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Bigos is a traditional Polish dish made with meats, sauerkraut and mushrooms.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time2 hr
- Total2 hr 30 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostPricey
- Cooking methodsimmering
- Estimated cost$83.38 $13.90 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
servings
- $1.36
- $0.15
- $0.90
- $2.40
- $3.33
- $2.27
- $0.50
- $72.47
Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Rinse the sauerkraut, slice it and cook it with the bay leaf and juniper berries.
- Slice the cabbage and cook it separately.
- Cut the meat into pieces and brown it in the lard, then add the mushrooms. ≈ 8 min
- Brown the bacon bits with the chopped onion, then add the sausage cut into small cubes and simmer for a few minutes.
- Add the meat, bacon and cabbage to the cooked sauerkraut. ≈ 3 min
- Simmer for about 2 hours over low heat.
- At the end of cooking, season with salt and pepper and add tomato paste. ≈ 2 min
- Serve hot. ≈ 2 min
The bill
Bigos
- 500 g sauerkraut$1.36
- 1 onion$0.15
- 200 g dried mushrooms$0.90
- 150 g smoked bacon bits$2.40
- 200 g veal or beef$3.33
- 150 g smoked sausage$2.27
- 50 g lard$0.50
- Bay leaf, salt, pepper, juniper berries.$72.47
Total$83.38
that's $13.90 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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