Thank you for this recipe, I’ll be making this for my 96yr father-in-law for Epiphany celebration. My mother-in-law died 2 yrs ago, she taught me to make Kapusta - my husband and father-in-law (and their relatives) says it’s excellent, so I’ll be adding that to my bigos. Love your show/recipes. Thank you.
Made this today!! Started early, left it on the stove simmering for about 8 hours. It’s already delicious!!! I’m sure it will get even better tomorrow. I did add a good amount of liquid so it was more of a soupy stew but it was perfect for a cold winter dinner. My Polish husband gave me a great big smile of approval and went back for seconds! Always a good sign!! Thank you for posting this video. I’ve been wanting to make this, and getting a visual makes it far less intimidating. Thank you for all your hard work and delicious content!
We love your channel and watch it often. We made your bigos and a peasant bread this weekend and it was INCREDIBLE. I’m Hispanic and my husband is Polish, and we absolutely love Polish food. My Polish father-in-law enjoys eating these traditional foods, and of course has to mention ways to improve them! A shout out to Poland too. If and when America and Texas turn blue, we are heading to Poland!! Smacznego!
On our honeymoon in Montreal, my wife and I discovered a little, authentic Polish Cafe. They served dishes including BIGOS, which I ordered. The proprietor actually came over to "make sure" I understood what it was saying "You've got a STRONG stomach my friend!". Bigos is called "HUNTERS STEW" because it was cooked in a LARGE pot over a wood fire literally over SEVERAL days. The "hunters" simply added their various "catches" of EVERYTHING to the pot until ALL of the game had gone into it and been consumed. Very practical and HEARTY dish. Perfect after a couple, long, cold, wet days camping in the woods. A bit of good 100% proof Polish Wodka helped warm everyone up too!
After a cold and rainy day in primary school (I am in Australia I am not sure what that is in the US or anywhere else lol), my bubcia would always have either bigos or Rosół ready for me and my brothers! BEST thing to come home to and warm up with :)
Hi, I'm Korean and my husband is Polish. We used to go to Warsaw to visit family. And I love the food there. When I moved to the States and started cooking, your videos have been so helpful whenever I miss polish flavors and want to cook some polish foods. Tons of thanks to you. and good to know that you're living in Chicago. I live in Iowa and I go to polish groceries in Chicago ;)
I'd also like to recommend the book Polish Treasures for Americans, a book written by getting the recipes of housewives who moved from Poland to the US. Some really great recipes in there.
My family calls bigos “danje balkonowe” and danje Tarasowe or balcony meal because everyone makes a big pot of it specially in the winter than it’s easier to store your pot on your balcony in the winter than taking up half your fridge
I have been waiting for you to do this video since having hunter's stew at our local polish restaurant. I watched a bunch of other videos but I am so glad you did one because I wanted to use YOUR recipe. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You guys are the best we love your channel!
Looks absolutely delicious! I noticed your Le Creuset pot looks stained on the bottom. Bartenders Secret Soft Cleanser will take it right out without harming the enamel. I used it with a damp paper towel and out it came. Itʻll be shiny and new for your next video.
In our family the sauerkraut was fried before adding to the bigos. This carmelized it a bit and added flavour and colour. I still fry it when making mine to this day.
we make this often--with both cabbage and sauerkraut. I always add moose , bison, or elk, as well as beef and pork (and bacon and sausage). I dry my own plums to use instead of commercial prunes--they are more sweet/sour that way. I also make real sauerkraut and use that, although we have very good locally made brands here in Alberta, Canada. The local specialty shop has nice dried wild mushrooms from Poland, so we use them, and use onions, bay, allspice, peppercorns and a few juniper berries if we use game. No tomato paste, but an apple or two, and some red wine for moisture as well as broth as needed. It is always a hit!
My parents would take us mushroom picking as kids. We would all have paper bags and collect chanterelles or whatever mom and dad were picking. Many fond memories from those times. Bigos was eaten in plentiful amounts in our home also
Hi Anna, I’m enjoying your channel and I want to thank you for recommending Polish food direct. I’m from Chicago and live on the west coast now where it’s hard to find Polish foods. I placed an order which will arrive next week. I’m excited to get cooking!
My grandmother wrote out her recipe for bigos for me. Naturally was written in Polish. So when I looked at main ingredient the recipe plainly stated. What ever ran by the cabin. She had great sense of humor.
i worked with a bunch of polish lads in the uk, they ate bigos all the time, every meal. it's good stuff. they also drank beer for breakfast lol they dgaf.
Yummy! I need to get the sausage, then I’m all set to make this stew. I ferment sauerkraut and have a lot of it - time to use it. ❤️ Thanks for the recipe. (NO rinsing! I love to drink the juice.)
