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Polish National Dishes

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A platter of half-moon pierogi with a visible buckwheat-and-curd filling.
Polish National Dishes

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Browse 206 ranked Polish recipes with measured ingredients, clear steps, cooking times and practical guidance.

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Boiled Polish pierogi with buckwheat, twaróg and golden onion; one is cut open.

Polish Buckwheat and Twaróg Pierogi

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A bowl of thick Polish rye-sour żur with potatoes, onion and marjoram.

Polish Herb Rye Soup (Żur z ziołami)

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Mazurian carrot and potato mash with melted butter and parsley.

Mazurian Carrot and Potato Mash (Marchew po mazursku)

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A rustic bowl of goose spread with visible browned meat, onion and apple beside rye bread.

Warmian-Masurian Goose Spread (Smarowidło z gęsi)

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Thick Polish bigos in a ceramic bowl, with visible pork, smoked sausage, sauerkraut, forest mushrooms and prunes beside rye bread.

Lubusz Hunter’s Stew (Bigos myśliwski)

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Pale creamy sauerkraut soup with smoked sausage, pork, quartered egg and dill; potatoes with cracklings beside it.

Jacentów Cabbage Barszcz (Jacentowski barszcz z kapustą)

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Bowl of Polish herring in sour cream with apple, red onion and dill beside warm potatoes.

Polish Herring in Sour Cream (Śledź w śmietanie)

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Layered herring salad with potato, carrot, beet, egg and mayonnaise in a glass dish.

Polish Layered Herring Salad (Śledź pod pierzynką)

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Łubnicki milk-and-buttermilk soup with golden cracklings; skin-on potatoes served alongside.

Łubnicki Milk-and-Buttermilk Soup with Cracklings (Łubnicki żur smażony)

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Large Szlachcice pierogi with grated-fried potato filling, bacon and golden onion.

Szlachcice: oversized Polish potato pierogi

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Short Polish potato dumplings with pork cracklings and golden onion.

Kluski żelazne: Polish potato dumplings with cracklings

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Polish red beet soup with a separate mound of mashed potatoes in the same bowl.

Barszcz czerwony zabielany z Ziemak: beet soup with mashed potatoes

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Golden Polish Czernickie pierogi, pan-browned half-moon dumplings with pork, buckwheat and fried-onion filling.

Czernickie pierogi: Mazovian pork and buckwheat dumplings

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A serving of „Żurek po krakowsku: Kraków-style sour rye soup“ in a close food photograph.

Żurek po krakowsku: Kraków-style sour rye soup

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A serving of „Żur rzeszowski: Podkarpackie sour rye soup with dried mushrooms“ in a close food photograph.

Żur rzeszowski: Podkarpackie sour rye soup with dried mushrooms

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Thick brown Dachnów-style goose broth with visible pale goose pieces in a rustic ceramic bowl.

Mączka z gęsi po dachnowsku: thick Dachnów goose broth with browned flour

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Golden oval Dachnów yeast pie cut open to show buckwheat, potato and onion filling.

Pieróg dachnowski with buckwheat and potato

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A glass of crimson fermented beet drink beside a jar of sliced beets under ruby brine, with garlic, horseradish and allspice.

Barszcz kwaszony z buraka ćwikłowego (Polish fermented beet kvass)

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Small pale potato dumplings topped with crisp smoked bacon and golden onion on a white plate.

Tarcioki (kluski scykane), Podhale potato dumplings

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A rustic bowl of pale yellow rutabaga soup with visible white beans, carrot cubes and parsley, with a spoon on a wooden table.

Zupa Karpielanka: Polish Rutabaga and White Bean Soup

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A plate of small Polish half-moon pierogi with crimped edges, pale white-bean filling, and golden fried onion; one cut dumpling shows its filling.

Pierogi z fasolą Piękny Jaś: Polish White Bean Pierogi

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A bowl of Zagórze-style milk soup with visible yellow rutabaga, potato and carrot pieces, herbs and rye bread.

Zagórzańska zupa z karpieli na mleku: Zagórze Rutabaga Milk Soup

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A bowl of light grey Silesian buttermilk soup with potato cubes and dark mushrooms; cooked white sausage and rye bread sit separately.

Śląski żur na maślance: Silesian Buttermilk Soup

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Fully cooked browned goose-liver pieces with buckwheat, soft browned apple wedges and onion on a blue-and-white plate.

Wątróbki gęsie po siewiersku: Siewierz-Style Goose Liver

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