1 c. chopped onion
1 clove garlic - minced
4 T. bacon fat
1 lb. diced lean pork or sausage
1 32 oz. jar sauerkraut, drained
12 C. beef stock
Set Crock Pot to low. Add stock.
Cook onion and garlic in bacon fat until translucent. Add to crock.
Brown pork in same pan. Add the pork and the sauerkraut to crock pot.
Cook on low setting for 4-6 hours.
Can be halved for smaller crock pots.
Note - anyone who knows me knows that I rarely follow a recipe exactly. The above is how the recipe was given to me. I didn't have much beef stock, so I used about 1/3 organic chicken stock, 1/3 organic veggie stock, then I used beef bouillon to finish the liquids. I also added two carrots and two stalks of celery. I used bratwurst that had been in my freezer forever because it was too rich - you don't need all the bacon fat if using a sausage for the meat. The sauerkraut I used was made from purple cabbage - I didn't drain it as this is milder than most sauerkrauts.
The soup was every bit as good as the original version that the sweet little old Lutheran lady shared on soup night.
Cheers!
1 clove garlic - minced
4 T. bacon fat
1 lb. diced lean pork or sausage
1 32 oz. jar sauerkraut, drained
12 C. beef stock
Set Crock Pot to low. Add stock.
Cook onion and garlic in bacon fat until translucent. Add to crock.
Brown pork in same pan. Add the pork and the sauerkraut to crock pot.
Cook on low setting for 4-6 hours.
Can be halved for smaller crock pots.
Note - anyone who knows me knows that I rarely follow a recipe exactly. The above is how the recipe was given to me. I didn't have much beef stock, so I used about 1/3 organic chicken stock, 1/3 organic veggie stock, then I used beef bouillon to finish the liquids. I also added two carrots and two stalks of celery. I used bratwurst that had been in my freezer forever because it was too rich - you don't need all the bacon fat if using a sausage for the meat. The sauerkraut I used was made from purple cabbage - I didn't drain it as this is milder than most sauerkrauts.
The soup was every bit as good as the original version that the sweet little old Lutheran lady shared on soup night.
Cheers!
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