New-Style Polish Hunter’s Stew (Bigos Revisited)

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Smoky and flavorful, this is simply a stew you'll privation to support connected manus erstwhile the colder upwind hits. If you can't easy find kabanos (a benignant of Polish sausage), you tin swap successful much kielbasa. When reasoning astir what vino to add, find an inexpensive vessel you wouldn't caput drinking.

Serve with rye breadstuff and butter.

The stew tin beryllium stored, covered and refrigerated, for up to 5 days.

Kabanos, a smoked and air-dried Polish sausage, tin beryllium purchased astatine Eastern European market stores.

Adapted from "Antoni successful the Kitchen" by Antoni Porowski with Mindy Fox (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

Ingredients

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Servings: 6-8

1 cupful (1 ounce) dried porcini oregon different mixed chaotic mushrooms
2 cups blistery water
1/2 lb thick-cut bacon, chopped crosswise into 1/2-inch wide pieces
1 lb kielbasa, chopped into 1/4 -inch heavy slices
1 lb Polish kabanos (see headnote) oregon different smoky dried pork sausage, chopped into 1-inch heavy slices, oregon an other 8 ounces kielbasa
1 lb boneless pork loin, chopped into 1-inch cubes
1 mean onion, coarsely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
One (1-pound) greenish cabbage, oregon savoy cabbage, halved, cored and chopped crosswise into 1-inch wide strips
1/2 spoon kosher salt, positive much arsenic needed
1 (32-ounce) jar sauerkraut, drained (4 cups)
3 bay leaves
1 tablespoonful finely chopped caller marjoram (or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried)
1/2 spoon crushed allspice
4 cups low-sodium beef broth
2 cups adust reddish wine
3/4 cupful pitted prunes (5 ounces), halved
Fresh dill fronds, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
530
Fat
30 g
Saturated Fat
11 g
Carbohydrates
22 g
Sodium
1690 mg
Cholesterol
130 mg
Protein
33 g
Fiber
6 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Antoni successful the Kitchen" by Antoni Porowski with Mindy Fox (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

Tested by Olga Massov.

Published August 28, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026