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Tasty Polish Kielbasa

Our Classic Kielbasa Recipe

Classic Kielbasa with simple flavors bringing the memories of home.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. Polish kielbasa (pork and chicken flavored)
  • ½ lb., mild Italian sausage
  • 1 medium onion sweet Vidalia
  • 3 medium bell peppers (2 bags of mini peppers)
  • ¼ tsp black pepper (ground)
  • ¾ tsp basil, fresh is best (dried can be used)
  • 2 tbsp avocado oil
  • 2 tbsp garlic (freshly minced)
  • salt

Instructions
 

Gather Items:

  • Pull out all items you need for preparation.
    meal prep
  • Heat Skillet on medium heat with avocado oil (or olive oil depending on your preference.
    heating skillet

Prep and Chop:

  • Slice sausage into bite sized pieces.
    sausage
  • Slice onions.
  • Slice peppers.
  • Chop and mince fresh garlic.

Begin Cooking:

  • Add sausage to heated skillet.
    sausage
  • Let cook for 5-10 minutes. Juices will come out. YOU can discard or keep for added flavor and it soaks into the additional serving items.
  • Add sliced onions.
    sausage and onions
  • Cook onions with sausage until onions are translucent color. About 5 minutes
  • During this time, add garlic and let it cook with sausage and onions.
  • Add peppers. (We like our peppers slightly hard, so we don't cook this long. It depends on your taste as to how long you will cook this. For me, the peppers are cooked about 3 minutes.
    peppered add

Remove and Serve:

  • Remove from heat.
    removing from heat
  • Serve with rice or noodle or as a side dish.
    served with rice

Notes

Rice Variations:
  • Plain rice
  • Rice with cilantro and lime
  • Rice with a chicken flavor since this recipe has a pork and chicken kielbasa
Tips:
  • Keeping the juices adds to the flavor of the rice
  • Draining, rinsing, and drying the sausage before adding onions is a healthy approach
  • Mixing sausage flavors helps tone down the spiciness of the hot sausage
Serving Suggestions:
  • Can serve on a hoagie/large bun to make it different
  • Serve at a backyard gathering to provide something different from the regular hot dog and hamburgers people are used to seeing
  • A nice side dish for a potluck dinner gathering
Keyword crowd pleasing, family dinner, one dish meal
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