Charred Cabbage with Miso Butter
The cheapest vegetable in the store, treated like a steak: thick wedges charred hard and direct until properly black at the edges, then finished low with a miso butter baste until the core gives way. An hour of fire for a dish that converts cabbage skeptics on the first bite. The black spots are the point.
By Jake Morrow on YouTube✓ claimed by creator
Ingredients
for 4 servings
- 1green cabbage — a dense, heavy head
- 2 tbspneutral oil
- 2 tspkosher salt
- 80 gunsalted butter — softened
- 2 tbspwhite miso
or: red miso · decent stand-in — Deeper and saltier — back the added salt down by half if you use it.
- 2 clovesgarlic — finely grated
- 1lemon — zest into the butter, juice at the end
- 2scallions — thinly sliced
- 2 tsptoasted sesame seedsoptional
Equipment
checked against your kitchen
- ✓kamadooptional
Any hard direct heat source chars it; the lid-down finish can move to an oven.
What 10 cooks learned
from real Cook Mode sessions — not reviews
- Finished it:
- 7 of 10
- Struggled:
- 3
- Reported success:
- 90% across 49 reports
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Method
lanes run in parallel — the numbers are one honest walk through the graph
- 1fire
Build a two-zone fire: coals banked to one side, 200°C at the dome. You need real direct heat on one side and calm indirect space on the other.
25 min · 8 min attention200°C ambientDone when: Coals ashed over on one side, cool grate space on the other.
- 2prepparallel track
Cut the cabbage through the core into 8 thick wedges — the core stays in, it is the handle holding each wedge together. Brush every face with oil and salt them well.
5 minDone when: Core intact in every wedge, faces glistening.
- 3prepparallel track
Mash the softened butter with the miso, grated garlic, and lemon zest until smooth. Half is for basting, half is for finishing — keep them separate.
5 minDone when: Smooth, spreadable, uniformly tan.
→ the miso butter
- 4
waits for: steps 1 and 2
Wedges over direct heat, cut-face down. Char hard, 4–5 minutes a side. Properly black at the edges — that is flavor, not a mistake. Resist the urge to move them early.
10 minDone when: Edges blackened, both cut faces deeply charred with clear grate marks.
- 5
waits for: steps 3 and 4
Move the wedges to the indirect side, paint them with the basting half of the miso butter, and close the lid. Roast 20–25 minutes, basting once more halfway, until the core is completely tender.
25 min · 4 min attention⏱ Lid-down roast · 20 minDone when: A skewer slides through the core with zero resistance.
- 6
Platter the wedges, dot with the reserved miso butter so it melts into the layers, squeeze the lemon over, and shower with scallions and sesame seeds. Serve hot with knives — it eats like a steak.
4 minDone when: Butter melting into the cut faces, char glistening under it.
Why this grade?
- influencer provenance+45
- claimed by creator+3
- validation: kitchen-tested+6
- 52 verified cooks+15.5
- 90% success across 49 reports+5.9
- Trust score75/100