Awww, my Polish heart's melting You DO say bigos like a native, Ben. Spot on! In my region the variation would be to rather add kielbasa instead of a pork shoulder, and I never added honey! But I am convinced to try it out your way as well! :*
I am in the UK, worked in a kitchen for 5 years, before my first solo travel trip, my Polish second chef told me I "MUST" try Bigos when I visited Poland. He knew me, and I fell in LOVE. It was served in a bread bowl too, in rainy cold February 😍 When I came home I immediately set out to find ingredients from all the Polish delis to make this for my brother and dad. I have tried to recommend it to so many British friends, SO happy to see it here :D
I'm always so impressed/disappointed that your videos are less than 5 mins long. Most UA-camrs with cooking shows have almost 10min videos but yours are always fun and informative in under 5! Plus, I always get to the end wanting more lol love your recipes!
+MArcin Hołownia Very true, however, everyone has their own recipe on bigos. Some don't use meat just sausage and meat scraps others use high quality meat or venice or other wild animal meat, some boil sauerkraut 3 times before adding other ingredients etc. So, there is no rights or wrongs of cooking this dish. Also, it is nice to add some red wine to enrich flavour :)
+Conrad You are absolutely right. However, this is the first time I have ever seen bigos with mash potatoes... Traditionally, it is served with bread and vodka :) Oh, and it is best when it's reheated few times. PS. Ben, you nailed the pronunciation of bigos :)
+AlicjaZet. Absolutely, when you have kids give them bigos with bread and vodka, they will love it! (being sarcastic) As I mentioned before everyone has their own take on bigos and a lot of other foods. Traditionally, bigos would be served with brad or mashed potatoes. Vodka however is optional and not every polish family drinks vodka with everything LOL. And there is a lot of poles that dont drink at all.
OMG! I'm always really amazed and instantly interested, when i see polish dishes mentioned or prepared outside the country (mostly because our cuisine is not that popular) especially by someone who is not from Poland. Ben you did a really great job on pronouncing "bigos" and making it. Massive thanks, for this video, it really made me smile. Lots of love for all SORTEDfood!
Also, Jamie was right about the translation. Narobić bigosu - To make bigos is a Polish idiom that means "to cause problems or make a mess". But this metaphorical meaning comes from the actual structure of traditional bigos as it is a messy dish indeed. :D
I'm so happy to see this recipe. Finally I glad to see a lil twist, because not everybody use honey to add more sweetness, mostly I mean in my family we use pear, apple or dry plums. This is a dish where u can add whatever u have , no pork use chicken , for me perfect. Also Ben "bigos" is my new ringtone.
This reminds me of a Hungarian recipe my mom makes called Rakott Kaposzta. It is cooked cabbage, sauerkraut, ground beef, rice and Kolbász (smokey hungarian sausage), smoked sausage, garlic and onion and seasoned with paprika. It also comes out to be a beautiful stew like that and is served with sour cream.
Good job Ben! You pronounced it perfectly and made me proud :D Bigos is a very nice meal. However you prepared a simplified version. Traditionally (e.g. before christmas) the process of cooking takes about 2 weeks. The smell in the whole house is then incredible, besides you know that something special is coming ;)
This is a brilliant one pot creation. I changed it up and used a very heavy pinch of smoked paprika and some dried cranberries instead of juniper and honey/prunes (cause that's all I had in the house) ; very well received by all . I think every culture has a one pot meal they can all get behind. Go for traditional or tweak them and make them your own. Thanks Sorted Food.
Just discovered you guys; having been home sick today, I watched hours and hours of your videos. Amazing food with even better commentary, y'all are hysterical!
As a Pole, I must say, good job guys! Few facts about bigos that might be interesting: - Term "bigos" has very capacious meaning in Poland. It is present in almost every home here so every one has his own recipe- nearly the same as bolognese in Italy. - Common ingredient for every recipe for "bigos" is cabbage and still - it is not obligatory should it be sauer kraut or fresh cabbage. It might be made only with fresh one- then it is delicate and sweet- often it is seasoned with fresh dill in this way. Sometimes it is only with sour cabbage - then key ingredient should be soaked in fresh water to low it's acidity. Always it should be white cabbage thou . - Ingredients also comonly used in bigos are: caraway seeds (looks like cumin but it has very difrent taste and it has some terapeutic effect on digestive system - for this dish it can be useful), smoked and dried plums, pork legs, red wine, cognak or brandy, Best regards,
You guys fave no idea how long I was waiting to see Polish food recipe on sortedfood. Thank you and good job with cooking Bigos! Greetings from Poland 😊
When Ben mentioned "When I went hunting & gathering", I instantly had a flash back to the video where you guys made food from 'the wild' and pranked Ben with the clown make up. Laughed for a solid 5 minutes.... Classic.