Looks absolutely delicious! I’m enjoying your channel! I’m going to give your recipe a try. I’m an American of German decent. My Father had brothers and sisters that married Polish and Italians. So we have a little bit of all that type of cuisine going on in my family. 😋
Yep, I did have all the ingredients and put it together. Yep, I needed to transfer it to a bigger pot. I used my red cabbage/beet kraut. And I didn’t have prunes so I used currants. I am baking it at 300 degrees for a few hours and will set it outside tonight snd reheat tomorrow. Already the broth is so delicious!!!! Loving this one ALOT. ❤️
Second day of bigos. My husband went out and bought some prunes. I added some chopped up and two shredded apples to the stew. I can’t really tell you how much we all loved the Bigos - I made garlic mashed potatoes- yes, it was as delicious as it sounds.
Thank you for showing us how to make bigos. I have always wanted to try making it and your recipe is a little less complicated than some others I have seen. I like to cook in large batches and freeze, makes it much easier to have a good hot dinner on the days that I work from home.
First of all... you need to explain your very interesting shirt. 🤔 Bigos!! The national dish of Poland I have heard. I have seen various recipes on TH-cam for bigos and yours looks excellent! One difference was the addition of red wine to the bigos... but I'm sure PBR would work also. 😁😁 Have you ever heard of bouja? Very popular in the upper Midwest in the fall of the year, typically sold through Catholic churches here in central Minnesota. But it seems to be related to bigos. It contains various meats stewed in a huge pot overnight. Very tasty!! Reminded me of a very complex type of stew. Take care!! Be well!!
The t-shirt is connected with the interview with a Polish shop owner in USA. During the Christmas interview she was wearing this heart on her shirt. The television decided to blur it so it would be unrecognizable while publishing the interview. The thing is this heart made long time ago by Jerzy Owsiak and his non profit "WIELKA ORKIESTRA ŚWIĄTECZNEJ POMOCY" is something that you can not erase! and that is what the words below the hart say.
@@polishmamacooks1019 ... so this was a bit of protest against censorship? Wonderful! I don't speak a word of Polish, so I had no idea what was going on. I thought my eyes were going bad!! 😁 Thank you!
@@gregbudig5014 No, your eyes are not going bad!!! I am not sure where Anna bought hers but, I can assume that with Wielka Orkiesta Świątecznej Pomocy - the biggest non profit in Poland- www.wosp.org.pl/. And it is to protest against censorship.
This came out amazing…. I did use one fresh head of cabbage and then one jar of sauerkraut cause I was afraid it might be too sour and I’m glad I did that. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I just finished cooking, can’t wait to see how it tastes tomorrow after I do the second cook as you recommend.
I don’t know how long you lived in America, but your English is amazing! We never put mushrooms in our bigos but I am going to try it because I love mushrooms! There is aCrockpot cookbook called Fix and and Forget .
Cynthia, thank you for the kind words. I lived in the States for just over 19 years combined, so I did get some time to practice my English. Thanks for watching!
The first time my wife and in-laws tasted my bigos they were amazed, they thought I was just a regular American and not one raised by a Babcia. I always substitute shitake and maitake if I can't find wild Polish mushrooms. And the "Gatherers Stew" joke had me laughing really hard!
Sadly my Babcia passed away a couple of years ago. She wasn't my real Babcia, she was the mum of my boss, and his sister my best friend. Irena took me under her wing and taught me about Polish cooking. She grew sorrel in her garden and showed me how to make sorrel soup. I grow sorrel in my garden in France, in her honour and, make the soup every spring. It's delicious, and I share it with my neighbours, who are now addicted to to it.
My 'Britgos' - same as this but instead of Polish sausage I use nice oak-smoked English bacon - I also add a large chopped Bramley apple and 2 cox apples, tablespoon of muscovado sugar and 2 teaspoons of mustard - a tablespoon of damson/sloe gin/vodka and juniper berries and caraway instead of allspice - at the end I add a tin of drained and rinsed baked beans
I just sent to my brother Fran He is Hunter all his life I keep you posted hopefully he will Lives in Lewis Delaware We are Polish Family Immigrant Grandparents 1900’s Wasawa and Blowestok Poland
that looks delicious. i ordered one of your books about two months ago and haven't received it yet. sure hope it comes soon. thanks for sharing your recipes.
I just found you and i just love that you are cooking the way my grandma did when she was with us and i lost that great polish food she grew up with and then feed us the cabbage and noodles the stuffed cabbage and the little stuffed bread pockets and this stew. She did make this stew with game as we hunted alot she used bear deer rabbit turkey dove quail wild pig just what ever we had after we butchered the prime cuts from the animal.
