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Miso Glazed Cabbage and Walnuts with Polenta

25 minutes·Serves 4

Long a staple of plant-based eating because it’s a healthy food with satisfying crunch, cabbage got an extra boost during the pandemic because it also keeps well in a fridge. For those reasons, and more, we bring you cabbage cooked with toasted walnuts and miso, a fermented soybean paste that lends a sweet-savory umami flavor to foods. Yum. When it comes to miso paste, choose your own adventure. White, or shiro, miso is the most adaptable. Yellow is also mild, but fermented a little longer than white. Red miso, the saltiest, can sometimes overwhelm milder flavors but that intensity is also why so many like it.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup walnut pieces
  • 2 tablespoons light, or untoasted, sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons red miso paste
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 4 green onions, thinly sliced, divided
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 small head green or red cabbage, sliced, roughly chopped
  • ½ cup chopped fresh mint
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. 1Cooked polenta
  2. 2Roast the walnut pieces in a large unoiled pot over medium heat until the nuts are lightly browned, stirring occasionally, for about 3 to 5 minutes. When done, transfer to a paper towel.
  3. 3Heat the sesame oil in the same large pot over medium heat for 2 minutes.
  4. 4Turn off the heat and stir in the miso paste, garlic, 3 chopped green onions, soy sauce, maple syrup, lime juice, and rice vinegar.
  5. 5Turn the heat to medium, add the cabbage and sauté, or stir over heat, until it becomes crisp-tender and browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
  6. 6Add the walnuts and mint, season with black pepper, and stir for 1 minute until well combined.
  7. 7Serve over warm polenta and top with the remaining green onions.

Easy Ingredient Swaps

↔Roasted cashews or almonds for the walnuts

↔Olive oil for the sesame oil

↔2 tablespoons capers for the miso paste

↔Brown sugar for the maple syrup

↔Lemon juice for the lime juice

↔Parsley for the mint

↔Brown rice for the polenta

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