Smoked Porkham With Sauerkraut Potatoes Apple Juice Recipes

PORK LOIN, APPLES, AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Mix sauerkraut, apples, onion, and caraway seeds in a large roasting pan. Stir 1/4 cup apple cider and brown sugar together in a separate bowl; pour over sauerkraut mixture.
• Stir Thai seasoning, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper together in a small bowl; rub onto the top and bottom of the roast.
• Make an indentation in the center of the sauerkraut mixture and place the seasoned roast in the indentation. Pour the remaining apple cider around the roast.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour; baste roast with juices. Continue baking roast, basting every 30 minutes, until cooked through, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

PORK CHOPS WITH APPLES, SWEET POTATOES, AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and coat with cooking spray. Quickly brown the pork chops on each side. Set aside.
• Arrange sweet potato slices in the bottom of a 3 to 4 quart slow cooker. Cover with the onion slices, then the apple slices. Sprinkle brown sugar, nutmeg and salt over the apples, and grind a little pepper. Place the pork chops on top of the pile, and cover with sauerkraut. Cover, and cook on Low for about 5 hours. It can go an extra hour without drying out though.
• Serve pork and vegetables with juice from the slow cooker spooned over them.

CROCK POT PORK WITH SAUERKRAUT, APPLE & POTATO

Steps:

• Place the cut apple and potato on the bottom of the crock pot.
• Pour in the apple juice.
• Add pork.
• Cover with the Kraut.
• Sprinkle in the Caraway seeds.
• Smear mustard on top.
• Cook on low 5 hours.

SMOKED PORK/HAM WITH SAUERKRAUT, POTATOES & APPLE JUICE

Steps:

• In a large roaster or crockpot, layer pork chops or ham, sliced potatoes, sauerkraut, and apple juice.
• Preheat oven 375° or crockpot low heat.
• Cover and cook in oven for 1 hour.
• Cover and cook crockpot for six hours.
• Note: If you have smoked pork chops, no other seasoning is needed except the bay leaf and pepper. If the pork is not smoked you can add a few drops of liquid smoke and the thyme and also crushed or minced garlic. Potatoes tend to "grab" the garlic flavor so add towards the end of the cooking period.

SMOKED PORK CHOP WITH SAUERKRAUT, POTATOES & APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Place a piece of foil in a baking dish large enough to hold the chop and other ingredients. The foil must be large enough to seal over the top of the chop
• Place half the apple sauce in the bottom of the dish.
• Add half of the sauerkraut.
• Add half the potato slices.
• Season with pepper.
• Coat one side of the chop with half the mustard and lay it, mustard side down on the potato slices.
• Coat the top side of the chop with remaining mustard.
• Add remaining applesauce, then kraut and top with remaining potato slices.
• Seal the foil over the top.
• Bake in 350° oven for 45 minutes.
• If you wish open the foil to brown the taters for the last 15 minutes.

SMOKED PORK CHOPS WITH POTATOES & SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Mix the potatoes and the kraut.
• Place half the sauerkraut/potato mixture in a Pyrex pie plate.
• Spread 1 1/2 tbsp of mustard over the sauerkraut.
• Place the chops on the sauerkraut.
• Spread remaining mustard on the chops.
• Cover with remaining sauerkraut/potato mixture.
• Season with salt & pepper.
• Put the pat of butter on top.
• Seal with foil and bake in a 350°F oven for 45 minutes to an hour.
• I like uncover the chops for the last 15 minutes or so to lightly brown the potato topping.

SMOKED PORK AND SAUERKRAUT (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place onion in crock pot; place pork on top.
• combine drained sauerkraut, tomatoes (undrained), bay leaf, caraway seed, paprika, and pepper; pour over pork.
• Cover; cook on LOW heat setting 8 hours.
• Remove bay leaf; remove pork to platter and cover to keep warm.
• Skim fat from surface of sauerkraut mixture.
• Transfer sauerkraut mixture to a large saucepan.
• Combine water and cornstarch; stir into sauerkraut mixture and heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in sour cream (optional), if desired.
• Serve with sliced pork.
• NOTE: this can be cooked in the oven in an oven-proof covered casserole.
• Bake@ 350F 2- 2 1/2 hours.