Žywiec
Recipe for Żywiec, a traditional Polish dish featuring pork, fermented cabbage, and mushrooms.
Żywiec is a traditional Polish dish that combines pork, fermented cabbage, and mushrooms. It’s a simple yet delicious recipe that requires several steps to prepare.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time20 min
- Total35 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodcooking over a fire
- Estimated cost$0.57 $0.14 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $0.01
- $0.23
- $0.09
- $0.10
- $0.04
- $0.10
Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Slice the onion thinly. ≈ 8 min
- Cook the meat with the onions in lightly salted water until it is tender. Separate the meat from the bones.
- Cook the cabbage with finely chopped onions.
- Cook the dried mushrooms and slice them.
- Combine the chopped meat, onions, mushrooms, and the broth obtained from cooking the meat with the onions.
- Add some freshly pressed garlic. ≈ 3 min
- Season with salt and pepper. ≈ 2 min
- Bring to a boil.
- Serve with locally grown apples. ≈ 2 min
The bill
Žywiec
- 8 grams of onion$0.01
- 50 g of dried mushrooms$0.23
- 25 grams of cauliflower$0.09
- Allium sativum, one clove$0.10
- 1 tablespoon of salt$0.04
- black pepper, a pinch$0.10
Total$0.57
that's $0.14 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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