Bigus of fresh cabbage with meat and sausage

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make bigus from fresh cabbage with meat and sausage? Prepare the ingredients according to the list. Peel the white cabbage from the outer leaves and chop it thinly. For a spicy taste, add sauerkraut, but you can cook this dish without it.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the carrots, peel and grate. Peel the onions and cut into small cubes.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it, fry the onions and carrots in the oil until soft. Remove the roasted vegetables from the pan.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add vegetable oil if necessary. Place shredded white cabbage in this frying pan, fry it for 5-7 minutes over medium heat, stirring with a spatula, then add sauerkraut, add water, stir and simmer for about 15 minutes under the lid.

5. STEP 5

   

   You can use any ready-made minced meat or one prepared from fresh meat; to obtain a more tasty and juicy dish, it is better to use a mixture of pork and beef. In another frying pan, fry the minced meat in vegetable oil, fry it for 15 minutes over medium heat until the minced meat changes color to light.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add carrots and onions to the pan with cabbage, stir and simmer them together for another 5 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Use boiled sausage for this dish, cut into small cubes or strips.

8. STEP 8

   

   Then add fried minced meat, sausage, tomato paste, salt and peppercorns to the vegetables, mix. If there is too little liquid in the pan, add more water and simmer the ingredients together over low heat under the lid for about 10 minutes. Five minutes before the end of cooking, add the bay leaf, taste it, and add salt if necessary. There should be sauce in the pan with the dish, but not in large quantities. Turn off the heat. Bon appetit!