Polish Kapusta Kielbasa

Submitted by SmHerndon

"So easy! Kapusta is a Polish kielbasa sausage dish that is even better the second day. Paired with crusty bread, dinner is served!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) jar sauerkraut
• 1 medium onion, peeled & chopped
• butter
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans butter beans
• 1 (2 link) package kielbasa, cut in chunks
• salt & pepper, to taste

directions

1. In a stockpot, add sauerkraut and bring to boil; rinse and drain.
2. Return sauerkraut to stockpot and add enough water to cover sauerkraut.
3. In a small skillet, saute onion in butter until soft. Add butter beans and cook at least 30 minutes.
4. Add kielbasa and cook 45 minutes to 1 hour, the longer the better.
5. Season with salt and pepper and serve with crusty bread.

Reviews

[foodtvfan]

Really nice change from my kapusta recipe. With my Polish heritage, I would never have thought to add butter beans to kapusta but it is really tasty. Not sure if you were supposed to drain the beans or not so I used the liquid too. After adding the kielbasa, I transferred everything to a roasting pan and baked it in the oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit, stirring occasionally, for the last hour. Served this dish with boiled small new potatoes with butter and dill and a yummy rye bread. Leftovers were excellent warmed up the next day too with leftover potatoes fried with some chopped onion. :) Burnice

 

[leonash]

In Poland, fresh cabbage is often used instead of sauerkraus. Kapusta means cabbage, not sauerkraus.<br/>Also, I don't cut the kielbasa into slices because it trains the flavot out of it. I put it into the boiled fresh cabbage in large pieces. <br/>Finally, I cook potatoes in halves along with the cabbage to complete the meal ,

 

[Marty J]

great recipe, just a note, kapusta, is polish for saurkraut

 

[Bergy]

I had a Linguisse, a smoked very spicy sausage in the fridge and then found this recipe - I thought "This is a strange mixture!" but I figured if someone posted it, it mustappeal to someone. So I made it and it is wonderful. The canned Butter beans (Fava Beans) I used were brown, I am used to them being white, however they were very tasty. I cut the recipe back to 2 servings with no problem. I omitted step one and just rinsed the sauerkraut & squeezed it as much as possible. Served with an Asiago Ciabatta bun- Wonderful Saturday night dinner Thanks SmHerndon for a different tasty recipe