Winter Vegetable Kielbasa Stew Recipes

HEARTY KIELBASA STEW

Steps:

• Heat butter in a Dutch oven, add kielbasa and brown lightly over medium high heat.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add carrots, celery and onion and cook over medium heat until softened.
• Add remaining ingredients and kielbasa, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

LENTIL-VEGETABLE-KIELBASA SLOW COOKER STEW

Steps:

• Combine water, tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, red wine, basil, thyme, bay leaf, crush red peeper in slow cooker.
• Stir to blend.
• Add lentils, onion, carrots, celery, potatoes, garlic, greens and kielbasa.
• Cover.
• Cook on low 10-12 hours or on high 4-5 hours.
• Remove bay leaf, and serve with chopped basil, parsley, hot sauce or sour cream garnish (or any combination of these).
• NOTE: I prefer to add the canned greens and kielbasa in the last hour of cooking, but if you don't have time for that, just throw everything together in the slow cooker and forget about it until dinnertime!

KIELBASA SKILLET STEW

Steps:

• In a 12-in. skillet, cook bacon until crisp; remove to paper towel to drain. Cook sausage and onions in drippings over medium heat until onion is tender; drain. , Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Crumble bacon; sprinkle over stew.

KIELBASA STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Fry bacon in skillet until crisp.
• Crumble bacon and place in large slow cooker.
• Add onions and sausage to drippings in skillet.
• Cook until onions are soft.
• Transfer onions and sausage to slow cooker.
• Add all remaining ingredients to cooker and stir together well.
• Cover.
• Cook on low 8-10 hours, or until vegetables are tender.

SAUSAGE-AND-VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and glistening, about 6 minutes. Add the paprika and 1 teaspoon salt; cook until the oil turns deep red, about 1 minute. Add the flour and cook until just toasted, 30 more seconds. Immediately whisk in 4 cups water. Add the kielbasa, carrots, parsnips, potatoes and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
• Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce to a simmer; cover and cook until the vegetables are tender and the broth has thickened, about 20 minutes. Add the vinegar and season with pepper.
• Combine about half of the parsley with the sour cream in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. Ladle the stew into bowls; top with the remaining parsley, a dollop of herbed sour cream and a sprinkle of paprika. Serve with bread.