I just remembered the stories about forests full of mushrooms in the UK ;) You know, in autumn everyone in Poland goes mushroom picking and you have to get there early in the morning to get the mushrooms before the others. And people who emigrated to the UK tell stories about how easy it is to pick mushrooms there, because nobody does it. You guys don't know what you're missing, it's so much fun! :)
+Emilia Podstawka Like a month ago I found the pronunciation "bigosz"... I never heard of that and no one in my family pronounces it like that, not even my grandma (who makes the best bigos in Poland ;) ). I was so confused :D! Glad that Ben said it like the way i'm used to it
+SORTEDfood Ok im Polish and im confused a lot. Didnt hear about apple if somebody have to add fruit its ussualy dryed plum, little bit confused about honey, ussualy i had pork belly in my bigos and its not about meat but about cabbage so sausage and pork belly is enough. Also usally we eat it without koperek (google it ) that herb on top and with bread not mashed potatoes. Usually we also cook white type of sausage in it and eat both togheter. Of course the best part is keeping bigos in the jar. Bigos is geting better with time and is the best when reheated few times.
I would love to see you guys make some german "Sauerbraten" (maybe even the traditional horsemeat version?) or some "Zwiebelsenfrostbraten" (Onion and mustard roast).
+Maimuna Khan it's not that hard if you read it out slowly, is it? XD Haha, German is such an awesome language, and the food is great! I'd love to see Ben pronounce Zwiebelsenfrostbraten. Or Barry or Mike attempt to.
Lachlan Jasper They gonna screw up for sure. Since "S" is often a soft sound, like in buzz and "Z" is often a sharp sound, like in sorted. So this one will probably be wrong. Next is the ie, which is often pronounced like a simple "i" as in spine or w.e., but its just a long "e" sound like in feel. And "a" is probably easier for brits to pronounce, but it's still done wrong a lot of time. It's and a like in bar or smth like that :3 so i expect quite the mess up :D
Ah, so happy to see it! Wonder if it was my tweet about it that had reached out to you - either way, thank you for sharing this Polish recipe, I hope more are to follow in the future! Have a great day, everyone! :)
Thank you SORTEDfood in many different videos Poland is undervalued. I have other recipe for traditional polish soup Grochowa/Grochówka it's basically soup made of peas, sausage, onion and other stuff. It's really AMAZING !! And sorry for my English, i'm from Poland
I realised that every single time I'm on UA-cam I'm just basically searching for new videos from you guys. It's like, UA-cam is boring without videos from sorted food 👉🏻👈🏻
In my family, traditional bigos stews even for two days (or sometimes even more!), and that's what gives it a looot of flavour. In the end, about maybe for last hour of stewing it, we add a glass or two (for a pot a lot bigger than yours in the film) of red wine, to mix it's taste to it. Oh, and we also add a lot more mushrooms ;). The smells are incredible in the second day of stewing, so strong and warming.
