Egg Noodles with Ketchup

Fresh Cabbage • Polish Kielbasa • Egg Noods • Tomato Broth

Ingredients

  • • 1 head of homegrown cabbage
  • • Package of egg noodles
  • • Pound or two of kielbasa
  • • 7 slices of bacon
  • • 5 cloves of garlic
  • • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • • small can of chicken stock (or roughly 2 cups)
  • • a few splashes of Shaoxing rice wine
  • • Fresh parsley
  • • 1 teaspooon paprika
  • • 1/4 teaspoon caraway seed
  • • Sea salt
  • • Freshly ground black pepper
Cabbage plant
Harvested cabbage

Method

  1. 1

    Start boiling some water

  2. 2

    Chop the gahhhlic, chop the onion, chop the cabbage.

  3. 3

    Slice up the kielbasa into quarter inch thick slices

  4. 4

    Start boiling the egg noodles and strain when done

  5. 5

    Fry up the bacon then remove from pan onto paper towels or wire rack.

  6. 6

    Saute the onions in the bacon fat.

  7. 7

    Now remove the onions and fry up the kielbasa

  8. 8

    Remove the kielbasa and throw in the cabbage.

  9. 9

    After the cabbage wilts slightly, sprinkle the seasonings on it, saute it for a few seconds, then drizzle in the rice wine and deglaze the pan.

  10. 10

    Add the tomato paste and stir it into the cabbage. I don't actually use ketchup, although some people do.

  11. 11

    Add the chicken stock, kielbasa, onions, and half the bacon then bring to a simmer.

  12. 12

    Throw in a little fresh parsley and the egg noodles.

  13. 13

    Stir everything together.

  14. 14

    Now go live the rest of your life like a schnook.

Slicing kielbasa
Cooking cabbage
Egg Noodles n Ketchup