Easy Cabbage & Onion Fritters

I have a tendency to put off breakfast until I’m absolutely starving, and then I need to whip something up fast. I could make toast — but even when I’m ravenous, I’m fussy. I want something eggy. Something like these fritters. If I’m too hungry to wait, I’ll nibble them straight from the pan. But if I’m making them for the family, I’ll chop a quick vegetable salad and serve it alongside.

My quarter-Polish husband will only eat them warm. I’m perfectly happy eating them cold from the fridge, stuffed into a sandwich smeared with mustard, harissa, tapenade, or artichoke pâté.

The other day I brought them to a picnic and they were the first thing to disappear off the blanket. Even my eldest, who refuses cooked cabbage in any other form, gobbled them up without a word.

The turmeric gives them a beautiful golden color, and that flavor that is hard to describe but impossible to miss. I have a feeling they’d be just as good with curry powder. Something to try.

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Easy Cabbage & Onion Fritters

These little fritters are the definition of beyond easy — one bowl, a handful of ingredients, and golden in minutes. Cabbage, scallions, and cilantro bound together with egg, a pinch of turmeric, and coconut flour for a crispy, gluten-free fritter that works at any meal. Eat them straight from the pan, tuck them into a sandwich, or wrap them up for a picnic. Serve with mustard, harissa, tapenade, or artichoke pâté — whatever's in the fridge. Vegetarian, gluten-free, and endlessly versatile.
Course: Breakfast, Lunch
Cuisine: Gluten-Free, Healthy
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: Breakfast, Easy, On-the-go
Servings: 2
Author: Shelly

Ingredients

  • 3 large free-range eggs
  • 1 cup finely chopped green cabbage
  • 2 – 4 sprigs scallions
  • Handful cilantro
  • ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 – 2 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil or ghee

Instructions

  • Slice the cabbage finely and put it into a bowl. Chop the scallions and cilantro and add to the bowl. Break the eggs into the bowl. Add the turmeric, coconut flour and salt, and mix until combined.
  • Heat the coconut oil or ghee in a large skillet over medium heat. Ladle about ½ cup of the mixture into the skillet. Fit as many as you can, but make sure to leave a 1-inch gap between each fritter. Cook for 1-2 minutes until the bottom is golden brown, then flip and cook for about 1-2 minutes. Serve immediately with mustard, artichoke pâté, tapenade or harissa.

Notes

You can make a big frittata instead of small ones; if you do, let it cook longer, about 3-4 minutes, before you flip it.

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