe card at the bottom of the post. Important tips/tricks are also included in the blog post.

Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe, just in time for St. Patrick's Day. When I think of St. Patrick's Day, I think of the color green, the movie Leprechaun in the Hood, beer, and, of course, Corned Beef and Cabbage.

Growing up in a Jamaican household, this was a frequent dinner option that I loved, and still do. So when anyone talks about corned beef and cabbage, all I can think of is the Jamaican version, also sometimes called "bully beef."

So, what sets Jamaican Corned Beef and Cabbage apart? The use of canned meat, of course!

First, let's do some mise en place (I love that word!) – get all your ingredients ready for cooking, because this is a quick recipe.

Ingredients Needed

Ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions are on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

  • Green Cabbage: you will need ½ of a medium head of green cabbage that has been shredded with a knife.
  • Green bell pepper, yellow onion, garlic, Roma tomatoes, thyme.
  • Seasonings: Ketchup, ground black pepper, scotch bonnet pepper sauce (or any other hot sauce)

How to make Jamaican Corned Beef and Cabbage

Shred half a medium-sized cabbage into medium-sized shreds, chop 1 green pepper, chop 1 medium-sized onion, mince 2 cloves garlic, and chop 2 roma tomatoes.

Next, you will heat 1 Tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat in a skillet. I did this in a "Dutch pot." OMG, how cool is it that I own a Dutch pot?! I got this from my dear mother, and I barely use it, so I get excited every time I whip it out.

dutch oven pot on stove

Look, how cool 🙂

Once your oil is heated, sauté green peppers and onions for about 3 minutes, or until softened.

green bell pepper and onions in dutch pot with wooden spatula sticking out

Next, add the garlic and stir for about a minute more. After the garlic has cooked, add your shredded cabbage to the skillet (or Dutch pot) and continuously stir for about 3 minutes, allowing the cabbage to soften but not get too mushy. Add your Roma tomatoes and 2 springs of thyme.  

Now comes the fun part: adding your corned beef!

close up photo of canned corned beef

Opening a can of corned beef is an interesting adventure in itself! There's this weird key on the side that you turn to get it open. The can has directions, but it definitely took me a while to get the hang of it.

Once you've added your corned beef, break it up in the pot and stir it well with the other ingredients.

dutch pot with corn beef on top of cabbage and peppers
cabbage and corned beef mixed up in pot

Looks delicious, right?! Well, you're not done yet.

Add 1 tablespoon of ketchup (yes, ketchup on corned beef!) and stir. An optional but highly recommended ingredient is "hot peppa" sauce, also known as scotch bonnet sauce.

bottle of scotch bonnet pepper in front of microwave

Reduce the heat to medium and let everything cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the corned beef is heated through. Season with salt and pepper to taste, but go easy on the salt since corned beef is already pretty salty.

And there you have it – corned beef and cabbage, Jamaican style! I like to serve mine over plain white rice or pile it high on bread for a delicious sandwich. Yum!

FAQs

What is hot peppa sauce?

This sauce is made from scotch bonnet peppers, which can be hard to find fresh where I live, so the sauce is a great substitute. You can usually find it in any international supermarket. Just a heads up, it's delicious but spicy! I added only ½ teaspoon to this dish to keep it kid-friendly.

Looking for more Jamaican recipes? Try these out...

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Corned Beef and Cabbage – Jamaican Style

This quick and easy Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe, Jamaican style, is our go to recipe for busy weeknights. It’s a flavorful and quick traditional recipe.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Caribbean
Keyword: jamaican corned beef and cabbage, jamaican style corned beef and cabbage
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 89kcal
Author: Tanya

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ medium sized cabbage shredded
  • 1 green pepper chopped
  • 1 yellow onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 12 oz tin of corned beef
  • 2 Roma tomatoes chopped
  • 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 1 Tablespoon ketchup
  • ½ - 1 teaspoon scotch bonnet pepper sauce optional
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in a skillet or Dutch pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and green pepper and sauté for about 3-5 minutes.
  • Add garlic and stir for about 1 minute.
  • Add shredded cabbage and stir. Cook for about about 3-5 minutes, stirring often until softened.
  • Add corned beef, Roma tomatoes, and thyme and stir. Add ketchup and scotch bonnet pepper sauce and stir. Reduce heat and cook on medium for about 3-5 minutes, until the corned beef is heated through. Remove from heat.
  • Serve with white rice, bread, or on its own.

