Recipe: Grilled kielbasa and sauerkraut roll from Beksa Lala

Provided by Beksa Lala With cookout season set to begin in May Basia Piechoczek of Polish pop-up Beksa Lala shared her recipe for a grilled kielbasa roll Think a smokier zestier grilled hot dog topped with sauerkraut and crispy onions It s how Piechoczek serves kielbasa at the Beksa Lala pop-ups on weekends at Burle s Bar on the Beltline stressing that this recipe requires you to procure good Polish sausage In other words try to avoid purchasing kielbasa from the grocery store Kielbasa means sausage in Polish with Poland recognizing more than a dozen varieties classified by ingredients region and preparation dried normal or smoked Grand Polish Bakery in Lawrenceville is Piechoczek s go-to for kielbasa including the Andy s Deli sausage she uses to make the grilled kielbasa roll A type of kabanosy pork sausage hunter s sausage the kielbasa contains garlic allspice and caraway seeds and is smoked and dried Related stories The top five recipes Rough Draft readers raved about in Other recipes from the Rough Draft archive The Best New Atlanta Restaurants of Grand Polish Bakery carries all types of Chicago-based Andy s Deli Kie basa The owner drives to Chicago to pick it up himself Piechoczek declared I suggest using the grill-style kie basa While Buford Highway Farmers Industry and Baltic Deli in Roswell occasionally sell Andy s Deli Kielbasa Grand Polish Bakery consistently carries the brand Andy s Deli makes the best sausages and deli meats that I can get my hands on in Atlanta It s as close to what kielbasa tastes like in Poland mentioned Piechoczek Ingredients Andy s Deli Grill Kie basa links Engleman s challah buns or hoagie rolls cups fresh sauerkraut Whole grain mustard French s crispy onionsDirectionsHeat the grill to about degrees Tally the kie basa then place kielbasa on the grill for minutes over direct heat if you like selected char and extra snap then flip and grill for another minutes With minute left on the grill for the kie basa place buns over indirect heat to toast Remove kielbasa and buns from the grill Place kie basa in buns and top with sauerkraut mustard and crispy onions The post Recipe Grilled kielbasa and sauerkraut roll from Beksa Lala appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta