We've made this for years. Always cooked the kielbasa first so I could drain the grease, blot the pan w/paper towels to get rid of the grease but keep the brown bits. I use red cabbage - they say it tastes better. We like our cabbage crunchy so we fry it no more than 20 min. If we have them, we add a chopped apple to the cabbage, then add kielbasa & bacon to warm. Fantastic quick meal. Stars are for as written.
You can make it your own by draining the grease after cooking the Sausage first, but I think the grease adds flavor to the dish. Thank you guys for voting and for your reviews. I would add a photo, if I could but it won't allow my photo for some reason.
This is a simple humble meal that is a must eat if you love fried cabbage and kielbasa as much as I do. Serving the two together is a bonus! I like this recipe because it s pretty bare bones which is generally my preference with cooking and with seasoning. If you re working with good ingredients they don t require a lot of camouflage. At the submitter s suggestion I did build on this to make it my own. First I used our Milwaukee s Usinger s fresh Polska Kielbasa the very best. (As opposed to fully cooked smoked kielbasa which is also very good! I usually like a mix of both truth be told) I cooked and browned it in advance refrigerating it until I was ready to put the dish together. I did add minced garlic along with the onion. When cooking the cabbage I helped it along with a little water and covered it for a bit. With the cabbage cooked and the fresh kielbasa cooked ready and waiting all I did was combine the two and heat it through the one hour simmering time in my view not only unnecessary but quite possibly even counterproductive. Tiny boiled red potatoes with butter and parsley rounded the meal out nicely.
I make this about once a month. I will add sauerkraut once in a while for an extra flavor. I don't usually make it with the bacon. I fry the kielbasa with the onion, add the cabbage and a pat of butter. I have never had to drain anything. I put this over mashed potatoes. It is a comfort food of mine.
Made this today. Only change was I added 2 finely grated carrots because we like carrots in sauerkraut so I wanted to see how it went with this recipe. 100% hit with the entire family. For the person who had to much liquid...just reduce it...flavor is enhanced
I was looking for a recipe to use up a head of cabbage and this recipe worked since I also had kielbasa on hand. My husband loved it...he even asked if I could make it again next week! We simmered less than an hour; when we checked it at 45 minutes the cabbage was cooked perfectly for our tastes.
this was good! read reviews so I drain most of bacon grease... will did cook again!
This was great! Kids and hubby cleaned their dishes! Cut the recipe in half because I was nervous bad idea! We all were looking for seconds! Thank you for sharing!
This is the second time I made this dish which I first tried after acquiring a big ring of kielbasa and not knowing what to do with it. I do love cabbage and sauerkraut and it was hard to decide between several recipes but I chose this one for its simplicity and decided to see if I wanted to change it at all. This time I added a half a cup of red wine per the advice of another reviewer of a similar recipe which I liked very much. It's good to note that a good dollop of Polish mustard on the side is delightful with this!
