Babcia’s Polish Bigos -
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Tender pieces of pork braised in a flavorful sauce with a touch of heat. Made with just a small list of simple ingredients, this is a great way to switch up your weekly rotation with a fabulously easy takeout-fakeout dinner. Here is Delicious Babcia’s Polish Bigos Recipes.
You can have Babcia’s Polish Bigos using 15 ingredients and 7 steps.
Babcia’s Polish Bigos Ingredients
- You need 20 g of dried porcini mushrooms.
- You need 5-8 of stoned prunes.
- Prepare 475 g of diced casserole beef.
- You need 2 of large pork belly slices.
- Prepare 300 g of polish sausage (ideally kielbasa), peeled (I didn’t do this which was a mistake).
- You need 2 of onions, sliced.
- You need 3 tbsp of olive oil.
- You need 450 g of jar sauerkraut, rinsed.
- You need 4 of tomatoes peeled and chopped.
- Prepare 4 of cloves.
- You need 1 of cinnamon stick.
- Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
- Prepare 1 tsp of dried dill.
- You need 1 pint of beef stock.
- You need of Salt and pepper.
Babcia’s Polish Bigos step by step
- Start by putting your dried mushrooms and prunes in a bowl and just covering with boiling water. Leave to soak for 30 mins..
- Heat your large saucepan or flameproof casserole dish and fry off the meat in batches to brown all over. Remove each batch into a bowl when done..
- Fry your onions in the saucepan over a low heat now and cook gently for 10 minutes..
- Return your meat to the pan and add in also your sauerkraut, tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon, bay, dill and sliced sausage..
- Drain your mushrooms and reserve the liquid in a jug. Add the mushrooms and prunes into your pot. Then make the reserved liquid up to a pint by topping it up with stock. Add that liquid into the pan too..
- Season it all with pepper (you can add salt later after you’ve tasted it). Bring the pan to the boil then turn it down to simmer gently with the lid on for 2 hours..
- Best left to sit overnight after it’s cooked and cooked to let the flavours develop..
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