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Notes

Green cabbage is typically used with this recipe. You could use savoy cabbage as a substitute. 

Nutrition

Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 105mg | Potassium: 382mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 526IU | Vitamin C: 74mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1mg
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Mint Oreo Cupcakes for Two

These Mint Oreo Cupcakes for Two will leave your sweet tooth satisfied and are the perfect portion size for a quick weeknight dessert. 

cupcakes sitting on a white plate

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The full recipe with ingredients/instructions is available on the recipe card at the bottom of the post. Important tips/tricks are also included in the blog post.

Mint! Chocolate! Combined?!? Yes Please! That's how excited I get about mint chocolate anything. Like seriously, whoever came up with the idea is a genius. I love you. It hurts me to say this but I am the only one in my household who likes mint and chocolate. My hubby claims he is allergic to chocolate. However, he loves German Chocolate Cake. I guess chocolate from Germany is allergen free? My daughter loves chocolate, my daughter likes mint candy, but as soon as I use these two words in the same sentence, her face distorts into a look of disgust. Then she claims she is allergic to mint while sucking on a peppermint candy. *Sigh*

All is not lost however. Thank goodness cupcakes can be made into smaller portions. I couldn't imagine making and eating 12 cupcakes in one sitting. Well, yes I can but it just doesn't seem too healthy. These Mint Oreo cupcakes for two (or one) are the perfect solution for me.

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grab 2 mint oreo cookies (I used the oreo thins so I used 4 of those) and remove the filling from the cookies and set the filling aside. Set half of the cookie halves aside and crush the other half of the cookies until they are tiny bity pieces, like this:

oreo crumbs in a white ramekin

Set aside.

Then, combine them dry ingredients:

3 TBS flour, 2 TBS sugar, 1 TBS cocoa powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, and a pinch of salt. Your mixture should look like this:

cupcake mix in glass bowl with spatula sticking out

Check out my mini spatula. Pretty cool, huh.

Next, combine 3 TBS milk, 1 TBS vegetable oil, and ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract. Then add that to your dry mixture. It should look like this:

cupcake batter in glass bowl with spatula sticking out

Line a muffin tin, I use my 6 muffin tin tin, with 2 cupcake liners. Place an oreo cookie in the bottom of each cupcake liner. Divide the mixture between the two cupcake liners. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes, or until you stick a toothpick in it and it comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool completely on wire rack.

While your cupcakes are cooling, make that delicious cream cheese frosting. Combine 2 TBS softened cream cheese, 1 softened TBS butter. Stir until smooth and well combined. Then add 2 ½ TBS powdered sugar and stir until combined. Then and the mint filling from your oreos.

Once your cupcakes are cooled, frost them and sprinkle with the crushed oreos. Then, enjoy and share with no one.

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Mint Oreo Cupcakes for Two

Author: Tanya

Ingredients

  • 2 oreo mint cookies
  • 3 Tablespoon flour
  • 2 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 Tablespoon milk
  • 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoon cream cheese softened
  • 1 Tablespoon butter softened
  • 2.5 Tablespoon powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Separate oreo filling from cookies. Set filling aside and crush 2 cookie halves. Set aside.
  • Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
  • Combine milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add to dry ingredients and stir until combined.
  • Line muffin with two liners and place whole cookie halves in the bottom. Add batter into the tins on top of the cookies. Bake for 25 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick in it and it comes out
  • clean.
  • Set aside muffins to cool. As they are cooling, combine cream cheese and butter in a bowl until smooth. Add powdered sugar and combine. Add mint filling and stir until incorporated.
  • Frost cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with crushed cookie bits.
 

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Balsamic Shrimp and Sausage Skillet Dinner

This Balsamic Shrimp and Sausage Dinner is a flavorful weeknight meal that can be on your dinner table in less than 20 minutes. 

shrimp and peppers in a skillet

This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here. This post was updated on 9/3/18 with photos, video, and additional helpful information. 

