Pretty sure she doesn't brown it first, but I get chased out of the kitchen when she's cooking so I don't know lol. It's polish kielbasa, cabbage, parsnips, celery, carrots and onion. She's 100% Polish (imported to the US via adoption from Warsaw at a very young age) and dead set on becoming a true babcia. Help me, I'm getting fat! (Actually never mind, it's too delicious...)