Common ingredients for Poland

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Poland. Local words are left unchanged so they stay readable in the original language; translate this page if you want supporting text and English names in your own language.

• bekon (bacon)

  Often referred to as 'boczek' in Polish culinary context.

• bulion drobiowy (chicken broth)
• bulion wołowy (beef broth)
• bułka tarta (bread crumbs)
• cebula (onion)
• cukier (sugar)
• czerwone wino (red wine)
• czosnek (garlic)
• grzyby (mushroom)
• jajko (egg)
• kiełbasa (sausage)
• mąka pszenna (wheat flour)
• masło (butter)
• mięso wieprzowe mielone (ground pork)
• mięso wołowe mielone (ground beef)
• mleko (milk)
• musztarda (mustard)
• smalec (lard)

  Rendered animal fat, often with cracklings.

• smalec wieprzowy (pork lard)
• tłuszcz wieprzowy (pork fat)
• twaróg (farmer cheese)

  Traditional Polish curd cheese.

• wieprzowina (pork)
• wołowina (beef)
• wywar wieprzowy (pork broth)
• ziemniak (potato)