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Step 1
Divide the ribs into smaller pieces, ideally of such a size that they fit easily in the soup plate. Season them with salt and pepper.
Step 2
Grab a frying pan and heat up 2 tablespoons of canola oil. Fry them on each side until they start to turn golden. Moved these fried ribs into a pot (ideally sized at 3 qt / 3 litres or bigger). Don’t wash the frying pan just yet!
Step 3
Chop the leek and dice the onion finely. Fry these veggies on the fat that remained from frying ribs. At the end of frying, add crushed garlic clove and spices: one tablespoon of dried marjoram and half a teaspoon of caraway seeds. When heated, the spices release their essential oils, giving Kapuśniak its unique taste. Put the fried ingredients aside for now.
Step 4
Peel the vegetables (2 carrots, a parsley root and a chunk of a celery root). Dice them into squares (roughly with half-inch/1 cm sides). Drop them into the pot with ribs. Add 4 bay leaves and 6 allspice berries. Then, pour 2 quarts (around 2 litres) of water.
Step 5
Cook for 30 minutes on low heat, until both ribs and vegetables soften.
Step 6
Peel and cube the potatoes, add them to the soup and continue cooking until they soften (that takes around 15 minutes)
Step 7
As you wait, drain the sauerkraut (keep the juices!) and chop it roughly. Add them to the soup, together with the onion, leek and spices we have fried before.
Step 8
Continue cooking on a low heat for a further 30 minutes, in that time the sauerkraut will soften and release its aromas.
Step 9
Have a taste. Season with salt and pepper. If Kapuśniak needs more sour ‘kick’, add some leftover sauerkraut juice.
Step 10
Pour the soup into bowls / soup plates, making sure that everyone gets some veggies and meat. Sprinkle each portion with chopped parsley.