Best Kapusta Recipes

KAPUSTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat 4 tablespoons of butter over medium heat; saute onions and mushrooms until tender.
• In a medium saucepan over high heat, boil cabbage for 10 minutes.
• In a 9 x 13 inch baking dish combine onions, mushrooms, cabbage, sauerkraut, sugar, thyme, salt and pepper; mix well. Dot remaining 2 tablespoons butter on top. Cover.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes.

POLISH SAUSAGE AND SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE (KAPUSTA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Bring sausage to boil and simmer 15 minutes; drain and set aside.
• Cut bacon into small pieces.
• Begin browning, then add diced onion.
• Saute together until bacon is almost crisp.
• Drain mixture, reserving bacon grease.
• Drain sauerkraut (do not rinse).
• Add sauerkraut and brown sugar to bacon mixture.
• Mix in about 2 Tablespoons reserved bacon grease and water.
• Place in large casserole dish.
• Cut Polish sausage into 3" pieces and place on top of sauerkraut.
• Cover and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour 15 minutes, checking sauerkraut mixture halfway through to add more water if sauerkraut appears very dry.
• Finish baking; remove from oven.
• Taste sauerkraut and, if desired, adjust flavor by adding salt and pepper, or a little more brown sugar, vinegar or bacon grease to your taste. (Note: In the old days, Busia (Grandma) would soak a cup of yellow peas overnight to soften them and would mix them into the sauerkraut. It was probably to stretch the quantity, but I don't do it anymore!).

POLISH KAPUSTA

Steps:

• Cook onion and kielbasa in frying pan until onions are translucent.
• Drain liquid from sauerkraut.
• Mix all ingredients together.
• Transfer to a buttered casserole dish.
• Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

KAPUSTA (SAUERKRAUT)

Steps:

• Sauté bacon bits until almost crispy. Add butter and onions and cook for about 5 minutes until onions are lightly golden.
• Rinse sauerkraut in a strainer under gently running cold water and squeeze out thoroughly to remove excess water; add to the bacon and onion mixture.
• Add the peeled, grated potato (or the carrots or apple).
• Add chicken broth, brown sugar, bay leaves, and seasonings. Stir to mix thoroughly.
• Cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, until everything is heated thoroughly. Transfer to a roasting pan.
• Cover and bake in 300 degree Fahrenheit oven for 30 minutes up to 1 hour until kapusta is browned slightly.
• Stir occasionally and add water or chicken broth if necessary (push kapusta aside and check bottom of roasting pan for liquid).

KAPUSTA

Steps:

• Brown pork and onion in hot skillet until pork is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• Combine cooked pork and onion with all other ingredients in a 5 quart Dutch oven or slow cooker. Mix lightly.
• Simmer all day.
• The longer you cook this, the better it tastes.

POLISH KAPUSTA KIELBASA

Steps:

• In a stockpot, add sauerkraut and bring to boil; rinse and drain.
• Return sauerkraut to stockpot and add enough water to cover sauerkraut.
• In a small skillet, saute onion in butter until soft. Add butter beans and cook at least 30 minutes.
• Add kielbasa and cook 45 minutes to 1 hour, the longer the better.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve with crusty bread.

KAPUSTA (UKRAINIAN SOUP)

Steps:

• 1. Sautee bacon, kielbasa and onion together.
• 2. In a large stock pot - add sauerkraut, 2 cans soup and bay leaf. Add enough water to cover sauerkraut 1 inch above and bring to a boil. Add salt and pepper.
• 3. When bacon, kielbasa and onions are ready, add to sauerkraut (grease and all). Mix and simmer covered for at least 1 hour.

ERIC'S GRANDMOTHER'S KAPUSTA AND KIELBASA

Steps:

• 1. Drain and rinse canned Sauerkraut and put into a baking dish with equal amount of cabbage, add bay leaves and cloves. Add a little water and cook in 350 degree preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. Turning every 1/2 hour. it will start to turn a smokey tan color. Add kielbasa cut on the diagonal in about 3 inch pieces. cook another 1 1/2 to 2 hours and serve.