There’s a series of crock pot cookbooks called ‘Fix It and Forget It,’ I have to love cabbage, my one Grandmother was named Kohl, which is German for cabbage.
My father in law in Birmingham UK would cook one Polish dish- bigos. I think it was the first Polish recipe I asked for from family there as my husband loves it. I didn’t realise every family member has a different way. Ciocia Ulla’s is very spicy like her mother in law’s. Cousin Irena makes hers like her mother in law (my husband’s oldest aunt) which is nearest to Tony’s Dad’s and ciocia Terezska’s is too and she also cans hers - which I’d never seen before. She sent us home with a jar-full because Tony loves it so much (as do I). And when we asked her the recipe she was so vague. But that’s the way. They don’t need a written recipe. I’ve made it like ciocia Ulla and like Irena. We like it less spicy. Thank you so much, as ever. In this time when we can’t go there, it’s our little bit of real Poland. (Sorry to be so lengthy!)... oh and my mouth is watering!
I love hearing stories like this! It's interesting how connected the world is through food traditions from family to family. I tell Americans that Polish bigos is like chili because every family has a different way of making it. Thanks for watching!
Smoke the mushrooms before to make some Gatherer's Stew but keep that smoky flavour. Careful mushrooms eat up the smoke flavour. Or maybe a little smoked paprika?
The part of the onion that causes you to tear up and eyes water is the root side. Cut that part off FIRST, see if it helps you. Won't be 100%, but you should notice a difference.
Even though i know how to make bigos for the most part, I watched this while I cut up my stuff and felt like you were in my kitchen just talking lol thanks
I made a batch, and the kitchen is smelling great 👍 It’s remotely reminiscent of a Dutch favorite, “stamppot zuurkool”, which is made by adding potatoes. I replaced the prunes with a handful of raisins. Do you have a side dish with this, or do you eat it with bread?
Bigos can be served as a side dish, or as a main course. When it is used as a main, it is normally served with a hearty rye bread. Thanks for watching!
❤️ Anna, your Gramma and my Gramma must have been sisters. I would ask how much salt or pepper or other items and she would say something like ……about this much, more or less! No recipes, all in the head but OMG, whatever they made us was oh so good! I miss my Great Gramma and Gramma and my Mother 😢 but I found you on You Tube 🙏🙏👋
Love your shows..when you going to make beet bortch?? I'm half polish and grew up on beet bortch and stuffed cabbage rolls..witch my grandma called pigs in a blanket
Ask and you shall receive! www.polishyourkitchen.com/polish-beetroot-soup/ or www.polishyourkitchen.com/polish-christmas-beetroot-broth-with-mushroom-dumplings/
Hello there! New subscriber, was wondering if you had a polish Easter soup recipe? My great grandma told me about it but didn't have a recipe. Thank you!
Hi Jessika! First of all thank you for subscribing, I hope you stick around for a good long while. As far as soup served at easter, the two most popular that come to mind is żurek, and biały barscz. I have recipes for both on my website www.polishyourkitchen.com Thanks for watching!
I had a neighbor who would make this (without the tomato paste or prunes) for New Year's Day. Wonderful. He told me it had to be buried for two weeks to taste right. You didn't mention that.
@@PolishYourKitchen I made this last night (sans prunes), and as I suspected it was much better than the one I remember. Thank you for adding this delicious meal to my repertoire! Always a treat to visit you and Mark, be it kitchen or road trip. Lucy was a bonus...LOVE her!
Wspaniały podkoszulek!!!! Gdzie taki można dostać? This is a wonderful recipe. I have to say I become so busy with two kids that I started to make it in a slowcooker. :) Love the addition of prunes and both dry and fresh mushrooms! The prunes that are in US aren't so good and smokey as the Polish one!
Mmmnn. I have some in the freezer that I made a couple of months ago. It's time to thaw it out! Thanks for the info on the Bacik. It looks more finely sliced than the one I used. Since it was my first time making it, I added a package of raw "cole slaw" mix that had some carrot slivers mixed in with the cabbage. Is carrot a no-no in bigos? It tasted great to me, but it was my first time making/eating bigos so I had nothing to compare to.
In Poland, carrots are added to cabbage when it is prepared for pickling. So it should definitely be there. While preparing my bigos, I always check if the cabbage is too sour before putting it in the pot. If it is too sour for me, I rinse it under running water, squeeze it and chop it obligatorily so that it is easier to mix later. Sometimes fresh cabbage is added to the stew, but it is done when the one in the pot has softened a little.
