Chorizo is a spicy sausage consisting mainly of pork and paprika seasoning. I enjoy chorizo by itself, but in this recipe we paired it with a lemony garlic creamed cabbage and it pairs wonderfully!
Chorizo goes good with a lot of other sides as well, like mixed greens, cauliflower hash, and more. The creamed cabbage I made soaks in all the flavors of heavy cream then is topped with lemon zest and minced garlic.
Yields 4 servings of Keto Chorizo and Creamed Cabbage
The Preparation
Chorizo:
- 16 ounces chorizo sausage
- 1 tablespoon butter, for frying
Creamed Cabbage:
- 20 ounces green cabbage
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons fresh garlic, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest
- salt and pepper, to taste
The Execution
1. Measure out and prepare all the ingredients.
2. In a frying pan over medium heat, melt the butter and add fry the chorizo until cooked. Remove from pan and keep warm.
3. Using a sharp knife, cut the cabbage to shreds.
4. In the frying pan used for the chorizo, add the shredded cabbage and butter and fry until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add heavy cream to the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer until the cream has thickened.
6. Add minced garlic and lemon zest, then stir well until combined.
7. Serve the hot chorizo with the creamed cabbage. Add additional salt and pepper if desired.
This makes a total of 4 servings of Keto Chorizo & Creamed Cabbage. Each serving comes out to be 832 calories, 73.6g fats, 8.9g net carbs, and 31g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 16 ounce chorizo sausage | 2064 | 173.6 | 8.4 | 0 | 8.4 | 109.3 |
| 1 tablespoon butter | 102 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 20 ounce green cabbage | 142 | 0.3 | 32.9 | 14.2 | 18.7 | 7.2 |
| 2 tablespoon butter | 203 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 1 cup heavy whipping cream | 809 | 85.9 | 6.5 | 0 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 2 teaspoon fresh garlic | 8 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| — salt and pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3330 | 294.4 | 50.2 | 14.6 | 35.6 | 124.1 |
| Per Serving (/4) | 832 | 73.6 | 12.6 | 3.7 | 8.9 | 31 |
Keto Chorizo & Creamed Cabbage
Ingredients
Chorizo
- 16 ounce chorizo sausage
- 1 tablespoon butter for frying
Creamed Cabbage
- 20 ounce green cabbage
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoon fresh garlic minced
- ½ tablespoon lemon zest
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Measure out and prepare all the ingredients.
- In a frying pan over medium heat, melt the butter and add fry the chorizo until cooked. Remove from pan and keep warm.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the cabbage to shreds.
- In the frying pan used for the chorizo, add the shredded cabbage and butter and fry until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add heavy cream to the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer until the cream has thickened.
- Add minced garlic and lemon zest, then stir well until combined.
- Serve the hot chorizo with the creamed cabbage. Add additional salt and pepper if desired.
this was a great dinner. i’ve since jumped off the keto diet since i felt it wasn’t for me but i still enjoy some of the foods and this was a great addition to my meal rotation.
Glad you enjoyed it, Autumn! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
I made this tonight and it was delicious! I do doubt the nutritional breakdown, though. It seems to be too high in calories and came out to about 586 calories when I put it through a recipe calculator. Can you please check?
It’s very possible that we just used different brands of chorizo and yours was lower in fat and higher in protein than ours. Everything else in the nutrition looks correct to me but the chorizo makes up a big bulk of the ingredients so it’s likely going to be that causing the changes in your macros vs mine.