Best Polish Salad Recipes

MIZERIA (POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD)

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt over cucumbers in a bowl. Let stand until cucumbers are soft, about 5 minutes. Squeeze liquid from cucumbers and discard. Add dill to cucumbers.
• Mix sour cream, lemon juice, and sugar in a bowl; add to cucumbers and toss to coat. Season with black pepper. Chill completely before serving, at least 30 minutes.

AUTHENTIC POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD (MIZERIA)

Steps:

• Place cucumbers in a medium bowl.
• Add salt.
• Mix lightly until salt adheres evenly to cucumbers.
• Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
• Drain juice from limp cucumbers.
• In a small bowl, combine the remainder of the ingredients.
• Add to cucumbers, mixing gently.
• Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

POLISH SAUERKRAUT AND CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Place sauerkraut in a colander and squeeze out all excess liquid using your hands; chop well.
• Combine sauerkraut, onion, apple, and carrots in a large bowl and mix. Add oil and sugar and toss to combine. Season with caraway seeds, salt, and pepper. Refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

POLISH VEGETABLE SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Peel and cook potatoes, unless you are using canned. Place very small potato pieces into a large mixing bowl.
• 2. Add peas, carrots, mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt, pepper, celery, apple, pickles, sour cream, dill, and mustard.
• 3. Mix well. Sprinkle paprika on top of finished salad for presentation.
• 4. *You may want to take away or add some ingredients to your liking. I typically have to add more mayonnaise to make it a bit creamier. Enjoy!

POLISH VEGETABLE SALAD (JARZYNOWA SALATA)

Steps:

• Place parsnips, carrots, and eggs into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Cook until vegetables are tender and eggs are hard-boiled, about 6 minutes . Remove eggs from hot water, cool under cold running water, and peel. Drain vegetables and let cool until safe to handle.
• Place cooled eggs, parsnips, and carrots on a work surface. Chop into small pieces the size of peas, and transfer to a large bowl. Drain pickles of any excess juice and add to the bowl along with peas, onion, and apple. Add mayonnaise, mustard, pepper, and salt; stir thoroughly until everything is coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until flavors sink in, about 24 hours.

POLISH VEGETABLE SALAD (SALATKA JARZYNOWA )

Steps:

• 1. Have a big mixing bowl ready... you will be needing it to combine all the ingredients.
• 2. Boil carrots to medium-soft consistency. They should not be mushy, or they'll just mush up the whole dish and you'll get veggie mash instead of veggie salad. Drain, let cool, and chop into cubes, add to mixing bowl.
• 3. At the same time, boil your potatoes. Drain and let cool, then carefully chop them into cubes. Very important to let them cool before you chop them, otherwise the chopping will just make them fall apart. Add to mixing bowl.
• 4. Cube your eggs, onion (cube the onion into fine pieces... not too big), pickles, apple; add all to the bowl.
• 5. Add can of peas to the bowl. (Of course, you can boil your own, fresh peas from the pod, too!)
• 6. Chop up the parsley, add to bowl.
• 7. Salt and pepper your bowl of yumminess, then carefully mix with a big spoon (so as to not mash the veggies). Add the mayo, then mix some more, carefully.
• 8. Taste! Now you probably want more salt and pepper to to your taste (at this time, you also may decide you want more of a kick, so add more pickles / onions / apple), or you want it more savory (add more egg, maybe even a little garlic salt), maybe you want it more creamy, so add more mayo!
• 9. When mixed well and you are happy with the flavor so far, sprinkle chopped chives on top, cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. When you are nice and hungry, take it out, eat it heartily with some good Polish bread (none of that fluffy white stuff for this dish), and some nice smoked ham or salmon, and you will have a great meal leaving you happy; guaraunteed!

POLISH POTATO AND VEGGIE SALAD (SALATKA ZIEMNIACZANO-JARZYNOWA)

Steps:

• Dice the potatoes, carrots, eggs, apple and pickles; mix gently in a large bowl.
• Add the green peas to the bowl.
• Add nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste.
• In a smaller bowl combine mayonnaise, sour cream and mustard. Add to vegetables.
• Mix all together thoroughly but gently (so it doesn't turn to mush). Adjust seasoning to taste. Garnish with chopped green onion.
• Note: Sometimes, if the taste is a little too bland (depending how sweet or sour the apple is), you could add a teaspoon of lemon juice to the salad.

