Polska Kielbasa Recipes

KIELBASA SAUSAGE AND RICE

Steps:

• Spray 12-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and bell pepper to skillet. Cover; cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring once, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Stir in kielbasa, tomatoes, broth, salt and Cajun seasoning. Heat to boiling; stir in rice. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cook 8 to 10 minutes or until rice is tender. Fluff with fork before serving. Serve with pepper sauce.

HOMEMADE KIELBASA

Steps:

• The better and fresher the meat is, the better the taste of the kielbasa.
• They say it adds a little moisture and some additional flavor.
• Others want all lean meat in their sausage.
• The next step is to slice narrow strips of the pork and cut those strips into thirds.
• Then grind the pork using a medium size plate in the grinder.
• This grinds the meat coarse.
• When making traditional homemade kielbasa, the meat should be a little chunky.
• This is where commercial kielbasa with its smooth, mealy texture is inferior to hearty, substantial, homemade, traditional version.
• Once you grind the meat, it's time to add the spices.
• Mix the salt, Cure #1, sugar, black pepper, garlic, onion powder, mustard seed and water and mix thoroughly into the meat.
• When the meat mixture is prepared and you are ready to stuff it into the casing, you should make sure to soak the casing in warm water first.
• once the casing have been rehydrated and become flexible, you should rinse them three or four times to ensure you remove as much of the unwanted salt as possible.
• You can do this by putting one end of the casing on the faucet, letting the warm water run through the inside and flushing out the salt.
• The casings can then be cut it into 4 foot lengths to prepare them to be stuffed with the mixture of beef, pork and a variety of spices.
• To properly cook the kielbasa and add that delicious smoky flavor, your smoker must maintain a temperature of 165 degrees until the kielbasa's internal temperature gets to 155 degrees.
• It must also contain the right wood chips to impart the smoky flavor many people love in their kielbasa.
• The smoky flavor acts like a seasoning and there's no substitute for it.
• For people with charcoal or wood smokers, all it takes to create flavorful smoke is to add some cherry wood or apple wood chunks to the fire.
• The key to creating the most flavorful kielbasa sausage is a consistently low temperature.
• Smoking the kielbasa at between 160-165F is ideal.
• Once the temperature in the smoker has reached 165 degrees, put in the sausages and leave them for three to four hours.
• That gives the internal temperature of the sausages to reach 152 degrees and the smoky flavors to permeate the kielbasa.

KIELBASA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine pork, beef and garlic. In a separate bowl, stir together black pepper, salt, brown sugar, ground allspice, marjoram and liquid smoke. Combine mixtures and knead with hands to combine.
• Fill casings with meat mixture and refrigerate overnight. Boil or grill before serving.

POLSKA KIELBASA

Steps:

• Chill the meat and fat until they is almost frozen by putting it in the freezer for an hour or so. Take out some hog casings - you'll need about 3 to 4 standard lengths, about 10 feet - and set in a bowl of very warm water to rehydrate.
• Chop meat and fat into 1-inch pieces. Combine the salt, instacure, sugar, garlic, marjoram and pepper and mix it into the meat and fat with your hands. Let this rest in the fridge for about an hour.
• Grind through your meat grinder (you can use a food processor in a pinch, but you will not get a fine texture) using the fine die. If your room is warmer than 65°F, set the bowl for the ground meat into another bowl of ice to keep it cold. Put the meat mixture back in the freezer while you clean up.
• Add the ice water to the meat mix, then mix thoroughly either using a Kitchenaid on low for 90 seconds or with your (very clean) hands. This is important to get the sausage to bind properly. Once it is mixed well, put it back in the fridge while you clean up again.
• Stuff the sausage into the casings. Kielbasa is normally made into long links tied at both ends to form a loop. Stuff about 2 feet of sausage, then pinch off the trailing end and pull off at least 6 inches of casing from the stuffing tube. Cut the casing with a knife and immediately pull out another 6 inches or so of casing to form the loose end for the next long loop of sausage. This ensures that you will have enough casing to tie off the links. Leave the links untied for now.
• Check each long link of kielbasa for air pockets. You will probably have some. Use a sterilized needle (get the point glowing in the stove burner for a second or so to do this) and pierce the casing all around any air pockets. Gently compress the meat in the link from either end. Don't force it or the casing will burst. When you see no more air pockets, tie off the casings at either end.
• Hang the sausages in a cool place. If it is warm out, hang for one hour. If you have a place where the temperature will not go higher than 38°F, you can hang them as long as overnight.
• Get your smoker going. Smoke the links for at least 4 hours, and as many as 8. I prefer a lighter smoke, so you can still taste the meat and spices. You are looking to get the internal temperature of the links to 155°F. When the kielbasa is smoked, shock the links in ice water to cool quickly.
• Hang them to dry for at least 1 hour before eating, and if you have a cool place (55°F or cooler) you can hang for up to 4 days.