Actually, Ben, that's exactly how you say bigos, so your confidence was absolutely justified :) (it might be argued that a Polish "i" sounds more like an English "ee", but either way the softening of the "b" won't happen for you chaps, so, yeah, perfect pronunciation ;D) I think the most popular addition would be prunes instead of apples, but it's all good, really. :) Some people also fry-crisp up their smoked sausage beforehand while some don't. Pro tip: the more you re-heat and simmer away bigos, the better it tastes. It also freezes well. That makes it a perfect dish to just make once in a bigger batch and enjoy for a long time (in my family we make it a week before Christmas, along with a meatless version for Christmas Eve, putting it on the stove whenever nothing else's going on in the kitchen, and then have it not only for Christmas, but on-and-off at least until New Year's :) ). I'm so very happy that you guys made a true Polish dish! :D
If I'll make this, I'll fry the sausage in its own fat first then brown the meat in that fat before caramelizing the onions and then dumping everything else in....another layer of yumminess
I'm from Poland, you say it right. But you should cook bigos for two more days. First day leave in pot, second make it boiling hot and leave again, and the last day cook it again and then served it. That's how we in Poland do, because then it is the best. Good luck :)
I love food so much (which is why I also love you guys so much) and the fact that you're interested in so many different types of cuisine, from different parts of the world is very exciting for me. I would like to put my little suggestion forward...I was born in Romania and for a long time now I've been fantasising about you making a ROMANIAN dish. (didn't mean to shout sorry, got excited) But I think it would be challenging for you since most of our traditional dishes have originated from other countries (greece, turkey, russia..) There is a solution though!!! maybe you could try a romanian dessert, I think we're pretty good at them (for example I adore amandina, joffre cake, Sfințișori , PAPANASI, savarina)
I totally know my comment 3 years too late makes no sense, but I couldn't help myself. So here goes: even though Ben's pronunciation of 'bigos' was close, the 'i' sound in the word is actually long, akin to the 'i' sound in the word 'sheep' rather than short, like in the word 'ship'. The latter doesn't really exist in the phonetics on the Polish language. If that sounded like a teacher of English, it's because I am. :)
In my TYPICAL POLISH HOUSEHOLD we usually eat bigos with some bread, not with potatoes. We also add prunes instead of apples - the add a little bit of sweetness and colour. A great option is adding some diced smoked bacon to the mix. My auntie cooks bigos almost for 3 days - it sounds ridiculous, but the taste and texture are unreal :D
Good pronunciation! And it's great to see you guys cook Polish cuisine for once! My favourite variation of the dish is only with white cabbage, meat and lots of dill on top! Or as a side dish for kotlety schabowe (Polish pork chops). Yummy!
My family makes it with smoked prunes, beef pork, bacon and kielbasa (it's just insane with wild boar kielbasa). Also we reheat it at least 3-4 times (needs to simmer for 2-3 hours each time) over the same amount of days.
I also add a glass of red wine ale a couple of bay leafes and just eat it with bread. Also I recommend frying of the pork before adding to bigos because sauerkraut makes meat tough. Thank you guys for showing the world the best polish dish :)
A bit more work than some hunter-gatherer stews my kin have done... We just made something called whatchagot stew. It's pretty much what the name implies. Whatever you've got (i.e. hunted/gathered) you throw into a pot with some pepper and there you go... Let it cook in the crockpot over night and by the wee early hours, you've got an amazing and hearty meal waiting for you. The best meal to have on a cold autumn morning just before you head out for a nicely situated deer or turkey blind. Served with either some corn bread or left over biscuits (savory, not sweet) and a big mug of hot black coffee. Breakfast of champions, lads. With out a doubt! Annnd say goodbye to the fourth wall folks. lol
Points for Ben- his pronaunciation is really good! I'm so happy you made a Polish dish, it's one of our traditional recipes. Next time why don't you try making borscht or pierogi (dumplings)?
Oh, also, if you first soak dried mushrooms in hot water, they get soft again and incorporate better (and you can add the water in if too much of it steams off from the bigos).
it can be "dirt cheap" if you make it with overleft meat, but can be really sophisticated and expensive umami pot ;) all depends what you add to it. you can give it a glass of good wine every time you heat it to eat, you can add the good portion of some expensive smoked game and the bigos will suck up all the money from your account :v you know. there are hunters and The Hunters ;)
The longer you cook the bigos, the better the taste. It becomes so sweet and delicious. And you can literally add any type of meat to the stew to let it cook down. Also, pineapples and plums are a good addition to the stew. Trust me. My Polish mama knows.
this looks amazing. my dad makes stew with venison and pork sausage and it is similar to this. if I made this dish, I would use Brussel sprouts and water chestnuts.
It`s pretty good actually, both bigos and pronounciation of the word. But traditionally you would use a bit of red wine and prunes instead of apples. But I`m happy though that you have finally done Polish dish :)
Perfect pronuncation ;) Great recepicy guys, small tip- it gets better every time you heat it, so on the next day or day after it is even more delicious! And probably using some sorte of more drie, smoked and with juniper would be a good idea!
that sounds so lovely, would love to taste! maybe you could make some dutch thing sometime, like stroopwafels(cookies with caramal inbetween), erwtensoup (pee soup) or kroketten/bitterballen (fried ragout rolled in breadcrums)!