Carrots are welcome for sure, as yale2 said below. The most important thing about cooking is if you and your family like it. Thats all that matters in the end. Thanks for watching!
Like a decade ago I made Bigos for my Polish husband. I accidentally left the pot on too hot and walked away. :( he hasn't forgiven me since. so today for his birthday I've started a new pot. Let's hope I don't screw this one up LOL.
Dzięki. “Set and forget” in the crockpot. Smacznego
Thank you for this recipe, I’ll be making this for my 96yr father-in-law for Epiphany celebration. My mother-in-law died 2 yrs ago, she taught me to make Kapusta - my husband and father-in-law (and their relatives) says it’s excellent, so I’ll be adding that to my bigos. Love your show/recipes.
Thank you.
Made this today!! Started early, left it on the stove simmering for about 8 hours. It’s already delicious!!! I’m sure it will get even better tomorrow. I did add a good amount of liquid so it was more of a soupy stew but it was perfect for a cold winter dinner. My Polish husband gave me a great big smile of approval and went back for seconds! Always a good sign!! Thank you for posting this video. I’ve been wanting to make this, and getting a visual makes it far less intimidating. Thank you for all your hard work and delicious content!
I love bigos! I usually get bigos when I visit the Polish market in my city in Ontario, Canada.
I've made bigos over the years for friends. Your recipe is pretty close to what I do. I've sent to all my friends! Dziękuję!
You are wonderful I grew up with Polish people. I’m so glad I found you.
We love your channel and watch it often. We made your bigos and a peasant bread this weekend and it was INCREDIBLE. I’m Hispanic and my husband is Polish, and we absolutely love Polish food. My Polish father-in-law enjoys eating these traditional foods, and of course has to mention ways to improve them! A shout out to Poland too. If and when America and Texas turn blue, we are heading to Poland!! Smacznego!
Looks so delicious! Loved Lucy’s appearance and Mark’s commentary
On our honeymoon in Montreal, my wife and I discovered a little, authentic Polish Cafe. They served dishes including BIGOS, which I ordered. The proprietor actually came over to "make sure" I understood what it was saying "You've got a STRONG stomach my friend!". Bigos is called "HUNTERS STEW" because it was cooked in a LARGE pot over a wood fire literally over SEVERAL days. The "hunters" simply added their various "catches" of EVERYTHING to the pot until ALL of the game had gone into it and been consumed. Very practical and HEARTY dish. Perfect after a couple, long, cold, wet days camping in the woods. A bit of good 100% proof Polish Wodka helped warm everyone up too!
After a cold and rainy day in primary school (I am in Australia I am not sure what that is in the US or anywhere else lol), my bubcia would always have either bigos or Rosół ready for me and my brothers! BEST thing to come home to and warm up with :)
Would the name of the Polish café be Stash's by chance.
I had a roommate in college whose mom would stock our fridge with her bigos! I found your video because I randomly started craving it! Thank-you!!!
Hi, I'm Korean and my husband is Polish. We used to go to Warsaw to visit family. And I love the food there. When I moved to the States and started cooking, your videos have been so helpful whenever I miss polish flavors and want to cook some polish foods. Tons of thanks to you. and good to know that you're living in Chicago. I live in Iowa and I go to polish groceries in Chicago ;)
I'd also like to recommend the book Polish Treasures for Americans, a book written by getting the recipes of housewives who moved from Poland to the US. Some really great recipes in there.
@@pubcle thank you. I ordered the book right away :)
@@withaBanger. I'm glad! Hope you find good use from it!
Thank you for leading me to polish food direct. The Bacik Sauerkraut is excellent.
Our pleasure!
My family calls bigos “danje balkonowe” and danje Tarasowe or balcony meal because everyone makes a big pot of it specially in the winter than it’s easier to store your pot on your balcony in the winter than taking up half your fridge
made this over a camp fire with Kangaroo and emu ...was wonderful adding a Australian twist to a Polish's meal
Bigos rules! i made it with venison, boar, pheasant, and silesian smoked sausage and it was great
That meat combo sounds amazing!
I have been waiting for you to do this video since having hunter's stew at our local polish restaurant. I watched a bunch of other videos but I am so glad you did one because I wanted to use YOUR recipe. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You guys are the best we love your channel!
Thank you for the kind words Robert! I'm glad that I was able to make a recipe that excites you to cook. Thanks for watching!
Before you chopped onion put to the cold water . It's help . 👍🏼 I also put a juniper ( jałowiec ) Its amazing spice for this dish .
The way the food sat in the bowl. Bigos.