Who doesn't love shrimp? Can you believe that there are people in this world who just don't like shrimp. It shocked me too. I don't understand why because shrimp is so delicious. Maybe because of the rumor that they are considered insects of the sea. Insect or not, shrimp is always a go to for me for a quick dinner meal. I could honestly go on and on about how great shrimp is (hehe, Forest Gump) but I'd rather get into this amazing recipe.

balsamic shrimp and sausage dinner in skillet

Balsamic Sausage Shrimp was created on a school night and a night that I was completely exhausted. I needed a quick meal and I wanted to make sure we got a good mix of veggies in the meal. The best way to do that is a skillet meal, yum yum. Side note, I hate calling this a skillet meal because I made it in my Dutch Oven, not my skillet. , after staring in the fridge in hopes that something would jump on the stove and cook itself, I decided to throw this recipe together.

How to make Balsamic Shrimp and Sausage Skillet Dinner

First, lay out all your ingredients. This is known as Mise en Place. I always pronounce it wrong but they say it on Food Network quite often. This makes cooking any dish so much easier. Who wants to be chopping an onion while the oil in the pot begins to burn. Have all your onions and peppers chopped and prepped before the stove burner even turns on. LESSON.

ingredients for balsamic shrimp and sausage skillet dinner

So this may not be the best of the best photo of my layout but it's the only photo I had the energy to take. Oh yea, my onions and garlic are missing in the photo and this recipe does not call for wine...but I sure did drink some while I cooked, hehe. I also love to watch tv on my tablet while I cook. Is there any other way to cook? I say no, the mindless tv shows must be playing while you cook. Any other cooks watch tv while the sauté?

Prepping Your Ingredients

Once you have gathered all your ingredients, you are going to julienne 1 medium sized onion and 1 green pepper. Mince 1 garlic clove or you can use the minced jar garlic. (Fresh garlic is much better but this does just fine). You will then want to chop your sausage, I used half of one of those sausage packs so about 7 ounces, and peel and devein about 6 large jumbo shrimp.

balsamic shrimp and sausage in a skillet

Oh yeah, my sausage. I chose a Pecan Smoked Andouille sausage because it was on sale. So glad I made this choice, it's sooo delicious.

First, Heat 2 TBS of olive oil over medium highish heat in a medium sized skillet, or Dutch oven, whichever you prefer or have available. Sautè the onions and peppers in oil until softened, around 5 minutes. Once softened, add garlic and sauté for about another minute.

peppers and onions in a skillet

Then, measure out and have the following ingredients ready: ½ teaspoon dry basil, ½ teaspoon dry oregano, ¼ teaspoon dry thyme, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, ¼ cup chicken broth, and 3 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar.

balsamic shrimp and sausage ingredients in a skillet

Next, add your sausages and shrimp to the pan and cook for about 2 minutes. At this time, your shrimp should start turning pink and the sausage should be warming up. Next, add your basil, oregano, thyme, brown sugar, chicken broth, and balsamic vinegar and stir to combine. Heat for about another 5 minutes until everything is cooked through and looks like this.

finished balsamic shrimp and sausage dinner

Season to taste with salt and pepper. 

What to Serve with Balsamic Shrimp and Sausage Skillet Dinner

Serve this Balsamic Sausage Shrimp with white rice, brown rice, or pasta for a balsamic sausage pasta and enjoy 🙂 

This dish is also great for meal prep and lunches. 

Looking for more quick skillet meals? Try my Zucchini Mushroom Chicken

finished balsamic and sausage dish

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Yield: 4 people

Balsamic Shrimp and Sausage Skillet

balsamic shrimp and sausage dinner in skillet

This Quick and Easy Balsamic Shrimp and Sausage Skillet Dinner is a fast, easy, and delicious dinner option for many families. Make it in less than 20 minutes. It's perfect for busy weeknights. 

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, julliened
  • 1 green pepper, jullienned
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 6-8 jumbo shrimp, peeled and devined
  • 7 oz Pecan smoked Andoullie sausage
  • ½ teaspoon dry basil
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon thyme
  • ¼ cup chicken broth
  • 3 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar

Instructions

  1. Sautè onions and peppers in 2 TBS oil of medium high heat until softened, about 5 minutes. 
  2. Add minced garlic and stir, cook for about 1 minute.
  3. Add sausage and shrimp. Cook for about 2 minutes.
  4. Add the remaining ingredients, stir to combine and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, making sure your shrimp is cooked through.