Hey, great recipe guys. a unique twist of the polish dish which I love, my grandmother show me how to cook this dish at 12years old kid. Great outcome and do not use honey anymore, please. the best way to balance the flavors use dry plums, come better than honey and will add extra deep color to the dish. I love it thank you.
That was really nice pronouncitation of "bigos", Ben :) Personally, I'd have swapped the apple for dried plums and added some red wine and time (it takes a couple days of reheating and cooling to get bigos properly delicious). But as every family has some slight variation of this dish, there's no big mistake to make. Good job!
Try making bigos only with sauerkraut, add prunes instead of an apple and fry the sausage together with the onion at the beginning and you can add some chopped smoked bacon too :)Bigos in made either with cabbage or with sauerkraut .Nevertheless your recipe looks delicious.
It's episodes like this that really make me want to know the stories behind the school day friendships of these guys. What were their initial impressions of each other? How did they start to become friends? What were they like before Sorted started? It would be awesome to do a fun documentary on!👍🏻😉
Awww, my Polish heart's melting
You DO say bigos like a native, Ben. Spot on!
In my region the variation would be to rather add kielbasa instead of a pork shoulder, and I never added honey! But I am convinced to try it out your way as well! :*
Any idea what kind of beef cut would be right for this dish?
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Ben, the way you said bigos was perfect ;)
I am in the UK, worked in a kitchen for 5 years, before my first solo travel trip, my Polish second chef told me I "MUST" try Bigos when I visited Poland. He knew me, and I fell in LOVE. It was served in a bread bowl too, in rainy cold February 😍
When I came home I immediately set out to find ingredients from all the Polish delis to make this for my brother and dad. I have tried to recommend it to so many British friends, SO happy to see it here :D
wow, I'm from Poland and I'm impressed with how you said "Bigos" :')
I'm always so impressed/disappointed that your videos are less than 5 mins long. Most UA-camrs with cooking shows have almost 10min videos but yours are always fun and informative in under 5! Plus, I always get to the end wanting more lol love your recipes!
We want big night in back
+prasit acharya We do!!!!
yes!!
Yes please!!!
yes!!!
we really do
Traditionaly you wouldn't use apple but prunes
+MArcin Hołownia ooooh, that's a nice touch!
+MArcin Hołownia
Very true, however, everyone has their own recipe on bigos.
Some don't use meat just sausage and meat scraps others use high quality meat or venice or other wild animal meat, some boil sauerkraut 3 times before adding other ingredients etc.
So, there is no rights or wrongs of cooking this dish.
Also, it is nice to add some red wine to enrich flavour :)
+Conrad You are absolutely right. However, this is the first time I have ever seen bigos with mash potatoes... Traditionally, it is served with bread and vodka :) Oh, and it is best when it's reheated few times. PS. Ben, you nailed the pronunciation of bigos :)
+AlicjaZet.
Absolutely, when you have kids give them bigos with bread and vodka, they will love it! (being sarcastic)
As I mentioned before everyone has their own take on bigos and a lot of other foods.
Traditionally, bigos would be served with brad or mashed potatoes.
Vodka however is optional and not every polish family drinks vodka with everything LOL. And there is a lot of poles that dont drink at all.
+MArcin Hołownia exactly! :)
And some mustard and red wine
OMG! I'm always really amazed and instantly interested, when
i see polish dishes mentioned or prepared outside the country (mostly because our cuisine is not that popular) especially by someone who is not from Poland.
Ben you did a really great job on pronouncing "bigos" and making it. Massive thanks, for this video, it really made me smile.
Lots of love for all SORTEDfood!
Did anyone else notice Jamie's wee internal giggle when Ben said "Polish Sausage"?
I wonder how long Ben took to hunt that tin of tomatoes.
thank You so much for Polish dish, guys! I love Ben's confidence when he says 'bigos' like he was born to do that xD
I love his little giggle when the sausage is brought out!
my mum is actually polish and you actually said bigos just about perfectly XD i would like to see some more polish dishes from you guys =)
YASS! Ben pronounce word bigos right :) Btw.. with prune it taste way much better ! And in a one or two days latter bigos is even tastier
Jamie's face at 2:39 is priceless
i have a polish friend and Ben, I would like to say that your pronunciation of Bigos was perfect.