Looks absolutely delicious! I noticed your Le Creuset pot looks stained on the bottom. Bartenders Secret Soft Cleanser will take it right out without harming the enamel. I used it with a damp paper towel and out it came. Itʻll be shiny and new for your next video.
Bigos is a family favorite at my house and I usually have some frozen. You have awakened a craving and I am going to thaw some for tomorrow.
I love your channel two very nice people Poland looks beautiful and I have always loved polish food greetings from my little village in n Ireland 🤝
Thanks so much! 😊
Yes, I agree. Two happy nice people! 😊
In our family the sauerkraut was fried before adding to the bigos. This carmelized it a bit and added flavour and colour. I still fry it when making mine to this day.
Another favourite. My Uncle Piotr made this. Memories of Poland. *sigh*
The fond from the meat was BEAUTIFUL.
I really want to make this dish now. Thank you for sharing! 😄
Family is part Polish here from Białograd area. Made this first time tonight and was so healthy and tasty! Loved it! Hello from Iowa, USA.
Hi. Always enjoy your recipes. Love the back and forth conversations with Mike. Adds to the fun
Hands down one of my favorite polish foods! Excited to try your recipe!!
we make this often--with both cabbage and sauerkraut. I always add moose , bison, or elk, as well as beef and pork (and bacon and sausage). I dry my own plums to use instead of commercial prunes--they are more sweet/sour that way. I also make real sauerkraut and use that, although we have very good locally made brands here in Alberta, Canada. The local specialty shop has nice dried wild mushrooms from Poland, so we use them, and use onions, bay, allspice, peppercorns and a few juniper berries if we use game. No tomato paste, but an apple or two, and some red wine for moisture as well as broth as needed. It is always a hit!
My parents would take us mushroom picking as kids. We would all have paper bags and collect chanterelles or whatever mom and dad were picking.
Many fond memories from those times.
Bigos was eaten in plentiful amounts in our home also
Hi Anna, I’m enjoying your channel and I want to thank you for recommending Polish food direct. I’m from Chicago and live on the west coast now where it’s hard to find Polish foods. I placed an order which will arrive next week. I’m excited to get cooking!
Awesome! Thank you!
My grandmother wrote out her recipe for bigos for me. Naturally was written in Polish. So when I looked at main ingredient the recipe plainly stated. What ever ran by the cabin. She had great sense of humor.
😆😆😆
i worked with a bunch of polish lads in the uk, they ate bigos all the time, every meal. it's good stuff. they also drank beer for breakfast lol they dgaf.
Thank you...came out delicious and my house smells amazing
Yummy I love Bigos nice and Smokey Oakey flavour.
I am making this right now and can not wait until dinner time , !!!!
I must make this or my hubby,he would love it,thank you for sharing
Please do!
Yummy! I need to get the sausage, then I’m all set to make this stew. I ferment sauerkraut and have a lot of it - time to use it. ❤️ Thanks for the recipe. (NO rinsing! I love to drink the juice.)
Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for watching!
you can't beat sauerkraut juice
I love it! Great job! You obviously love what you do, and my wife and I love watching you both. You're having way too much fun!!! Keep it up!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. ❤
you are the best! your videos are so easy to follow! Dziękuję
Thank you! 😃
My mouth is watering. I have to make this. Thanks 😋
Looks absolutely delicious! I’m enjoying your channel! I’m going to give your recipe a try. I’m an American of German decent. My Father had brothers and sisters that married Polish and Italians. So we have a little bit of all that type of cuisine going on in my family. 😋
Welcome to the channel, and I hope you enjoy making some Polish food for your family. Thanks for watching!
My Wujek makes that best Bigos...I try--but it's never quite the same! Smacznego!
I believe you are looking for the expression "Set it and forget it". Popularized by Ron Popeil with his Ronco Rotisserie cooker.
Yep, I did have all the ingredients and put it together. Yep, I needed to transfer it to a bigger pot. I used my red cabbage/beet kraut. And I didn’t have prunes so I used currants. I am baking it at 300 degrees for a few hours and will set it outside tonight snd reheat tomorrow. Already the broth is so delicious!!!! Loving this one ALOT. ❤️
Sounds great! I've never thought about using currants before. Please let us know how it turned out, and thanks for watching!
Second day of bigos. My husband went out and bought some prunes. I added some chopped up and two shredded apples to the stew. I can’t really tell you how much we all loved the Bigos - I made garlic mashed potatoes- yes, it was as delicious as it sounds.
Thank you for showing us how to make bigos. I have always wanted to try making it and your recipe is a little less complicated than some others I have seen. I like to cook in large batches and freeze, makes it much easier to have a good hot dinner on the days that I work from home.