Notes

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 126Unsaturated Fat: 0g

Although myforkinglife.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Under no circumstances will myforkinglife.com be responsible for any loss or damage resulting for your reliance on nutritional information.

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Cuisine: american / Category: Main Course

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Fried Catfish...Yummy Yums

Fried Catfish is a traditional southern recipe that I have learned to love. A cornmeal breading fried to a perfect golden brown make this recipe a real treat.

Fried Catfish on a plate with lemon slices

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Fried Catfish

I have been craving Catfish for a whole week. I can't explain why because I'm not the biggest fan of Catfish. I'm also not the biggest fan of fried foods. Either way, I was determined to buy and fry some Catfish.

My first task was to actually find Catfish. First, I strolled through the aisles of my local supermarket expecting to find either frozen or fresh Catfish. I found none. I do wonder why Catfish isn't as popular as other brands of fish. Then again, Catfish are ugly so that may explain it. I then hopped over to my local Walmart (since Walmart has everything) in hopes of finding some frozen Catfish fillets. I found some!!! Right in the frozen section next to the Tilapia!!! I chose not to buy it. It was at that moment I decided maybe I should try and buy fresh Catfish. I live in a city with ample fresh fish markets. So after the realization that I wasted my time and gas travelling to the supermarket and Walmart, I headed over to my closest local fresh fish market. This is where I purchased my Catfish. They skinned it, filleted it, and boned it while I sat in the market embracing the smell of fresh fish.

Once I made it home, I began the process of prepping my Catfish. First, I soaked it in milk. Why? Because the internet told me so, that's why.

Then, I covered it and slipped them in the refrigerator around noon.

When dinner time rolled around (7pm in our house), the fun started. First, I prepped my deep fryer. Oh my deep fryer. I love it. It's one of those fancy ones I invested in that drains the oil once frying is done. I poured the oil in my deep fryer and let that oil reach to around 350 degrees. My fancy deep fryer indicates when my oil is ready (Another reason I love my fancy deep fryer.)

Then I pre-heated my oven to 225 degrees. You will see why later.

While my deep fryer was getting hot, I prepared my Catfish making station. In one dish, I poured about ½ cup of Hot Sauce (I use Franks).

hot sauce in white plate

Next, I combined my breading mixture in a shallow dish; ¾ cups very fine cornmeal, ½ cup flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning, and ½ teaspoon paprika. After mixing, it looked like this.

breading in dish for catfish

Then I was ready to fry. I like to place my deep fryer basket in the oil before I place my food in. A trick I learned from my hubby. That way your food won't stick to the basket.

I took my catfish fillets out of the milk. Then I drank the milk because I was thirsty. Jokes!!!! I threw the milk away. THROW THE MILK AWAY. Don't drink it, don't eat a bowl of cereal with it, throw it out, it's just nasty to drink fish milk.

Then I dipped my fillets in the hot sauce, coating both sides. Then I dipped fillets in breading mixture, coating both sides, and then slowly place them in the fryer. I was able to fit about 2 fillets in the fryer at a time.

I fried them fillets for about four minutes, until they were golden brown and floating nicely at the top.

I removed the catfish and placed them on a baking sheet and placed them in my pre-heated oven to keep them nice, warm, and crunchy. I then repeated with other pieces.

And then there was this

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Fried Catfish…Yummy Yums

Author: Tanya

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Catfish filleted with skin removed
  • 1.5 cups milk
  • ½ cup hot sauce
  • ¾ cup very fine cornmeal
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • Soak catfish in milk for at least an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
  • Heat oil in a deep fryer, enough to cover the fish or whatever your deep fryer suggest, to 350 degrees.
  • Place hot sauce in shallow dish.
  • In another shallow dish, combine cornmeal, flour, salt, black pepper, old bay seasoning, and paprika.
  • Remove catfish from milk and coat in hot sauce. Then coat fish in breading mixture and fry to golden brown, about 4 minutes. Fry 2 fillets at a time.
  • Place fillets in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining pieces.

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