How to Make Polish Sauerkraut Soup - Kapuśniak | Kapusniak | Kwasnica | Kwaśnica

How to make Kapuśniak, Kapusniak, Kwasnica, Kwaśnica - Polish Sauerkraut Soup with Smoked Ribs
I love to serve it with Prazoki (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoQeM-Fmjek).
It is one of my favorite comfort foods. If you like sauerkraut you will love the soup.
As any polish soup it takes time because you want to develop flavors but it is worth it. Most of the time is just cooking - you can leave the soup and go about your business and check on it from time to time.

Ingredients:
For Chicken stock
- 64 oz of water in a big pot
- Leftover chicken bones (I used bones from rotisserie chicken that I bought - you can also use fresh chicken if you'd like)
- 4 carrots (whole or chopped)
- half of a big onion (or one medium)
- 3 celery stalks
- Bunch of Parsley
- 2-3 tbsp kosher salt - NOT table salt - they have different level of saltiness. If you just have table salt cut the amount of salt in half
For sauerkraut soup
- Piece of smoked ribs (amount depends on how much you prefer - I used half a pound piece)
- 3 medium bay leaves
- few whole allspice
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 jar (900 grams) of sauerkraut - I used Belveder that is the best brand I found. Not too sour and just perfect texture

TIPS
- a good chicken stock requires cooking for at least 3 - 4 hours on a very low heat. I usually cook mine around 4-5. The liquid evaporates some and that is OK.
- I like to use leftovers from a rotisserie chicken since I buy it from time to time and that is a good way of utilizing every piece of that chicken. If you buy an organic one you might find this way of preparing chicken stock very useful. You can use fresh chicken and with this process you will get a delicious stock. But this process is good enough base for any soup.
- Make sure you taste sauerkraut before you add to the soup. Some brands are very sour (you will have to drain it first and sometimes even rinse the kraut before adding) or the kraut is too tough (it will require longer cooking). I buy mine in a Russian store. If there is one where you live they may carry Belveder brand. Polish stores could have them as well.

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