As a Pole it makes me so happy to see people cooking Polish food that isn't just pierogi!
I'm polish and I don't like bigos that much... but it warms my heart to see you guys do something from my country 💓
Picturing Ben hunting completes my life.
+Nathan Martin gimme half a hour and I'll photoshop it!
+Tarah Field don't forget the scouts shirt complete with scarf!👍🏻
+Tarah Field OMG!! I was going for you just now!!! TARAH GET TO IT!!!
+Tarah Field If this happens please tell me where you'll share it, I will shower you in internet hugs if I get to see this!
+Tarah Field when you're done post a link here so that we all can see! 😁
Also, Jamie was right about the translation. Narobić bigosu - To make bigos is a Polish idiom that means "to cause problems or make a mess". But this metaphorical meaning comes from the actual structure of traditional bigos as it is a messy dish indeed. :D
I'm so happy to see this recipe. Finally I glad to see a lil twist, because not everybody use honey to add more sweetness, mostly I mean in my family we use pear, apple or dry plums. This is a dish where u can add whatever u have , no pork use chicken , for me perfect. Also Ben "bigos" is my new ringtone.
This reminds me of a Hungarian recipe my mom makes called Rakott Kaposzta. It is cooked cabbage, sauerkraut, ground beef, rice and Kolbász (smokey hungarian sausage), smoked sausage, garlic and onion and seasoned with paprika. It also comes out to be a beautiful stew like that and is served with sour cream.
You pronounced bigos perfeclty! I'm so exited that you've done one of my country's traditional dishes. Thank you! ❤
The way Jamie giggled when Ben whipped out the sausage, that is exactly what I did. And we all knew what he was thinking.
+Kaila Robles glad someone else noticed that, i was starting to worry about myself.
Good job Ben! You pronounced it perfectly and made me proud :D Bigos is a very nice meal. However you prepared a simplified version. Traditionally (e.g. before christmas) the process of cooking takes about 2 weeks. The smell in the whole house is then incredible, besides you know that something special is coming ;)
That sounds amazing. Does it follow a specific recipe or is it just anything you can find? I'd love to learn Polish & Polish culture.
This is a brilliant one pot creation. I changed it up and used a very heavy pinch of smoked paprika and some dried cranberries instead of juniper and honey/prunes (cause that's all I had in the house) ; very well received by all . I think every culture has a one pot meal they can all get behind. Go for traditional or tweak them and make them your own. Thanks Sorted Food.
Just discovered you guys; having been home sick today, I watched hours and hours of your videos. Amazing food with even better commentary, y'all are hysterical!
As a Pole, I must say, good job guys!
Few facts about bigos that might be interesting:
- Term "bigos" has very capacious meaning in Poland. It is present in almost every home here so every one has his own recipe- nearly the same as bolognese in Italy.
- Common ingredient for every recipe for "bigos" is cabbage and still - it is not obligatory should it be sauer kraut or fresh cabbage. It might be made only with fresh one- then it is delicate and sweet- often it is seasoned with fresh dill in this way. Sometimes it is only with sour cabbage - then key ingredient should be soaked in fresh water to low it's acidity. Always it should be white cabbage thou .
- Ingredients also comonly used in bigos are: caraway seeds (looks like cumin but it has very difrent taste and it has some terapeutic effect on digestive system - for this dish it can be useful), smoked and dried plums, pork legs, red wine, cognak or brandy,
Best regards,
Awesome! I don't eat pork, so I replaced pork with Elk and it was amazing!
You guys fave no idea how long I was waiting to see Polish food recipe on sortedfood. Thank you and good job with cooking Bigos! Greetings from Poland 😊
When Ben mentioned "When I went hunting & gathering", I instantly had a flash back to the video where you guys made food from 'the wild' and pranked Ben with the clown make up. Laughed for a solid 5 minutes.... Classic.
Did Ben just say... Bootylicious? Now he is obligated to break out in song and dance.
We don't really do mashed potatoes in Poland. We serve bigos with rye bread but it's AWESOME to see that you enjoyed Polish food :-)
I just remembered the stories about forests full of mushrooms in the UK ;) You know, in autumn everyone in Poland goes mushroom picking and you have to get there early in the morning to get the mushrooms before the others. And people who emigrated to the UK tell stories about how easy it is to pick mushrooms there, because nobody does it. You guys don't know what you're missing, it's so much fun! :)
I had the same reaction as Jamie when Ben said "bootylicious".
