Polish Cabbage Soup (Kapusniak). Thumbs up if you liked this video! For Ingredients, Measurements and Step by Step Instructions go to. This time I am presenting you how to make Kapusniak.
There are hundreds of variations on classic Polish kapusniak (sauerkraut and sausage soup).
My version lays no claims to authenticity, but it is simple, delicious, and deeply nourishing.
Sauerkraut and fresh cabbage come together for extra flavor in the broth.
You can have Polish Cabbage Soup (Kapusniak) using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Polish Cabbage Soup (Kapusniak)
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of butter.
- Prepare 1 lb of ground chuck.
- Prepare 2 of fresh bratwurst links, removed from their casings.
- You need 1 of small head of cabbage, cored and cut in eighths shreds.
- It's 3 of carrots, sliced.
- Prepare 1 of medium onion, chopped.
- Prepare 1 of poblano pepper, fine dice.
- You need 1 of large potato, peeled and cubed.
- Prepare 1 (14.5 ounce) of can of petite dice tomatoes, juice included.
- You need 8 ounces of sauerkraut with juice.
- You need 16 ounces of tomato juice.
- Prepare 32 ounces of Beef "Cooking Stock".
- It's 2 1/2 cups of water.
- It's 1/4 tsp of garlic powder.
- You need 1/4 tsp of marjoram.
- You need 1/4 tsp of chili powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of paprika.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of salt.
- It's 1 tsp of cracked pepper.
Polish kapuśniak is made with fresh cabbage, sauerkraut, pork, and vegetables in a beefy-tomato broth. Serve with rye bread for a delicious meal. Make this soup one day in advance so it can be defatted before serving. Many kapuśniaks are made with either fresh cabbage or sauerkraut, but this.
Polish Cabbage Soup (Kapusniak) instructions
- Assemble all of your ingredients..
- Chop and prep all of your veg for mise en place..
- Melt the butter in a large soup or stock pan over high heat, add the bratwurst meat (decased) and ground chuck, break up with the spoon, and sautee till it gets a little brown. Around 3-5 minutes.
- Add onions, poblano, carrots, and potato. Sweat these ingredients with the meat another 3 minutes or so..
- Add cabbage and sauerkraut, sweat the cabbage and stir vigorously about 5 minutes..
- Add tomatoes, tomato juice, beef stock, water, salt and pepper, and herb and spices..
- Bring to a rolling boil, and lower to a gentle bubbling simmer. Cover and cook for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally..
But one of the specialties that was most popular during her Polish childhood was kapusniak, a hearty winter soup that packs a double-cabbage wallop from both fresh cabbage and fermented sauerkraut. Cabbage soup may refer to any of the variety of soups based on various cabbages, or on sauerkraut and known under different names in national cuisines. Often it is a vegetable soup. It may be prepared with different ingredients. Vegetarian cabbage soup may use mushroom stock.