Bigos (Hunters Stew)

Name: Bigos (Hunters Stew)
Prep time: 26 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 36 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 2 bacon; 1 lb kielbasa; 1 lb pork; ¼ cup flour; 3 garlic; 1 onion; 1 ½ cups mushrooms; 4 cups cabbage; 1 sauerkraut; ¼ cup red wine; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp basil; 1 tsp marjoram; 1 tbsp paprika; ¼ tsp caraway seeds; 1 dash hotsauce; 5 cups beef stock; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 cup diced tomatoes; 1 dash worcestershire sauce

A weekend Polish dinner made with pork. Ready in about 3 hours 36 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

26 minPrep (about)
3 hr 10 minCook (about)
3 hr 36 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

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Main ingredients

3 bacon
1 ¼ lb pork Shopping tip: Pork shoulder (Boston butt), cut in cubes.

Fresh & other

1 ¼ lb kielbasa
⅓ cup flour
4 garlic
1 onion
2 cups mushrooms
5 cups cabbage
1 sauerkraut
⅓ cup red wine
1 dash hotsauce
6 ¼ cups beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
2 ½ tbsp tomato paste Shopping tip: Tomato paste (UK: tomato purée), in a small can or tube.
1 ¼ cups diced tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).

Sauces & oils

1 dash worcestershire sauce

Spices & seasonings (5): bay leaf, basil, marjoram, paprika, caraway seeds

1 bay leaf
1 ¼ tsp basil Shopping tip: Dried basil is fine here.
1 ¼ tsp marjoram
1 ½ tbsp paprika
¼ tsp caraway seeds

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Turn the oven on to 350°F.
Heat a large pot over medium heat.
Add the bacon and kielbasa.
Cook.
Mix till your bacon has rendered its fat plus sausage is lightly browned.
Use a slotted spoon to remove your meat.
Move to a large casserole or big heavy pot.
Coat your cubes of pork lightly with flour.
Fry them in your bacon drippings over medium-high heat till golden.
Use a slotted spoon to move the pork to the casserole.
Add the sauerkraut, cabbage, fresh mushrooms, carrots, onion and garlic.
Turn the heat down to medium.
Cook.
Mix till the carrots are soft, about 10 minutes.
Do not let the vegetables brown.
Deglaze your pan by pouring in your red wine plus stirring to loosen all of your bits of food plus flour that are stuck to the bottom.
Season with cayenne pepper, caraway seeds, pepper, salt, paprika, marjoram, basil and the bay leaf.
Cook for 1 minute.
Mix in tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and the dried mushrooms.
Heat through until boiling.
Pour your vegetables and all of the liquid in the baking dish with the meat.
Cover with a lid.
Bake in the heat the oven.
Keep going for 2 1 2 to 3 hours, till meat is very tender.