This is a legit pot of bigos. I've never been more happy. Finally I see you cooking our greasy high carb delicious dishes :)
Don't want to disappoint you Jamie, but that's exactly how you pronounce "bigos"! :) Bravo Ben!
You pronounced it perfectly!
Bigos is one of my favourite Polish foods, my mum typically puts beans in it, they add a lot of flavour!
This is exactly how "bigos" is pronounced :) so Jamie isn't going to witness people being mean to Ben for butchering that word... *sigh*
+Emilia Podstawka
True, he nailed it!
+Emilia Podstawka Like a month ago I found the pronunciation "bigosz"... I never heard of that and no one in my family pronounces it like that, not even my grandma (who makes the best bigos in Poland ;) ). I was so confused :D! Glad that Ben said it like the way i'm used to it
Just saying, it's St David's Day, and as a Welsh person I'd appreciate a stereotypical Welsh dish!
+mynameis_2long ta da! sortedfood.com/recipe/2646
+SORTEDfood Ok im Polish and im confused a lot. Didnt hear about apple if somebody have to add fruit its ussualy dryed plum, little bit confused about honey, ussualy i had pork belly in my bigos and its not about meat but about cabbage so sausage and pork belly is enough. Also usally we eat it without koperek (google it ) that herb on top and with bread not mashed potatoes. Usually we also cook white type of sausage in it and eat both togheter. Of course the best part is keeping bigos in the jar. Bigos is geting better with time and is the best when reheated few times.
+renowated It's been made to suit people from England at a guess, hence the mashed potato :)
+renowated awesome, i'll cook it your way :) thanks foir sharing :)
how about some dragon with a daffodil sauce?
Love watching Sorted! Mainly because I love seeing Ben's passion for cooking :) It's refreshing and honest.
I would love to see you guys make some german "Sauerbraten" (maybe even the traditional horsemeat version?) or some "Zwiebelsenfrostbraten" (Onion and mustard roast).
I would love to see them pronounce THAT 😂
+Maimuna Khan it's not that hard if you read it out slowly, is it? XD Haha, German is such an awesome language, and the food is great! I'd love to see Ben pronounce Zwiebelsenfrostbraten. Or Barry or Mike attempt to.
Lachlan Jasper They gonna screw up for sure. Since "S" is often a soft sound, like in buzz and "Z" is often a sharp sound, like in sorted. So this one will probably be wrong. Next is the ie, which is often pronounced like a simple "i" as in spine or w.e., but its just a long "e" sound like in feel. And "a" is probably easier for brits to pronounce, but it's still done wrong a lot of time. It's and a like in bar or smth like that :3 so i expect quite the mess up :D
Ah, so happy to see it! Wonder if it was my tweet about it that had reached out to you - either way, thank you for sharing this Polish recipe, I hope more are to follow in the future! Have a great day, everyone! :)
FINALLY A DISH FROM POLAND! I AM HOPING FOR SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE! Great pronunciation Ben. GJ.
Thank you SORTEDfood in many different videos Poland is undervalued. I have other recipe for traditional polish soup Grochowa/Grochówka it's basically soup made of peas, sausage, onion and other stuff. It's really AMAZING !! And sorry for my English, i'm from Poland
Did.....did Ben say Booty-licious at 2:39? I'm not really sure how to feel about that.
Yes, Yes He Did lol
I think I might like it...lol
I realised that every single time I'm on UA-cam I'm just basically searching for new videos from you guys.
It's like, UA-cam is boring without videos from sorted food 👉🏻👈🏻
I think even my grandma would be impressed with that bigos! Great job!
In my family, traditional bigos stews even for two days (or sometimes even more!), and that's what gives it a looot of flavour. In the end, about maybe for last hour of stewing it, we add a glass or two (for a pot a lot bigger than yours in the film) of red wine, to mix it's taste to it. Oh, and we also add a lot more mushrooms ;). The smells are incredible in the second day of stewing, so strong and warming.