POLISH KIEłBASA SAUSAGE (BIAłA KIELBASA) RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cold meat grinds more easily, so keep meat refrigerated until ready to grind. Grind strips of meat in a hand-cranked or electric grinder, using medium plate. Place meat in large bowl.
• In a small bowl, mix water, garlic, salt, pepper, and marjoram and combine with ground meat until thoroughly incorporated.
• To make sure seasonings are right, fry a small patty and taste. Store ground meat mixture in refrigerator for at least two hours or overnight before stuffing.
• Remove casings from refrigerator and knot one end. Lightly coat the stuffing funnel with cooking spray. Slip other end of casing over mouth of funnel, making sure it is not twisted, and opening is centered around funnel. Continue to push remainder of casing up onto funnel until you have reached the knot.
• Begin to force meat into stuffer with one hand, while using other hand to control the thickness of the sausage as it is extruded.
• Remember, sausage will shrink when it cooks, so you want a nice plump sausage. But be careful you don't overstuff, or the casing will burst.
• Keep extruding until casing is used up. Tie a knot in that end. You can either leave sausage in a large coil or twist it at 5- to 6-inch intervals to make links. Store refrigerated and covered up to two days until ready to cook.
• Before cooking, prick sausage along length of link to allow air bubbles to escape. Otherwise, it will explode in cooking water.
• Place sausage in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160 F.
• You can then brown sausage in a 350 F oven, in a pan for 15 to 20 minutes, or grill it for 4 to 6 minutes per side if desired.
• Remove to a serving platter and enjoy with homemade horseradish known as chrzan . When horseradish is flavored with beets, it's called cwikła .

KIELBASA AND POTATOES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat skillet on med-high heat.
• Cut the kielbasa sausage into slices, and drop in the heated pan. Stir while frying.
• As kielbasa is browning, chop the onion and potatoes.
• Once the sausage has browned for approximately 6 minutes, scoop it out and put aside. Much of the fat will have rendered. Make sure to leave grease in the pan.
• Dump the chopped potatoes into the hot skillet with the kielbasa grease. Add the paprika, salt and oregano. Stir to coat in the fat and reduce the burner to medium to medium-low. Cover.
• Brown the potatoes for 13 minutes, stirring regularly.
• Add the onions and garlic. Cook for about 12 minutes. Covered, but stirring regularly.
• Once the potatoes have softened and onions are cooked add the kielbasa back into the pan mix in and all cook for 4 minutes.

POLSKA KIELBASA STIR FRY

Steps:

• Add 1 TBS olive oil to a large saute pan over medium heat
• Stir in the onion and saute until translucent - about 5 minutes
• Add the minced garlic, saute 1 more minute
• Stir in and saute the carrots and celery for a couple of minutes
• Add the rest of the vegetables and kielbasa sausage and saute until al dente
• Finally, add the teriyaki sauce for seasoning and warm
• Serve over cooked rice

KIELBASA FRIED RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat Sesame oil, add garlic, sliced sausage, onion and carrots. Sauté for about 5 minutes.
• Add in peas. Stir, continue to cook until sausage is browned and the veggies are the desired tenderness. About 5 minutes.
• Push the mixture to one side of your skillet and in the other, add a little sesame oil, scramble your eggs. Mix it all together.
• Add rice and soy sauce and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
• Top with green onions and serve hot from the skillet.

FRIED CABBAGE AND KIELBASA

Steps:

• Slice the cabbage in half, remove and discard the core and cut into thin strips.
• Place a cast iron or other heavy large pan over medium-high heat, and once hot add the olive oil.
• Add sliced onion and cook until soft, about 3-4 minutes, stir a few times.
• Add garlic, cook stirring another minute.
• Add cabbage, salt, pepper, and paprika to the pan and toss. Cook until cabbage reduces by half, for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add Worcestershire sauce. Stir and add sliced kielbasa or sausage.
• When the cabbage is tender and slightly translucent, and kielbasa has browned a bit, remove from heat.
• Garnish with parsley and serve.