Roasted Cabbage with Lemon

Roasted Cabbage with Lemon might be my favorite cabbage side dish on the site, and I’d eat this for a meatless dinner as well. And if you’re a cabbage fan, I promise you’ll love this lemony cabbage recipe!

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I’m featuring this Roasted Cabbage with Lemon for Friday Favoritesthis week to encourage you to try it. And I think cabbage + lemon isan amazing flavor combination! And it’s March and I love the way cabbage goes on sale at almost every grocery store this month. 

It was years ago that  I first cooked some corned beef and tried this amazing roasted cabbage recipe to serve with it. If you’re cooking corned beef this month, I think cabbage that’s roasted with lemon is the perfect side dish!

And I hope you think making this fun variation on 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 did I improve the Roasted Cabbage Recipe?

Thanks to reader participation there are now improved instructions for Roasted Cabbage with Lemon! Keep the strip of core on each piece of cabbage when you cut the cabbage, which makes turning it much easier. That’s on the advice of a reader whose name I no longer remember, I wish I could credit him! You can cut the core away when you eat the roasted cabbage, or if your cabbage is small and young the core might taste fine.

How low in carbs is Roasted Cabbage with Lemon?

This amazing cabbage side dish has only 4 net carbs per serving!

Can the roasted cabbage be reheated?

I think most roasted vegetable recipes are best eaten when 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. I would squeeze more lemon on the cabbage if you have some!

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 away. Then a reader told me to try leaving it on so the wedges stay together better. You can easily cut it off as you eat it.)
2. Arrange cabbage pieces on a large baking sheet sprayed with olive oil or non-stick spray.
3. Whisk together the olive oil and lemon juice.
4. Use a pastry brush to brush 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 roasted 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 Sooker Corned Beef or Instant Pot Corned Beef. It would also taste great with one these low-carb dishes that don’t need the oven:

• Swedish meatballs
• Greek Salmon with Tzatziki
• Air Fryer Pork Chops
• Marinated Chicken Thighs
• Instant Pot Balsamic Pork Roast

More Low-Carb Recipes with Cabbage:

While cabbage is on sale, check out the huge collection of Cabbage Recipes on my website. You’ll find ideas for salads, soups, side dishes, and main dishes with cabbage.

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Yield: 4 servings

Roasted Cabbage with Lemon

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Roasted Cabbage with Lemon is a perfect side dish for corned beef, but this roasted cabbage recipe will be great with anything you serve it with!

Ingredients

• 1 large head of green cabbage
• 2 T olive oil
• 3 T fresh squeezed lemon juice (see notes)
• generous amount of sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
• lemon slices, for serving cabbage (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450F/232C. Spray a roasting pan with non-stick spray or olive oil.
2. Cut the head of cabbage into 8 same-size wedges, cutting through the core and stem end. Arrange wedges in a single layer on the roasting pan.
3. Whisk together the olive oil and lemon juice. Then use a pastry brush to brush the top sides of each cabbage wedge with the mixture and season generously with salt and fresh ground black pepper.
4. Turn cabbage wedges carefully, then brush the second side with the olive oil/lemon juice mixture and season with salt and pepper.
5. Roast cabbage for about 15 minutes, or until the side touching the pan is nicely browned.
6. Then remove pan from oven turn each wedge carefully.
7. Put back into oven and roast 10-15 minutes more, until the cabbage is nicely browned and cooked through with a bit of chewiness remaining.
8. Serve hot, with additional lemon slices to squeeze lemon juice on at the table if desired.

Notes

I like three tablespoons of lemon juice, but if you're not a huge lemon fan you might want less.

This recipe adapted slightly from Roasted Cabbage with Lemon at Eat Repeat.

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 78Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 0mgSodium 149mgCarbohydrates 5gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 1g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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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. That makes  this roasted cabbage recipe a perfect side dish or vegetarian main dish for any low-carb eating plan, including Keto. It’s also great for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This amazing Roasted Cabbage with Lemon was first posted March 2010. It was updated in 2020, and the recipe was last updated with more information in 2026.