32 polish recipes

Change up your dinner plans and try making these scrumptious cabbage rolls everyone is sure to enjoy!

Polish bigos (hunter's stew) with beef, smoked pork, spareribs, kielbasa, bacon, and sauerkraut. The national dish of Poland, slow simmered, feeds sixteen.

Polish sourdough rye bread with a 3-day rye starter, cornmeal-dusted crust, and caraway seeds, baked with steam for a crusty artisan loaf. A traditional Eastern European bread.

These scrumptious cabbage rolls are made with carrots and cider vinegar. They are also very easy to prepare!

Polish Reuben casserole layered with sauerkraut, egg noodles, kielbasa, Swiss cheese, and cream of mushroom soup topped with buttered breadcrumbs. All the Reuben flavors in one pan.

This hearty soup recipe combines the flavors of onions, celery, potatoes, kielbasa sausage, cabbage, green peas, thyme, and marjoram in a comforting stew. The ingredients are sautéed, simmered, and seasoned to perfection, creating a satisfying meal that's perfect for any day of the week.

Pasulj: Balkan white bean and kielbasa soup thickened with a paprika-oil roux (zaprška). Slow-simmered with onion, garlic, and smoked sausage. A Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian comfort classic.

Kutia, a traditional Polish Christmas pudding made with wheat berries, ground poppy seeds, honey, walnuts, almonds, figs, dates, and rum-soaked currants. A treasured holiday dessert.

Traditional Polish sauerkraut pierogi filling slow-cooked with bacon, onions, and butter until mellow and sweet. Enough filling for a big batch of homemade pierogies.

Placek swiateczny is a Polish Christmas bread loaded with walnuts, raisins, orange peel, and a splash of vodka. Bake it days ahead for the best flavor.

Strucle z makiem, a traditional Polish poppy seed roll with a rich yeast dough filled with ground poppy seeds, honey, raisins, and candied orange peel, finished with lemon icing.

Traditional Polish holiday side dishes: golden fried cabbage with split peas, pearl barley, buckwheat, baked rice, breadcrumb-coated potatoes, and seasoned beans. A complete Wigilia spread.

Vegan pierogies made with whole wheat dough and silken tofu, filled with creamy potato or cabbage and garbanzo. Boiled then pan-fried until golden and crisp.

Easy bean, sausage and barley soup for your slow cooker.

Slow cooker sauerkraut supper with Polish kielbasa, bacon, cubed apples, potatoes, and caraway seeds. A hearty Old World one-pot meal that cooks all day.

Polish hunter's stew (bigos) with sauerkraut, kielbasa, beef, bacon, mushrooms, apple, and tomatoes slow-simmered and served over dilled steamed potatoes.