Recipe

Polish Style Hunters Stew Or Bigos Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Shaunj / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago This is probably the national dish of Poland. It is fantastic served steaming on a cold day with some nice crusty bread. Sour and sweet at the same time. One of my favorites. :D Prep:30m Cook:120m Servings:8	Shaunj
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Ingredients

1.5kg sauer kraut or fermented sour cabbage

large onion diced

3 cloves garlic diced

large cooking apple , peeled, cored and diced

50gr dried mushrooms soaked

vegetable bouillon/Vegeta to taste

few whole all spice

few whole peppercorns

some juniper berries (optional)

Bay leaves

Salt, Pepper to taste

a little water

Diced smoked sausage (kielbasa in Polish )or equivalent, Ham or Chorizo also works -fried for 5 mins or until browning

Directions

Strain the cabbage with cold water 3 or 4 times to ensure it isn't so sour anymore. Ensure water is fully drained and chop up coursely. Add to heavy sauce pan

Add Garlic ,Onions and Apple ,drained mushrooms,all spice , peppercorns bay leaves etc to pot also

Stew on a low heat with 1 tsp bouillon/vegeta and a little water to stop burning for up to 2 hours

Taste after this time,adding fried meat , add salt, pepper,

Add more bouillon/vegeta if needed but do not oversalt!! The longer this recipe sits and the more often it is reheated the better it will taste as the flavours mix

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Comments

gingerlea 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Recipe looks real good. I used to make homemade sauerkraut but no longer have a garden or a room where it can do it's thing. Now have to buy at the grocery store. (Not as good as homemade!!!!)

kawa11desho 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Sounds really good, bookmarked it :)

Kawa

trigger 1 year, 9 months ago said:
This is a keeper comfort food at it'sbest.

Michael

lunasea 1 year, 8 months ago said:
This looks very comforting and delicious as well. Thanks, Shaun!

sitbynellie 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I've always wanted to try and make this. (My Dad was Polish). Good tip about rinsing out the sauerkraut first - I like it as it is out the jar, but my husband won't touch it. Maybe this dish will change his mind?

I'll bookmark it to try out when the weather gets cooler! We're roasting here just now!

Thanks a lot.
Susan

matfromengland 3 months, 1 week ago said:
I love the ingredients so I'll definitely try this. Cool profile pic as well.

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