KIELBASA Y KAPUSTA (KIELBASA AND CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into quarters.
• Cut kielbasa into 3-inch lengths.
• Cut cabbage into wedges, discarding the outer leaves and core.
• Throw everything into medium-to-large stewpot, with the cabbage on top; add just enough water so that it comes about one to two inches short of covering cabbage (cabbage will"cook down").
• Bring to a boil, then reduce to medium heat and cook for about 20 minutes or until cabbage is tender and potatoes can be split easily with a fork.
• Drain and serve in one big bowl or straight out of the pot, peasant style!

TUSHONAYA KAPUSTA (RUSSIAN-STYLE STEWED CABBAGE)

Steps:

• In a cast iron or ceramic pot, heat up the oil, and sautee the onions until soft and translucent. Don't brown them.
• Add the shredded cabbage, and on a medium heat, cook for 2-3 minutes, mixing well.
• Add the water, and reduce the heat to small-medium, and continue cooking the cabbage until it's soft, about 30-40 minutes. The cabbage will release it's own water, so you don't need to worry that it will be dried out. Mix every so often, just to be sure, and if it does get dry, go ahead and add just a bit of water more.
• When the cabbage is soft, mix in the drained saurkraut, and cook for 10minutes longer.
• Mix in the tomato paste, salt and pepper. The color should be orange. If you would like to add some dill, this is the time to do so.
• Cook for 5-10min longer, and taste for seasoning.
• Serve hot. Reheats very well in a microwave, and stays fresh in the fridge for 5-7days.

MY KAPUSTA (POLISH CABBAGE SOUP)

Steps:

• Shred cabbage, set aside.
• Brown ribs in small amount of olive oil in large fry pan; remove from pan.
• Sauté cabbage using drippings in pan and butter. I usually do this in batches, adding all cabbage and juices from each batch into the pot.
• Add butter to pan and make next batch.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add sauerkraut and mix in well.
• Bury ribs in cabbage mix, fill with cold water just to cover all.
• Bring pot to boil, cover and lower heat to simmer.
• Simmer for about 2 hours.
• Check after 1-1/2 hours to see if cabbage is soft; meat should be falling off the bones.
• When done, carefully remove meat making sure to get all the bones.
• There aren't many or any bones in the country style ribs, that's why I use them instead of regular ribs.
• Separate meat from bones and fat and return meat to pot. Mix.
• I use an 8 quart enameled cast iron pot. Try to use a heavy metal pot or one that has a heavy bottom.
• Some people serve this in a bowl with boiled or mashed potatoes and/or some sour cream; and a nice hunk of Polish sisal bread, if you can find any!
• You could also add caraway or dill seeds when cooking it.
• NOTE:.If you can make this the night before you will serve it, and refrigerate it, it is better. The taste improves with age!

BEST KAPUSTA

Steps:

• 1. Cook bacon and set aside on paper towels. Heat butter, and tablespoon of reserved bacon grease in large saute pan. Brown chopped onion. Add kraut, bacon and spices and cook on medium heat for 15min.
• 2. Add beans and simmer for another 5-10min. Serve as side with keilbasa.

POLISH ZEBERKA WIEPRZOWENA Z KAPUSTA (SPARERIBS AND CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven until hot. Cook pork spareribs, a few pieces at a time, over medium heat until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes; drain fat.
• Add onion, carrot, bouillon, salt, caraway seed, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and the bay leaf. Pour water and vinegar over pork mixture.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• Add cabbage; sprinkle with pepper. Cover and simmer until cabbage is tender, about 15 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf. Arrange spareribs and vegetables on serving platter.
• Garnish with minced parsley if desired.

KAPUSTA AND KARTOFLE (SAUERKRAUT STEW AND POTATOES)

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain. Transfer potatoes to a large bowl; mash with a potato masher.
• Place cabbage, sauerkraut, pork, and barley in the same pot; cover with water. Season with salt and stir well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover; simmer, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is wilted and pork is no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the pork should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
• Divide mashed potatoes among 8 serving bowls; ladle the stew on top.

UKRAINIAN RED CABBAGE - KAPUSTA

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the apples and the onion and sauté until the onion is tender and translucent, approximately 8 minutes.
• Stir in cabbage and stir until wilted, approximately 8 minutes. Stir in the sugar, vinegar ,salt, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Cover and cook until the cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally, aproximately 10 minutes.
• Add the stock and jam and continue to cook uncovered for 5 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper and serve. Delicious!