Actually, Ben, that's exactly how you say bigos, so your confidence was absolutely justified :) (it might be argued that a Polish "i" sounds more like an English "ee", but either way the softening of the "b" won't happen for you chaps, so, yeah, perfect pronunciation ;D)
I think the most popular addition would be prunes instead of apples, but it's all good, really. :) Some people also fry-crisp up their smoked sausage beforehand while some don't. Pro tip: the more you re-heat and simmer away bigos, the better it tastes. It also freezes well. That makes it a perfect dish to just make once in a bigger batch and enjoy for a long time (in my family we make it a week before Christmas, along with a meatless version for Christmas Eve, putting it on the stove whenever nothing else's going on in the kitchen, and then have it not only for Christmas, but on-and-off at least until New Year's :) ).
I'm so very happy that you guys made a true Polish dish! :D
I originate from Poland and this is one of my favourite dish!
If I'll make this, I'll fry the sausage in its own fat first then brown the meat in that fat before caramelizing the onions and then dumping everything else in....another layer of yumminess
I'm from Poland, you say it right. But you should cook bigos for two more days. First day leave in pot, second make it boiling hot and leave again, and the last day cook it again and then served it. That's how we in Poland do, because then it is the best. Good luck :)
I was just like Jamie when Ben said bootylicious out of nowhere
I love food so much (which is why I also love you guys so much) and the fact that you're interested in so many different types of cuisine, from different parts of the world is very exciting for me.
I would like to put my little suggestion forward...I was born in Romania and for a long time now I've been fantasising about you making a ROMANIAN dish. (didn't mean to shout sorry, got excited)
But I think it would be challenging for you since most of our traditional dishes have originated from other countries (greece, turkey, russia..) There is a solution though!!! maybe you could try a romanian dessert, I think we're pretty good at them (for example I adore amandina, joffre cake, Sfințișori , PAPANASI, savarina)
If you run cooking oil or butter before you and the honey to the bowl, the honey will come out easier and honey left behind.
i've binged watch you guys way too long...i can't stop unfortunately and i'm almost always hungry now...
Now you're a real Sorted Foodie! Welcome to the club!👊🏻😉
+Stephanie Robertson Brown well said!😂😂😂👌
I totally know my comment 3 years too late makes no sense, but I couldn't help myself. So here goes: even though Ben's pronunciation of 'bigos' was close, the 'i' sound in the word is actually long, akin to the 'i' sound in the word 'sheep' rather than short, like in the word 'ship'. The latter doesn't really exist in the phonetics on the Polish language. If that sounded like a teacher of English, it's because I am. :)
In my TYPICAL POLISH HOUSEHOLD we usually eat bigos with some bread, not with potatoes. We also add prunes instead of apples - the add a little bit of sweetness and colour. A great option is adding some diced smoked bacon to the mix. My auntie cooks bigos almost for 3 days - it sounds ridiculous, but the taste and texture are unreal :D
Good pronunciation! And it's great to see you guys cook Polish cuisine for once!
My favourite variation of the dish is only with white cabbage, meat and lots of dill on top! Or as a side dish for kotlety schabowe (Polish pork chops). Yummy!
My family makes it with smoked prunes, beef pork, bacon and kielbasa
(it's just insane with wild boar kielbasa). Also we reheat it at least
3-4 times (needs to simmer for 2-3 hours each time) over the same amount
of days.
I also add a glass of red wine ale a couple of bay leafes and just eat it with bread. Also I recommend frying of the pork before adding to bigos because sauerkraut makes meat tough. Thank you guys for showing the world the best polish dish :)
A bit more work than some hunter-gatherer stews my kin have done... We just made something called whatchagot stew. It's pretty much what the name implies. Whatever you've got (i.e. hunted/gathered) you throw into a pot with some pepper and there you go... Let it cook in the crockpot over night and by the wee early hours, you've got an amazing and hearty meal waiting for you.
The best meal to have on a cold autumn morning just before you head out for a nicely situated deer or turkey blind. Served with either some corn bread or left over biscuits (savory, not sweet) and a big mug of hot black coffee.
Breakfast of champions, lads. With out a doubt!
Annnd say goodbye to the fourth wall folks. lol
Points for Ben- his pronaunciation is really good! I'm so happy you made a Polish dish, it's one of our traditional recipes. Next time why don't you try making borscht or pierogi (dumplings)?
as soon as Ben said 'plenty of Polish sausage' the smirk that appeared on Jamie's face told me we were thinking the exact same thing!
Jamie's face when Ben said lots of polish sausage lol
Ben saying "bootylicious" will forever live on in my mind as a happy memory, thank you
thanks for doing a Polish dish! mazurek, paczki, makowiec, and barszcz are also REALLY good!
