One-Skillet Hot Sausage and Cabbage Stir-Fry with Chives

A savory Asian-fusion stir-fry combining hot Italian sausage with Napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, and aromatic seasonings, served as wraps with tortillas. The dish brings together bold flavors with a perfect balance of meat, vegetables, and umami.

4 servings
25 min

Ingredients

  • 1 piece ginger
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 pound hot Italian sausage
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 6 ounces shiitake mushrooms
  • 6 cups Napa cabbage
  • 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • cup chives
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
  • 8 pieces flour tortillas
  • 1 serving Hoisin sauce and Sriracha

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Using your hands or a wooden spoon, work ginger and garlic into sausage in a medium bowl. Heat 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil in a large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium-high and cook sausage mixture, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until browned, crisp, and cooked through, 6-8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer sausage mixture to a clean bowl.

    8 min

  2. 2.

    Increase heat to high and cook mushrooms in the fat in the skillet, tossing often, until browned and starting to release their juices, about 4 minutes (if skillet looks dry at any point, add a bit more oil). Add half of cabbage and cook, tossing often, until cabbage is wilted and tender, about 4 minutes. Drizzle in vinegar and soy sauce and cook, tossing, until liquid is mostly reduced and skillet is dry in spots, about 2 minutes.

    10 min

  3. 3.

    Remove skillet from heat and mix chives, sausage, and remaining cabbage into stir-fry. Drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

    2 min

  4. 4.

    Serve stir-fry with tortillas, hoisin sauce, and Sriracha for making individual wraps.

    5 min