Roasted Cabbage with Lemon is a perfect low-carb side dish no matter what you serve it with, and I’d eat this for a meatless dinner as well. And if you’re a cabbage fan, I promise you’ll love this roasted cabbage recipe!

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It’s March and I love the way cabbage goes on sale at almost every grocery store in the U.S. this month. And since cabbage is such a favorite side dish for corned beef, I’m featuring this Roasted Cabbage with Lemon for Friday Favorites this week to see if I can encourage you to try it with your corned beef.

It was years ago that I cooked some corned beef and tried this amazing roasted cabbage recipe to serve with it, and since then I’ve made this over and over and loved it every time I made it. And if you do happen to be cooking some corned beef this month, I think this cabbage that’s roasted with lemon is the perfect side dish!

The roasted cabbage has lemon and olive oil brushed on before it cooks, and if you forced me to choose my very favorite cabbage recipe, this would have to be the one I’d pick. I hope you think about this tasty roasted cabbage any time it’s cabbage season and you need an easy low-carb side dish.

What ingredients do you need for this recipe:

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• green cabbage
• Olive Oil (affiliate link)
• fresh squeezed lemon juice, I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice
• generous amount of sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
• lemon slices, for serving cabbage (optional)

How I improved this Roasted Cabbage Recipe:

Thanks to reader participation there are now slightly improved instructions for this Roasted Cabbage with Lemon! On the advice e-mailed to me by a reader whose name I can no longer remember, I now keep the strip of core on each piece of cabbage when I cut the cabbage into wedges, which makes turning it over on the pan much easier. You can cut that away when you eat the wedge of cabbage, or if your cabbage is small and young the core might taste fine.

Can the roasted cabbage be reheated?

I think most roasted vegetable recipes are best eaten immediately after they come out of the oven. But the leftover cabbage from this recipe is still quite good when it’s been refrigerated and then reheated in the microwave or in an Air Fryer the next day. I would squeeze more lemon on the reheated cabbage if you have some!

Here’s a spicy cabbage recipe for Sriracha Fans:

And if you’re a fan of Sriracha Sauce, check out Spicy Baked Cabbage for another cabbage recipe that was inspired by this one.

More low-carb cabbage recipes to enjoy: 

You can also check out Low-Carb and Keto Cabbage Recipes, Low-Carb and Keto Cabbage Salads, or Low-Carb and Keto Soups with Cabbage for more recipes with cabbage.

How to make Roasted Cabbage with Lemon:

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1. Start preheating oven, then cut one head of cabbage into 8 wedges, cutting through the core. (I used to trim the core but a reader shared that if you leave it on the wedges stay together better, and you can easily cut it off as you eat it.)
2. Arrange cabbage pieces on a large baking sheet that you’ve sprayed with olive oil or non-stick spray.
3. Whisk together the olive oil and lemon juice.
4. Use a pastry brush to brush the top sides of the cabbage with the olive oil/lemon juice mixture and season generously with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Turn carefully and repeat with the second side.
5. Roast cabbage 15 minutes, or until the side touching the pan is nicely browned, then turn each piece carefully.
6. Then roast the cabbage 10-15 minutes more on the second side, or until it’s done to your liking.
7. Serve the cabbage hot, with extra lemon slices for people to squeeze on a bit more lemon juice if they’d like.

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

Of course this roasted cabbage recipe is a perfect side dish for slow cooker corned beef or Instant Pot corned beef. This would also taste great with something like Swedish meatballs or pot roast! And truthfully I love this so much I could make an entire meal of it for a meatless dinner!

More Low-Carb Recipes with Cabbage:

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Not only is cabbage a wonderfully nutritious cruciferous vegetable, but it’s also one of the lowest carb vegetables around, making this roasted cabbage recipe a perfect side dish or vegetarian main dish for any low-carb eating plan, including Keto, as well as for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This amazing roasted cabbage recipe was first posted March 2010. It was updated in 2020, and featured as a Friday Favorites pick in 2023. The recipe was last updated with more information in 2024.

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