Marianne, bigos really is perfect for the large batch freezing option. Such a hardy meal that is easy to defrost and serve. Thanks for watching!
@@PolishYourKitchen Thank you. I really enjoy your videos.
Didn’t have my mom to teach me any of this . Thank you so much . Can’t wait to try to make this for my son and husband on Wigelia ❤️
I made this dish from wild game including venison, elk, and bear. It was delicious! The meat came from my hunter friends.
Subscribed I just love your comforting and authentic homecooking way in the kitchen
Thanks so much! 😊
Bigos is simply the best , we make it regularly .thanks for sharing , have a wonderful day, smacznego🍷🇵🇱
Thank you! You too!
First of all... you need to explain your very interesting shirt. 🤔
Bigos!! The national dish of Poland I have heard. I have seen various recipes on TH-cam for bigos and yours looks excellent! One difference was the addition of red wine to the bigos... but I'm sure PBR would work also. 😁😁
Have you ever heard of bouja? Very popular in the upper Midwest in the fall of the year, typically sold through Catholic churches here in central Minnesota. But it seems to be related to bigos. It contains various meats stewed in a huge pot overnight. Very tasty!! Reminded me of a very complex type of stew.
Take care!! Be well!!
The t-shirt is connected with the interview with a Polish shop owner in USA. During the Christmas interview she was wearing this heart on her shirt. The television decided to blur it so it would be unrecognizable while publishing the interview.
The thing is this heart made long time ago by Jerzy Owsiak and his non profit "WIELKA ORKIESTRA ŚWIĄTECZNEJ POMOCY" is something that you can not erase! and that is what the words below the hart say.
@@polishmamacooks1019 ... so this was a bit of protest against censorship? Wonderful! I don't speak a word of Polish, so I had no idea what was going on. I thought my eyes were going bad!! 😁
Thank you!
@@gregbudig5014 No, your eyes are not going bad!!! I am not sure where Anna bought hers but, I can assume that with Wielka Orkiesta Świątecznej Pomocy - the biggest non profit in Poland- www.wosp.org.pl/. And it is to protest against censorship.
This came out amazing…. I did use one fresh head of cabbage and then one jar of sauerkraut cause I was afraid it might be too sour and I’m glad I did that. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I just finished cooking, can’t wait to see how it tastes tomorrow after I do the second cook as you recommend.
Wonderful!
I don’t know how long you lived in America, but your English is amazing! We never put mushrooms in our bigos but I am going to try it because I love mushrooms! There is aCrockpot cookbook called Fix and and Forget .
Cynthia, thank you for the kind words. I lived in the States for just over 19 years combined, so I did get some time to practice my English. Thanks for watching!
I love very much bigos 😍
Bigos is the BEST!
The first time my wife and in-laws tasted my bigos they were amazed, they thought I was just a regular American and not one raised by a Babcia.
I always substitute shitake and maitake if I can't find wild Polish mushrooms.
And the "Gatherers Stew" joke had me laughing really hard!
Sadly my Babcia passed away a couple of years ago. She wasn't my real Babcia, she was the mum of my boss, and his sister my best friend. Irena took me under her wing and taught me about Polish cooking. She grew sorrel in her garden and showed me how to make sorrel soup. I grow sorrel in my garden in France, in her honour and, make the soup every spring. It's delicious, and I share it with my neighbours, who are now addicted to to it.
@@jeanettegant4945 This is so beautiful :)
What a nice memories!
My 'Britgos' - same as this but instead of Polish sausage I use nice oak-smoked English bacon - I also add a large chopped Bramley apple and 2 cox apples, tablespoon of muscovado sugar and 2 teaspoons of mustard - a tablespoon of damson/sloe gin/vodka and juniper berries and caraway instead of allspice - at the end I add a tin of drained and rinsed baked beans
Awww, you have cute pup!
I just sent to my brother Fran
He is Hunter all his life
I keep you posted hopefully he will
Lives in Lewis Delaware
We are Polish Family Immigrant Grandparents 1900’s Wasawa and Blowestok Poland
Love the pot switch 😊
that looks delicious. i ordered one of your books about two months ago and haven't received it yet. sure hope it comes soon. thanks for sharing your recipes.
Nancy, can you please email me at polishyourkitchen@gmail.com and give me the details of your order? I will check in it.
@@PolishYourKitchen i cannot get my email to go through. i ordered your book from amazon. keeps saying it'son the way
And at 6:13 the onions hit like a sledgehammer! Love Bigos!
I just found you and i just love that you are cooking the way my grandma did when she was with us and i lost that great polish food she grew up with and then feed us the cabbage and noodles the stuffed cabbage and the little stuffed bread pockets and this stew. She did make this stew with game as we hunted alot she used bear deer rabbit turkey dove quail wild pig just what ever we had after we butchered the prime cuts from the animal.
