Hunter's Kraut. The sauerkraut was a bit stringy and didn't contribute much flavor. Some diced potato wouldn't hurt either. Wash the sauerkraut and squeeze it.

Ingredients of Hunter's Kraut

1. Es ist 32 oz of Claussen Saurkraut.
2. Bereiten 1 head of Cabbage.
3. Es ist 1 1/3 lb of beef for stew (cut 1in x 1in).
4. Du brauchst 1 1/3 lb of pork shldr blade (cut 1in x 1in).
5. Du brauchst 13 oz of beef smoked sausage.
6. Bereiten 1 medium of golden onion (chopped).
7. Es ist 1 1/2 lb of mushrooms (chopped).
8. Du brauchst 1 dash of salt (up to cook).
9. Bereiten 1 dash of pepper (up to cook).
10. Es ist 5 small of bay leaves.
11. Du brauchst 1 cup of water (to cover kraut once in pot).
12. Es ist 1 can of tomato paste.

In a large pan, brown bacon, kielbasa and pork shoulder over medium heat. Once brown, remove and set aside. This recipe for bigos makes a hearty, long-simmered meat-and-sauerkraut stew that goes back centuries and is a national dish of Poland. It was traditionally served at the start of the hunting season, from fall through Shrove Tuesday, or until the family's supply of barrel-cured sauerkraut ran out.

Hunter's Kraut Anleitung

1. Wash all vegetables!.
2. Drain 32oz of Saurkraut in a strainer. Press Saurkraut to get rid of any extra undrained Kraut-water..
3. Slice cabbage head in half. Continue slicing cabbage to match the thinness of the Saurkraut..
4. Prepare 4-6in deep pot, preheating at low heat on a stovetop burner..
5. Layer cut beef along bottom of 4-6in pot, bring heat to medium, let cook 50-70 minutes..
6. As beef is cooking, pile cut pork on top of the beef, continue cooking at medium heat through the earlier advised 50-70 minutes. Cover pot..
7. Add all thinly sliced cabbage to a 5-7in pot, on low heat..
8. (optional) Add splash of vegetable broth to cabbage in 5-7in pot..
9. Add bay leaves to 5-7in cabbage pot..
10. Add water to 5-7in pot (1inch from top of cabbage). Cover pot. Cook for 40-45 minutes until clear..
11. Melt butter on a pan. Add chopped onions to melted butter-pan..
12. Add drained Saurkraut to cabbage after 20 minutes of boiling..
13. Add sliced smoked Beef Sausage to meat-pot after pork and beef have cooked for 40 minutes..
14. Take sliced mushrooms and add them to the onion pan. Cook until ready..
15. Put everything together and let cook..

Hunters use to come back from a hunt and would put the meat they brought back in the stew, making it a different stew every time. One particularity of this dish is the use of sauerkraut and the sour flavor it gives to the stew. Sauerkraut is a favorite with Paleo mostly for the healthy. Bigos is almost a Polish national dish. This is a traditional recipe from Poland.