BIALA KAPUSTA Z ZASMAZKA (WHITE CABBAGE COUNTRY STYLE)

Steps:

• Place cabbage in the pot with bay leaf and allspice seeds, pour vegetable broth and boil. Meanwhile fry the bacon in the skillet until golden brown and fairly crunchy. Take out the bacon from the skillet and put to the cabbage but leave the bacon fat in the skillet. Now fry the onion on the remaining fat, add a bit of sugar and salt for taste. When onion is soft mix thoroughly 2 tbs of flour with cold water and add to the onion. Stir carefully and add some hot water from the cabbage. Continue adding and stirring until the mixture is fairly smooth then add everything back to the cabbage. Add salt, pepper, cumin and continue cooking until cabbage is soft.

ALMOST MY GRANDPOP'S KAPUSTA

Steps:

• 1. Heat a large skillet hot enough for the bacon pieces. Spread them across the bottom (you don't need to separate each piece as they will separate as you stir). Stir them around to get the pieces cooked to medium texture. You don't want them crisp for this recipe. Take out the pieces & place them in a small bowl.
• 2. Place the pork in the hot bacon grease and brown both sides including the edges. Remove from pan & put aside. Empty the bacon grease but do not wipe/wash. Leave the pan greased.
• 3. Rinse the sauerkraut once and spread in heated pan with about 1/3 of the can juice. (I drain the cans and add water & drain again keeping approx.1/3 of the juice left in each can.)
• 4. Add sliced onions to the pan and stir while frying to semi-cook the veggies and absorb remaining bacon grease (about 5 min.).
• 5. Add the remaining ingredients including garlic powder & smoky paprika along with the chicken broth (I used College Inn but any good broth will do). Mix as well as you could as not to splash outside the pan. Turn down the heat to med/low and cover. Cook for 35-40 minutes.

KAPUSTA II

Steps:

• Place the salt pork in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently until the fat has melted down and the meaty parts are cooked. Add shredded cabbage, and cook over medium-low heat until tender, stirring to coat the cabbage with the salt pork drippings.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add egg noodles, and cook until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain. When the cabbage has cooked completely, stir egg noodles into the cabbage, and season with black pepper to taste.

POLISH NOODLES AND SAUERKRAUT RECIPE - KLUSKI Z KWASNA KAPUSTA

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter until translucent. Add kraut and cook over medium-low for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large pan or bowl, combine cooked noodles, sauerkraut mixture and undrained mushrooms, mixing thoroughly. Adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Transfer to a large casserole dish that has been coated with vegetable spray. Bake 45 minutes or until top just starts to brown.

KAPUSTA BY DRGEORGE

Steps:

• Cut the cabbage in quarters, carefully cut out the stem. Slice it crossways to 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide bands. Do the whole cabbage and add to a large soup pan with 1/4 to 1/2 cup water and put on medium-low heat, covered, folding occassionally till reduced to atleast 1/2 volume. Drain and mix (hands work best) with rinsed and drained saurekraute. Set aside momentarily. Place the porkchops in the soup pan with 1/4 cup of the chickenbroth and cook over low heat till white, remove and set aside. Put mixed and reduced cabbage and saurekraute into soup pan with *combined remaining chicken broth and soup. Add Oldbay, pepper, and bayleaf. Fold over medium low heat and cover. In large saute' pan, cook onion and mushrooms over low to meduim low heat till onions are clear,10 to 15 minutes, do not let butter brown. Add garlic during the last minute. Do not burn the garlic, it will RUIN the whole recipe. Use just a tablespoon of white wine to release the flavor from the pan and swish the pan round, pour the contents directly into the soup pan, fold in. Put porkchops on top and cook over low heat 2 hours. Folding occassionally to prevent burning, paying attention to the pork. *At this point you could put it into a slowcooker. I prefer to wait till adding the kielbasa, adding it any earlier will cause it to have already fallen apart by the time the pork begins to turn to fall apart. In the same large saute' pan, lightly saute' the cut kielbasa in butter over meduim heat, do not brown. *Drain thoroughly. Add drained kielbasa to soup pot or to slow cooker and cook for another hour or longer, till pork falls apart. Add barley and chickenbroth for it to Kapusta and continue cooking for atleast 15 minutes. This is cooked for atleast 4 hours all together and allowed to cool naturally before refridgerating. Kapusta is always better the next day and gets better as long as it lasts. Great for Bachelors.