There’s a series of crock pot cookbooks called ‘Fix It and Forget It,’ I have to love cabbage, my one Grandmother was named Kohl, which is German for cabbage.
My father in law in Birmingham UK would cook one Polish dish- bigos. I think it was the first Polish recipe I asked for from family there as my husband loves it. I didn’t realise every family member has a different way. Ciocia Ulla’s is very spicy like her mother in law’s. Cousin Irena makes hers like her mother in law (my husband’s oldest aunt) which is nearest to Tony’s Dad’s and ciocia Terezska’s is too and she also cans hers - which I’d never seen before. She sent us home with a jar-full because Tony loves it so much (as do I). And when we asked her the recipe she was so vague. But that’s the way. They don’t need a written recipe. I’ve made it like ciocia Ulla and like Irena. We like it less spicy. Thank you so much, as ever. In this time when we can’t go there, it’s our little bit of real Poland. (Sorry to be so lengthy!)... oh and my mouth is watering!
I love hearing stories like this! It's interesting how connected the world is through food traditions from family to family. I tell Americans that Polish bigos is like chili because every family has a different way of making it. Thanks for watching!
Smoke the mushrooms before to make some Gatherer's Stew but keep that smoky flavour. Careful mushrooms eat up the smoke flavour.
Or maybe a little smoked paprika?
Bigos is easily one of my favourite foods. Such a comforting meal! Can you make a flacki video one day as well?
I do have a recipe for it on my website, polishyourkitchen.com I will put it on the video list for sure. Thanks for watching!
Koszulka wośpu no to już wiemy z kim mamy do czynienia
Omg,,,,, I love the dog,,,, 🐕 that's a very big puppy 🐶,,,,,,
Now mouth is watering for saurcrout
Quick advise: once you cut onion in half, put onion under the water for few seconds and then continue cutting. Your eyes will not burn at all!! :)
The part of the onion that causes you to tear up and eyes water is the root side. Cut that part off FIRST, see if it helps you. Won't be 100%, but you should notice a difference.
Love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today's menu...thank you.
Even though i know how to make bigos for the most part, I watched this while I cut up my stuff and felt like you were in my kitchen just talking lol thanks
Anna says “ water” like a Philly girl....”wooder”...haha love it...
Great pup too!
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I have got to make me some bigos!
If you run your hands under cold water, your eyes will stop tearing
God I love bigos.
"Set it, and Forget it!" Ron Popeil
Ronco Commercials! Love the tshirt! Thought my eyes were going too!! LOL!
Hmmm! BIGOS!! NUMMIES! TY👍🤙❤🖖
I made a batch, and the kitchen is smelling great 👍 It’s remotely reminiscent of a Dutch favorite, “stamppot zuurkool”, which is made by adding potatoes. I replaced the prunes with a handful of raisins. Do you have a side dish with this, or do you eat it with bread?
Bigos can be served as a side dish, or as a main course. When it is used as a main, it is normally served with a hearty rye bread. Thanks for watching!
Nothing wrong with having it with potatoes.
I also add a few juniper berries.
Cute doggy, great fod, all is good
Aww...poor pooch Lucy had some kind of injury to her scalp and left ear -- however it seems she's loved and eats well :-)
Awesome.
Thank you! Cheers!
W prawdziwie tradycyjnej formie do przyrządzenia bigosu potrzebne są również:
-piwa jasne
-piwa ciemne
-ryby słodkowodne suszone
-ryby słodkowodne wędzone
-ryby słodkowodne świeże
-ryby morskie suszone
-ryby morskie wędzone
-ryby morskie świeże
-ryby morskie solone
-ryby oceaniczne suszone
-ryby oceaniczne wędzone
-przetwory owocowe
-przetwory warzywne
-przetwory warzywno-owocowe
-ketchup
-musztarda
-majonez
-sos typu hamburgerowy
-sos orientalny słodko-kwaśny
-sos orientalny sweet chili
-sos sojowy ciemny
-sos sojowy jasny
-pasta miso jasna
-pasta miso ciemna
-zupka chińska pikantny kurczak
-zioła: oregano (po staropolsku lebiodka), bazylia, rozmaryn, tymianek, estragon, szałwia, mięta, kolendra, pietruszka, koperek, lubczyk
-chleb pszenny jasny
-chleb pszenny razowy
-chleb żytni na zakwasie
-chleb bezglutenowy (opcjonalnie)
-bułki kajzerki
-bułki poznańskie
-bułki grahamki
-bułki fitness
-bułki bezglutenowe (opcjonalnie)
-zupa pomidorowa z ryżem
-zupa ogórkowa
-krupnik
-żurek śląski
-flaczki wołowe
-tatar wołowy z ogórkiem kiszonym i cebulką
-pierogi ruskie
-pierogi z truskawką
-pierogi z jagodą
-racuchy z cukrem
-placki ziemniaczane ze śmietaną
-paprykarz szczeciński
-fasola konserwowa
-woda mineralna gazowana
-woda mineralna lekko gazowana
-woda mineralna niegazowana
właśnie dzięki powyższym składnikom bigosy niegdyś były aromatyczne i pyszne, nie to co w dzisiejszych barach - kapusta z pokrojoną parówką. Pamiętajcie Państwo: im więcej składników tym lepszy bigos. Właśnie dlatego babciny bigos był taki pyszny.
