Polish Sauerkraut Recipes

Steps:

• Place sauerkraut in a colander and squeeze out all excess liquid using your hands; chop well.
• Combine sauerkraut, onion, apple, and carrots in a large bowl and mix. Add oil and sugar and toss to combine. Season with caraway seeds, salt, and pepper. Refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• 1. In a large pot add sauerkraut and water. Bring to a boil and simmer covered for 1 hour. Drain in colander.
• 2. while sauerkraut is cooking, dice fat back into small pieces and put into a large skillet. Cook down on medium heat until pieces of fatback turn brown and crispy. Remove pieces with slotted spoon and dispose of, keeping the drippings in the pan. Add onions to drippings in the pan and saute' until tender.
• 3. When sauerkraut is cooked and drained, put back into pot and add onions as well as most of the drippings. Add pinch of salt and pepper. If it seems dry add a little more drippings.
• 4. Let this mixture cook down for at least 1/2 hour, stirring frequently to prevent it from sticking and burning. Taste occasionally to check flavor. Important to learn with ethnic cooking.. become a TASTER! Add more salt and pepper if needed. When onions and sauerkraut are tender and blended remove from heat
• 5. Serve with Kielbasa, smoked ham, hot dogs, sausage - you name it!

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large skillet with a lid over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the water, potatoes, carrots, beef bouillon granules, sugar, and caraway seeds; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook until the potatoes and carrots are tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Place the sauerkraut on top of the vegetables in a layer, and place the sausages onto the sauerkraut. Cover, and cook until the sausages are heated through, about 15 minutes.
• Whisk the flour into the sour cream in a bowl, and stir into the sauerkraut mixture. Bring to a simmer to thicken the sour cream, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and serve hot.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300ºF.
• Place bacon, onion and carrot in heavy large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Saute until onion is tender but not brown, about 5 minutes.
• Squeeze as much liquid as possible from sauerkraut.
• Add sauerkraut to Dutch oven.
• Add wine, stock, caraway seeds and juniper berries.
• Bring to simmer.
• Cover tightly, place in oven and bake 1 hour.
• Add kielbasa to Dutch oven, pushing into sauerkraut.
• Cover and bake 1 hour.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring frequently).

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).

Steps:

• Cook sausages over medium heat in 10 inch skillet until brown.
• Remove.
• Cook onion in the same skillet until soft.
• Stir in sauerkraut; cover and simmer 3 minutes.
• Place sausages on top of sauerkraut.
• Cover and cook 2 minutes or until heated through.