Best Ever Pork Sauerkraut Recipes

PORK CHOPS AND SAUERKRAUT

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My mother learned to make this dish when she was a young girl in Germany. Typically, we'd eat it with plain boiled potatoes, but for a treat, she'd serve it with steamed dumplings. Whenever I cook this, the wonderful aroma brings back many warm memories. -Erika Taylor, Hopedale, Massachusetts

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 55m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

4 bone-in pork loin chops (3/4 inch thick)
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1 can (14 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained
1 red apple, chopped
4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled, optional

Steps:

In a skillet, brown pork chops in oil. Stir in the onion, broth, caraway seeds, pepper and celery seed. Cover and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes or until tender. Add sauerkraut and apple. , Cover and cook 10-15 minutes or until heated through. Before serving, sprinkle with bacon if desired.

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PORK ROAST AND SAUERKRAUT

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My family which is mostly German-Irish ate the same meal for New Year's every year of my life. It consisted of pork roast, sauerkraut, kielbasa and mashed potatoes. We ate the pork (pork roast and kielbasa) because pigs are a symbol of progress. Pigs push forward, rooting themselves in the ground before moving, and we need to move into the New Year in the same way. We eat sauerkraut, as it's believed it will bring blessings and wealth for the new year. It also reminds us that with the good comes the bitter as well. We eat potatoes to remind us that even as poor men we still had potatoes to eat.

Provided by Dianna Jacobs-Fresh

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European German

Time 6h40m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 tablespoon bacon drippings
1 cup minced onion
1 large red apple, diced
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
2 pounds sauerkraut, drained and rinsed
½ cup dry white wine
½ cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 pounds boneless pork loin roast
1 pound kielbasa sausage, cut into 3-inch pieces

Steps:

Heat bacon drippings in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot drippings until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir diced apple and caraway seeds with the onion and cook until apple is just tender, about 3 minutes more. Add sauerkraut and stir.
Stir white wine, chicken stock, and brown sugar together in a bowl; pour over the sauerkraut mixture.
Put pork roast into the bottom of the crock of your slow cooker. Pour sauerkraut mixture over the pork.
Cook on Low until the pork easily falls apart when pulled with a fork, 6 to 8 hours; add kielbasa sausage pieces and continue to cook until the sausage is heated through, 15 to 20 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 406.4 calories, Carbohydrate 15.9 g, Cholesterol 91.2 mg, Fat 24.9 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 26.6 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 1341.2 mg, Sugar 9.8 g

PORK AND SAUERKRAUT

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Eating sauerkraut on New Year's is an old Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, said to bring good luck. The traditional meal consists of pork and sauerkraut served together, with sauerkraut representing luck and the pig representing rooting into the New Year. It's a feel-good and flavorsome ritual and it may be just what you need to start the New Year. Serve with mashed potatoes or dumplings.

Provided by Auntie M

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork

Time 3h25m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 (3 pound) pork roast
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 (14.5 ounce) cans sauerkraut, or to taste
3 cups water, or more as needed
1 onion, chopped
1 apple - peeled, cored, and finely chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Place pork roast in a large roasting pan. Season with salt and black pepper. Mix sauerkraut, water, onion, and apple together in a large bowl. Pour sauerkraut mixture over roast.
Bake roast in the preheated oven until heated through, about 1 hour. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Continue to cook roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), adding water if sauerkraut mixture looks dry, about 2 hours more.
Remove roast from oven and allow to rest in a warm area before slicing, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 243.8 calories, Carbohydrate 12.5 g, Cholesterol 79.6 mg, Fat 9 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 28 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 971.5 mg, Sugar 6.2 g