Halushki Recipe

Halushki is a cabbage and noodle dish. It is very popular in Slavic and Polish cooking. Every family makes it a little differently. This is my Great Grandma Baba’s recipe that was given to me by my Grandmother Mema - that makes this recipe at least 100 years old, maybe more.  It will always remind me of family events and although some people think that fried cabbage smells funny, to me it smells like home.

Prepare Ahead (If you want to, you can make everything the same day)

1 medium head of cabbage, chopped into small pieces. Fry in skillet with 1 stick of butter covered, until transparent. Remove cover and continue frying until cabbage has become slightly brown then put it in your crockpot. (May be done a few days earlier and kept in the refrigerator until needed).

This is a huge cabbage, look at it compared to the bowl behind it!  Because it was so big I only used half.

4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced into cubes. Cooked until done, I boil them until fork tender (this can also be done early and refrigerated until needed). Add those to the crockpot.

Make day you are serving

Prepare 16oz of Kuluski noodles according to package directions then add them to the crockpot. I cheat sometimes and cook the potatoes and noodles together, they seem to do fine and make fewer dirty dishes, YAY.

These are what I used but you can use the ones that come in a bag dried or make your own!

Brown ½ pound of bacon, drain some of the drippings off but leave at least two tablespoons in the pan. Take bacon out of pan and brown 1 medium onion, chopped. After onion is browned, crumble bacon and add back into the pan.

Mix bacon and onion together then dump the whole thing (including the drippings used to brown the onions) into your crock pot.

Mix together well and add 1 cup of chicken broth and salt and pepper to taste. Cook this mixture on low until ready to serve. Cook at least an hour in the crockpot but can be left on low most of the day if needed. If you will be leaving it in the crockpot for a long time you might need to add more chicken broth.

If you do not have a crockpot you can still make this dish, just combine all of the ingredients in a big pot on the stove and cook it on a low temperature until ready to serve.

Baba's Halushki

1 medium head of cabbage

4 medium potatoes

16oz thick noodles

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 pound bacon

1 stick butter

1-2 cups chicken broth

Salt and pepper to taste

Crockpot

Prepare Ahead

1 medium head cabbage, chopped into small pieces. Fry in skillet with 1 stick of butter covered, until transparent. Remove cover and continue frying until cabbage has become slightly brown then put it in your crockpot. (May be done a few days earlier and kept in the refrigerator until needed).

4 medium potatoes peeled and diced into cubes. Cooked until done, I boil them until fork tender (this can also be done early and refrigerated until needed). Add those to the crockpot.

Prepare 16oz of Kuluski noodles according to package directions then add them to the crockpot.

Brown ½ pound of bacon drain some of the drippings off but leave at least two table spoons in the pan. Take Bacon out of pan and brown 1 medium onion, chopped. After onion is browned, crumble bacon and add back into the pan.

Mix bacon and onion together then dump the whole thing (including the drippings used to brown the onions) into your crockpot.

Mix together well and add 1 cup of chicken broth and salt and pepper to taste. Cook this mixture on low until ready to serve. Cook at least an hour in the crockpot but can be left on low most of the day if needed. If you will be leaving it in the crockpot for a long time you might need to add more chicken broth. 

 Have you ever had Halushki? Do you like it?