KAPUSTA (POLISH CABBAGE SOUP)
A traditional Polish cabbage soup made with pork, cabbage, sauerkraut, onion, carraway seed and my Babci's secret ingredient...stewed tomatoes to really enhance the flavors in this soup.
Provided by Martha
Time 2h5m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place pork ribs in a large 8 quart heavy pot and cover the ribs with water almost to the top. Bring to a boil uncovered, lower to a fast simmer (low boil) and cook for 45 minutes, skimming off foam as they start to boil. Shut off burner and let them sit in the water for 15 minutes.
- While the pork is cooking, in a medium frying pan, cook the diced salt pork on a medium high flame for 2-3 minutes or until just starting to brown. Add onion to the pan and sauté for 2-3 minutes until just starting to get tender. Reduce to medium heat, stir in the flour and sauté for 3 minutes. Turn off heat and set aside.
- Once cooked, remove ribs from the pot and let cool. Save the liquid in the pot.
- To the pot of liquid, add the sauerkraut and juice, shredded cabbage, stewed tomatoes, caraway seeds and salt as well as the cooked salt pork and onion mixture.
- Cook over medium high heat until cabbage is cooked, approximately 30-35 minutes. While the cabbage mixture is cooking, remove the meat from the bones, shredding the meat into bite-sized pieces. Return the cooked pork to the pot once the cabbage is tender and heat to serving temperature.
- Peel and quarter potatoes and place in cold sated water while cabbage mixture is cooking. Bring to a boil and over a medium boil, cook potatoes for 5-10 minutes or until tender. Drain water and cool potatoes to room temperature. Once the cabbage mixture has finished cooking, cut cooked potatoes into bite sized pieces and either add to the finished cabbage dish or serve on the side. (cooking in quarters and cutting after the fact will make them more firm and less mushy since less of the surface touched the boiling water.
- Serve with rye bread and butter for a traditional Polish meal.
CABBAGE SOUP RECIPE
My grandmother Ruth often made this Cabbage Soup.It's nothing fancy, but the flavor transports me back to my childhood.
Provided by Steph Gaudreau
Categories Soup
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat.
- Add the salt pork strips to the pot and fry on each side until the meat begins to brown, a 4-5 minutes. Then flip and repeat for another 4-5 minutes.
- Add the cabbage, sauerkraut, and chicken broth.
- Stir until the ingredients are well-combined.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally.
- Simmer for about 30 minutes or until the cabbage is tender. You can fish out the salt pork and chop it up, putting it back into the soup, or if you're not into that, you can discard it.
- Adjust the seasonings to your liking and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 374 kcal, Carbohydrate 17 g, Protein 8 g, Fat 31 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Cholesterol 32 mg, Sodium 2088 mg, Fiber 8 g, Sugar 7 g, ServingSize 1 serving
POLISH CABBAGE SOUP
This traditional Polish Cabbage Soup recipe is a staple in our home during the cold winter months. Rich in vitamins and full of flavor!
Provided by Nicole Crocker
Categories Appetizer
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Fill a large stock pot with about 8-10 cups of water. Bring to a boil and add spareribs. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. If any foam forms on surface, skim it off then add sauerkraut and cook for another 30 minutes.
- Add onion, celery sticks, carrots, garlic, bay leaf, crushed red pepper flakes, peppercorns and shredded cabbage. Cook for another 30 minutes longer.
- Remove ribs at this point and cut meat from the bone. Shred or cut meat into bite sized pieces and put back into soup. Discard bones.
- * If you are using kielbasi, add it in at about the last 5-10 minutes of cooking.
- *Add salt to taste at this point. If you are using the kielbasi it will already add a bit of salt to the soup so taste before you add.
- * If soup taste too sour you may add a pinch of sugar at the end. Sometimes this can vary depending on the type of sauerkraut you purchase.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 45 kcal, Carbohydrate 10 g, Protein 2 g, Fat 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Sodium 35 mg, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
KAPUSTA
Kapusta is a great side dish at any meal and even makes a great main dish for vegetarians. This recipe was passed down by my Polish grandmother. I grew up with it at every holiday meal and just love it. Sauerkraut takes on a whole new flavor when baked and is really delicious! Try it and see for yourself!
Provided by Holly
Categories Side Dish Casseroles
Time 1h30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 151 calories, Carbohydrate 11 g, Cholesterol 30.5 mg, Fat 11.8 g, Fiber 4.2 g, Protein 2.6 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 760.5 mg, Sugar 5.6 g
MY KAPUSTA (POLISH CABBAGE SOUP)
This is my family's version of Kapusta. Amounts vary according to your taste. This is one of those soups you should make the day or night before and improves greatly with each reheating. You actually may need more butter; 1/2 lb is a conservative estimate. The number of servings depends on your appetite!
Provided by Nana Lee
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h30m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
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!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.5, Fat 22.3, SaturatedFat 11, Cholesterol 69.6, Sodium 480, Carbohydrate 8.6, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 5, Protein 11.9
POLISH CABBAGE SOUP
This recipe has been in my family for many years. It was passed down from my Great-grandmother who emigrated directly to the US from Poland in 1907, to my grandmother, to my mother (the irishman in the family) and now to me. It is one of our 7 dishes at our triditional christmas eve dinner. It takes every pot in the house to make but it's worth it.
Provided by Babybuttons
Categories Polish
Time 2h
Yield 34 cups
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Potatoes: Cook with little salt, drain and mash.
- Bacon& Onions: Cut bacon very fine and fry; use the fat from the bacon to cook onions till soft (Cooked bacon can be discarded or saved for use in another dish.)
- Sauerkraut: cook with a little water added, then drain and save the juice.
- Cabbage: cook in water with very little salt, when tender, drain and When tender, drain and put through a blender.
- Dried Peas: Cover with water about 2 inches and cook until tender; DO NOT DRAIN, mash or put through the blender.
- Combine potatoes, onions, and sauerkrout in a large pot and blend with a hand (stick) blender until smooth; then add cabbage, peas and sauerkraut water until tart (add vingar as needed)
- Helpful Hint: the cabbage and peas should remain hole since they give the soup texture; it should not be the texture of baby food.
- Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.9, Fat 3.4, SaturatedFat 1.1, Cholesterol 4.5, Sodium 597, Carbohydrate 23.8, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 3.5, Protein 5.4
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