These Cozy Kielbasa Recipes Make an Easy, Comforting Meal
If you haven’t tried it before, kielbasa is a Polish smoked sausage, usually sold in a “U” shape.
Kielbasa sausage is a smoked Polish sausage that adds big flavor to a variety of dishes. It's a hearty main dish when paired with vegetables, pasta, and potatoes. It also serves as a flavorful addition to seafood boils, breakfast hash, and casseroles. Try these tasty recipes with kielbasa, and consider subbing it into your favorite sausage dishes!
Apple-Kielbasa Hash
Kielbasa and potatoes? Yes, please! If you’re looking for a familiar way to try this Polish staple, look no further than this simple breakfast hash. It combines a ton of familiar ingredients, like yellow potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and fried eggs, with kielbasa to make a classic breakfast sausage skillet.
Shrimp and Sausage Boil
Change up the flavor of your shrimp boil just a little by using kielbasa. It has a similar smoky flavor to andouille sausage, but with less spice, which can help the other ingredients in the boil shine. Cook the sausage, potatoes, corn, and seafood all together in a big pot, then serve it family-style for everyone to share.
Sauteed Red Cabbage with Onions and Smoked Sausage
One skillet is all you’ll need to toss together this kielbasa recipe. Cook the sausage with red cabbage and Swiss chard for an easy veggie side. If you want to make this recipe heartier for a winter meal, try serving with baked or mashed potatoes.
Cabbage and Kielbasa
This dish has multiple European influences, featuring Polish kielbasa and German spaetzle. The kielbasa and cabbage cook all together in one skillet, giving you time to cook the spaetzle on the side. Combine everything at the end for a hearty, delicious comfort food dinner!
Pressure Cooker Smoky Cassoulet
Set-and-forgot this easy recipe for kielbasa in your pressure cooker. Just combine navy beans, kielbasa, pancetta, and a few veggies and seasonings in the cooker. Once it’s done, top off with a splash of dry white wine to give the sauce a little more richness.
Red Beans and Rice with Andouille and Ham
This slow cooker kielbasa recipe has plenty of smoky flavor, thanks to the sausage (we swapped in kielbasa) and pork hock. Both cook low and slow for most of the day alongside red kidney beans and veggies. Once all of the flavors have simmered together, stir in rice for the last half hour of cook time for a little more heartiness.
Greens, Cannellini Beans, and Sausage Pan Stew
Keep it simple for dinner with this kielbasa recipe. In just 30 minutes, you can whip up a filling meal with sausage (try using kielbasa here), cannellini beans, and chopped kale. Top everything off with thyme to add a little freshness to this hearty meal that’s great for winter.
Russian Roulette Dogs
It’s time for a new look at your summer barbecue! Instead of grilling up hot dogs and bratwurst, try adding kielbasa to your bun instead. This kielbasa and sauerkraut recipe incorporates a lot of cookout favorites, like pickle relish and cheese, but with a completely different flavor profile.
White Bean and Sausage Rigatoni
Just six ingredients make up this turkey kielbasa recipe. It also teams up with rigatoni, cannellini beans, stewed tomatoes, basil, and Asiago cheese for a cozy, filling dinner. And since it cooks in just 20 minutes, it’s one of the best kielbasa recipes with pasta to make when you’re looking for a quick weeknight meal.
Sausage and Peppers Soup
Sausage and peppers are a classic combo, and it’s so easy to turn this dish into a kielbasa recipe. Cook sliced kielbasa, sweet peppers, and onions together in your Dutch oven, then turn it into soup by adding canned tomatoes and tomato paste. A dash of crushed red pepper adds a hint of heat, but you can always add more to turn up the temperature.
Linguine with Sausage and Greens
Don’t count dandelion greens out. Their slightly bitter flavor is a little bit like spinach, and they add a great healthy component alongside summer squash. Serve this kielbasa recipe with pasta in summer when you’re in need of a tasty, hearty dinner.
Sausage and Tortellini Soup
This turkey kielbasa satisfies just about every craving on a cold night. Cook the sausage and cheesy tortellini with a can of French onion soup for loads of flavor. Green beans and coleslaw mix add a few healthy veggies to this soup recipe, too.
Corn Bread-Topped Sausage Bake
A little like a sausage skillet and a little like a pot pie, this kielbasa recipe is a lot of deliciousness. Sausage and veggies cook in bean soup in the skillet, creating lots of savory, smoky flavors. Then, cornbread is baked over everything at the end, making this dish into a version of a Southern pot pie.
