Recipe: Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Spicy Lime Dressing

Got cabbage? Great. Make this recipe. It’s very simple; it won’t take you more than a few minutes. No grill? No problem. Roast the cabbage instead, and pour this tangy, spicy, Thai-inspired dressing all over — its garlicky juices soaking into the roasted warmth of the cabbage, smoky burnt edges adding a little crunch.

This is how you eat cabbage, and just cabbage, for dinner, and consider yourself pleased to do so. That’s how I feel about it, anyway.

Yes, roasted cabbage is really sublime; it mellows out the funky cabbage smell and taste and turns this somewhat aggressive vegetable into something mellow and sweet.

But grilling is even better! It adds even more smokiness and char. Like I said, though — if you don’t have a grill, just pan-grill the cabbage, or broil it. Any way you do it, just make sure the edges get a little blackened, and the cabbage is warmed through.

The dressing comes together in just a minute or two; it’s a balanced, Thai-inspired sauce of lime, garlic, and salt.

This has been my favorite lunch lately; I grill the cabbage in the evening and eat it in big wedges, warmed up in the microwave. If serving as a side dish, your guests may blink as you shovel an entire wedge of cabbage onto their plates, but it goes a lot faster than you might think. I served this along with a hearty lamb dish a couple weeks ago at a dinner party, and my guests ate up every scrap.