POLISH VEGETABLE SALAD (SALATKA)

Steps:

• Place celery root, parsnips, carrots, and potatoes in a saucepan; cover with water and add salt. Bring to a boil; cook until vegetables are fork-tender but still firm in the center, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove smaller pieces so they do not overcook. Drain and allow to cool until safe to handle, 5 to 7 minutes. Cut vegetables into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Combine cooked root vegetables, peas, eggs, pickles, in a large bowl. Add mayonnaise, yogurt, and mustard. Mix gently, taking care not to crush the peas. Season salad with salt and pepper.
• Refrigerate salad at least 8 hours to overnight.

POLISH POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender but firm. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Remove and cut into 1/4-in. slices; set aside. , In the same skillet, combine the sugar, flour, salt, mustard and celery seed. Cook and stir over medium heat in butter until mixture is hot and bubbly. Gradually add broth and vinegar; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened. Stir in the onion, celery, parsley, and sausage. , Drain potatoes; peel and slice into skillet. Gently stir into sausage mixture. Heat through.

POLISH EGG SALAD

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese and butter in a bowl and mash with a fork. If mixture is too thick, add more softened butter. Mix in eggs and onion. Season with salt and pepper; serve with parsley.

POLISH VEGETABLE POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Mix the potatoes with the vegetables, pickles, onions and dill, season with salt and pepper.
• Mix mayonnaise, sour cream and mustard and add to the salad.
• Garnish and chill for 2 hours.

POLISH CUCUMBER AND SOUR CREAM SALAD

Steps:

• combine the sour cream with sugar salt lemon juice and dill then mix in the cucumber and chill for about 20 minutes to an hour. Simple and delicious!

COOL CUCUMBER SALAD ( POLISH MIZERIA )

Steps:

• 1. Wash and peel the cucumber. Slice into thin/medium-thin slices. Mix in bowl with vinegar, salt and pepper, and chill in fridge for about 2 hours.
• 2. After chilled, drain the cucumbers, and if you don't like the strong vinegar flavor, give them a rinse, too.
• 3. Mix in the sour cream. Chop dill and add that in. Mix well and enjoy! This tastes very fresh and cold and is a great accompaniment to anything off the grill, and also goes so well with baked or mashed potato!

POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD (MIZERIA)

Steps:

• Mix well all ingredients in a bowl. Serve.

POLISH BEET SALAD {SURóWKA Z BURAKóW}

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut stems off beets and scrub to clean.
• Bake covered for about 1 hour. Take out and set aside to cool.
• Once cooled off, peel and grate on the largest vegetable shredder. Add chopped onion, oil, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Mix and refrigerate to cool.

POLISH SAUERKRAUT AND CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Place sauerkraut in a colander and squeeze out all excess liquid using your hands. Chop well.
• Combine sauerkraut, onion, apple, and carrots in a large bowl and mix. Add oil and sugar and toss to combine. Season with caraway seeds, salt, and pepper.
• Refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.
• Note: You can also use olive oil instead of canola oil.

POLISH POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into large dice. Boil or steam until just cooked. Don't overcook.
• Drain and place in a large bowl. While still hot, drizzle the french dressing over the potatoes and allow them to cool.
• When cool, add the eggs, peas, baked beans, cucumbers, cheese, spring onions and dill. Gently mix through.
• Add the mayonnaise and cream and mix through.
• Add more mayo or cream to taste and to get a creamy consistency.
• Garnish with some extra slices of hard boiled egg and fresh dill if you like.

MIZERJA - POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Place sliced cucumbers in a strainer and sprinkle with Kosher salt. Mix lightly, then let the cucumbers drain off their liquid for an hour. After that, you can squeeze a bit more liquid from the cucumbers with the back of a spoon. Discard all excess liquid.
• In a salad bowl, whisk together the yogurt/sour cream, vinegar, sugar and black pepper. Add the cucumbers and toss to combine. Serve, or let sit in the fridge for up to a day.

POLISH POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook potatoes just until tender; drain when cool. Peel and slice potatoes and set aside.
• In a large skillet, cook sausages until no longer pink.
• Remove and cut in to ¼-inch slices; set aside.
• add butter sugar, salt, mustard, and celery seed to the skillet; cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture is hot and bubbly.
• Gradually add broth and vinegar and bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened.
• Gently stir in onions, celery, parsley, potatoes and sausage; heat through and serve.

POLISH ZUCCHINI SALAD

Steps:

• Mix yogurt, dill, and garlic in a bowl; season to taste with salt. Gently stir in sliced zucchini.