Anna--why grapeseed oil?? Can't tell you how much I enjoy your cooking
I like grape seed oil because it has a high burning point, so it won't burn/smoke as fast as butter or vegetable oil. Thanks for being a fan!
❤️ Anna, your Gramma and my Gramma must have been sisters. I would ask how much salt or pepper or other items and she would say something like ……about this much, more or less! No recipes, all in the head but OMG, whatever they made us was oh so good!
I miss my Great Gramma and Gramma and my Mother 😢
but I found you on You Tube 🙏🙏👋
Love your shows..when you going to make beet bortch?? I'm half polish and grew up on beet bortch and stuffed cabbage rolls..witch my grandma called pigs in a blanket
Ask and you shall receive! www.polishyourkitchen.com/polish-beetroot-soup/ or www.polishyourkitchen.com/polish-christmas-beetroot-broth-with-mushroom-dumplings/
Your husband is a lucky man..wish I could could find a nice polish woman to cook for me..lol
yum!
Can this be made in pressure cooker
Hello there! New subscriber, was wondering if you had a polish Easter soup recipe? My great grandma told me about it but didn't have a recipe. Thank you!
Hi Jessika! First of all thank you for subscribing, I hope you stick around for a good long while. As far as soup served at easter, the two most popular that come to mind is żurek, and biały barscz. I have recipes for both on my website www.polishyourkitchen.com Thanks for watching!
@@PolishYourKitchen Thank you so much!!! Definitely sticking around, hoping to learn more polish dishes! 😍
I had a neighbor who would make this (without the tomato paste or prunes) for New Year's Day. Wonderful. He told me it had to be buried for two weeks to taste right. You didn't mention that.
David, we all have our little secrets 😉
@@PolishYourKitchen I made this last night (sans prunes), and as I suspected it was much better than the one I remember. Thank you for adding this delicious meal to my repertoire! Always a treat to visit you and Mark, be it kitchen or road trip. Lucy was a bonus...LOVE her!
Wspaniały podkoszulek!!!! Gdzie taki można dostać? This is a wonderful recipe. I have to say I become so busy with two kids that I started to make it in a slowcooker. :)
Love the addition of prunes and both dry and fresh mushrooms! The prunes that are in US aren't so good and smokey as the Polish one!
Dzięki Monika!! 🥰 Koszulkę można kupić na stronie WOŚP. ❤️
@@PolishYourKitchen a wysla do Stanow? Zobacze dziekuje!
@@PolishYourKitchen Nie ma za co! Bigos jest super!
what brand is that red pot? Size? Link?
Wspanialy przepis , ale koszulka jest super
Mmmnn. I have some in the freezer that I made a couple of months ago. It's time to thaw it out! Thanks for the info on the Bacik. It looks more finely sliced than the one I used. Since it was my first time making it, I added a package of raw "cole slaw" mix that had some carrot slivers mixed in with the cabbage. Is carrot a no-no in bigos? It tasted great to me, but it was my first time making/eating bigos so I had nothing to compare to.
In Poland, carrots are added to cabbage when it is prepared for pickling. So it should definitely be there. While preparing my bigos, I always check if the cabbage is too sour before putting it in the pot. If it is too sour for me, I rinse it under running water, squeeze it and chop it obligatorily so that it is easier to mix later. Sometimes fresh cabbage is added to the stew, but it is done when the one in the pot has softened a little.
Carrots are welcome for sure, as yale2 said below. The most important thing about cooking is if you and your family like it. Thats all that matters in the end. Thanks for watching!
Like a decade ago I made Bigos for my Polish husband. I accidentally left the pot on too hot and walked away. :( he hasn't forgiven me since. so today for his birthday I've started a new pot. Let's hope I don't screw this one up LOL.
And pork and sauerkraut
"SET IT AND FORGET IT"