Im from Poland. Thanks for showing me this video. U say the word bigos correctly 🙏
Ben you pronounced it really well, good job!! :) I'm so happy you made a Polish dish :)) Thank you guys, I love watching your show! :)
Jamie was trying so hard to keep it together when Ben was cutting the sausage.
Ben: Dump away!
Jamie: Dum- *What did you almost make me do? !*
Oh, also, if you first soak dried mushrooms in hot water, they get soft again and incorporate better (and you can add the water in if too much of it steams off from the bigos).
"Dirt cheap"
"Well it is if you hunted it..."
it can be "dirt cheap" if you make it with overleft meat, but can be really sophisticated and expensive umami pot ;) all depends what you add to it. you can give it a glass of good wine every time you heat it to eat, you can add the good portion of some expensive smoked game and the bigos will suck up all the money from your account :v you know. there are hunters and The Hunters ;)
Ohh girl you had me at wine :')
Being from Poland, I couldn't wait for them to pronounce "bigos" and it's actually not bad ♥
love how they apparently just happen to find sauerkraut whilst out hunting :D
Mmmmm a good winter warmer, this looks delicious lads :)
Hell Yeah! Finally something polish on one of these big cooking shows ^^ An obvious pick, too. You guys did really well.
It's so good even my fire alarm loves it. It's screaming for more
You guys are my favorite cooking show
hunter's stew, SORTED. Oh, also some mushrooms, SAUTEED
The longer you cook the bigos, the better the taste. It becomes so sweet and delicious. And you can literally add any type of meat to the stew to let it cook down. Also, pineapples and plums are a good addition to the stew. Trust me. My Polish mama knows.
Ben saying "bootylicious". "You keep using that word, I don't think it mean what you think it means."
It's kind of the same reaction everyone has in the Princess Bride when the short guy always says INCONCEIVABLE
*finds a stick of butter in the woods*
this looks amazing. my dad makes stew with venison and pork sausage and it is similar to this. if I made this dish, I would use Brussel sprouts and water chestnuts.
It`s pretty good actually, both bigos and pronounciation of the word. But traditionally you would use a bit of red wine and prunes instead of apples. But I`m happy though that you have finally done Polish dish :)
i wouldn't mine working for Sorted Food any day hands down
It looks so yummu! Amazing recipe! Thank you 😋
Anyone spot a smirk when Ben said Polish Sausage😂😂
FInally Polish food; As a polish citizen of the Netherlands, Ben's Polish knowledge is on point :)
Perfect pronuncation ;) Great recepicy guys, small tip- it gets better every time you heat it, so on the next day or day after it is even more delicious! And probably using some sorte of more drie, smoked and with juniper would be a good idea!
that sounds so lovely, would love to taste! maybe you could make some dutch thing sometime, like stroopwafels(cookies with caramal inbetween), erwtensoup (pee soup) or kroketten/bitterballen (fried ragout rolled in breadcrums)!
Hey, great recipe guys. a unique twist of the polish dish which I love, my grandmother show me how to cook this dish at 12years old kid.
Great outcome and do not use honey anymore, please. the best way to balance the flavors use dry plums, come better than honey and will add extra deep color to the dish.
I love it thank you.
Actually Ben's pronunciation of "bigos" is stellar
That was really nice pronouncitation of "bigos", Ben :) Personally, I'd have swapped the apple for dried plums and added some red wine and time (it takes a couple days of reheating and cooling to get bigos properly delicious). But as every family has some slight variation of this dish, there's no big mistake to make. Good job!
Great to see you cook Polish food!
Try making bigos only with sauerkraut, add prunes instead of an apple and fry the sausage together with the onion at the beginning and you can add some chopped smoked bacon too :)Bigos in made either with cabbage or with sauerkraut .Nevertheless your recipe looks delicious.
It's episodes like this that really make me want to know the stories behind the school day friendships of these guys. What were their initial impressions of each other? How did they start to become friends? What were they like before Sorted started? It would be awesome to do a fun documentary on!👍🏻😉
a draw my life on all of them (including the people behind the scenes, James Hannah etc) would be amazing!
+Noyonika Bagchi YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mmmm, reminds me of my childhood! I love it so much
You must do your spin over polish pierogi's.