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16 Best Kielbasa Recipes

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If you are a fan of smoked sausage, these tasty kielbasa sausage recipes are for you. Most of them are easy to make and full of flavor. They are all a great way to turn sausage into a wonderful meal.

Collage of images of dinner plates filled with polish sausage.

Using sausage as the start to a recipe is such a great way to bring big flavor to a dish. That is especially true with a tasty smoked sausage, it adds so many different flavors with the addition of just one ingredient.

So it is the perfect base for so many different kinds of dishes. Check out all of the recipes below and pick some favorites to make.

If you have a favorite recipe that isn’t on the list, tell me about it in the comments below. I would love to make it too!

What is Kielbasa?

Kielbasa is one of the types of Polish sausage. Fresh Polish sausage is a pork sausage made with salt, pepper, marjoram and garlic.

My mother-in-law has a strong Polish heritage and she loves fresh homemade sausage. We have plans to get together and make some, so hopefully I can share the recipe with you soon.

If you don’t have a Polish immigrants for family, you may have to travel to a city with a large Polish population to get the fresh sausage. Hopefully I will be sharing more Polska kielbasa recipes with you soon.

In American grocery stores, the term Kielbasa usually refers to a sausage that has been cured and smoked. It can be pan fried, simmered, grilled or added to a great variety of recipes.

Below you will find a collection of tasty Polish sausage recipes that range from classic Polish meals to American dinners that just use the sausage to bring big flavor. There are quick, easy and fun recipes and slow cooked comfort food meals. There really is something for everyone.

Best Kielbasa Recipes

What goes well with kielbasa?

Some great side dishes to serve with keilbasa include macaroni and cheese, applesauce, scalloped potatoes, green beans, potato salad, sauerkraut, cabbage, potatoes, potato pancakes, coleslaw and more.

Should you poke holes in kielbasa before cooking it?

It is generally not necessary to poke holes in the sausage before cooking it. That will allow the tasty juices to escape. However, if you are cooking whole sausage links over something that you want to be seasoned by the sausage, like cabbage, you may want to poke it a few times to let those flavors mingle.

These are some of the best polish sausage recipes out there so I hope it gave you plenty of inspiration. Adding a little sausage to a meal is a quick way to add distinct flavor with almost no effort.

For more recipes that include different types of sausage, check out my archive of sausage recipes.

If you are a fan of smoked sausage, these tasty kielbasa sausage recipes are for you. Most of them are easy to make and full of flavor. They are all a great way to turn sausage into a wonderful meal.

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Marcelle

Tuesday 18th of October 2022

Thanks for this great round up, Carlee! Kielbasa is such a great ingredient to add loads of smoky flavor and depth to a dish. I definitely saw a couple of tasty new recipes for us to try soon.

Carlee

Tuesday 18th of October 2022

It really is such a great way to add a lot of flavor. I hope you enjoy the recipes!