Next to many delicious looking dishes, there is also a whole section dedicated to Polish food with Magda’s recipes and lovely photographs. Combine cornstarch and remaining water until smooth. Discard bay leaves add the carrots and potatoes. Reduce heat cover and cook for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. If you like Polish food I strongly recommend a beautiful website by a fellow expat blogger Magda Cauldron. Add the sauerkraut tomato sauce, onions, celery, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, salt and pepper. The traditional one though will contain a combination of at least two of the following: boar, deer, rabbit, veal, beef, smoked sausage or bacon. You can make Hunter’s Stew yours by choosing the meat you put in it. You can pass on these, but please do not give up the wine! Never! Time mends many things, including recipes and my favourite twist on Hunter’s Stew is the addition of sweet bits like pruns, raisins or honey. It might sound like a posh dish which requires lots of skill, but the truth is that Hunter’s Stew is really easy to make. Place sliced onions and bell peppers on the bottom of the slow cooker. It is like beans on toast, which whether you are rich or poor, you should always have access to. How To Make slow cooker chicken cacciatore (hunters stew) 1. And because Hunter’s Stew often sits in jars and fridges in many homes where I am from, as it stores really well. It also reminds me of home and Christmas, because this is what we traditionally eat on the second day in Poland. I love sweet and sour, meaty, warming and very comforting flavour mixed with a slice of rye bread and butter. Today it is a popular food for the masses and much loved one too, for many reasons. Opportunity of dining like a king makes this beautiful dish, with long, long traditions, at least one of very good reasons why Sauerkraut Hunter’s Stew is really worth pursuing in any kitchen. This recipe takes us back to the 14th century (oh, yes!), when powerful, Polish king Wladyslaw Jagiello, whose dynasty initiated the Golden Age in then the kingdom of Poland, used to serveSauerkraut Hunter’s Stew to his guests after a long day of hunting. To me Sauerkraut Hunter’s Stew, or in Polish Bigos, means Tradition with a massive capital T.

Ok, this is going to be something I’ve been really looking forward to sharing.

Chicken hunter stew