Crock Pot Bavarian Sauerkraut Dinner Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook beef in oil about 5 minutes or until brown on all sides. Sprinkle with caraway seed and salt.
• Place beef in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Place onions, sauerkraut and 1/4 cup of the beer around beef.
• Cover and cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
• Remove beef from cooker; cover to keep warm. Mix flour, remaining 1/4 cup beer and the mustard in small bowl; gradually stir into juices in cooker. Increase heat setting to High. Cover and cook 15 to 30 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve beef with juices.

Steps:

• In bottom of a crock pot/slow cooker, layer 1 can sauerkraut, 1 pound sausage pieces, half the onion slices, 1/2 teaspoon boulllon and 1/4 teaspoon celery seed.
• Repeat layers.
• Add water.
• Cover and cook on LOW heat setting for 7 to 9 hours or HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Serve with boiled potatoes and apple raisin salad.

Steps:

• In a colander over the sink, drain then rinse the sauerkraut well with cool water, allow to drain for 5 to 10 minutes; repeat at least once.
• While sauerkraut is draining, cut the bacon into small pieces then in a large pan over medium heat, fry bacon until crisp.
• While bacon is cooking, cut up the apple (s), pear (if using), onion, celery, and sausage.
• When the bacon is done, remove the cooked bacon from the pan and set aside; add olive oil and butter to bacon drippings and let butter melt.
• Sprinkle the flour into the dripping mixture while stirring and cook until golden and bubbly, then add the brown sugar, garlic, and Dijon and cook for another minute, then gradually stir in the hard cider and cook- seasoning to taste with salt and pepper- until the sauce thickens, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Combine all prepared ingredients- drained/rinsed sauerkraut, chopped fruits/vegetables, bacon, sausage, and sauce- in a large crock pot (or 2 smaller ones) and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 to 8 hours.
• This makes a very large batch, serving about 16 to 18 people as a main dish- good for big potlucks!

Steps:

• Place sauerkraut, water, carrot, brown sugar, apple, sweet onion, caraway seeds, salt, and black pepper in a slow cooker. Cook on Low for about 7 hours; add kielbasa. Cook for one more hour.

Steps:

• Fry the bacon; While it's cooking, put the crock on high, and add the packages of drained sauerkraut.
• Peel and core the apple and chop it into little pieces and add it, or add the applesauce - one or the other.
• When the bacon is done KEEP THE BACON FAT; cool the bacon and crumble it and add it to the crock, and pour all of the bacon fat in as well.
• Really blend it up well with a fork, so that all the kraut is covered with some bacon fat; About every hour or so, stir the whole thing really well; As each hour goes by, the kraut gets more golden, and the apple disintegrates a bit more.
• After 4 hours on high, put it on medium, still continuing to stir every hour or half hour until it's reached your desired consistency.

Steps:

• In 3 1/2 or 4-quart crock pot, combine potatoes, carrots and onion.
• In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, mustard, and caraway seed; mix well.
• Stir in sauerkraut and kielbasa. Spoon sauerkraut mixture over vegetables in cooker.
• Cover; cook on low setting for at least 8 hours or until vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• Place the potatoes, garlic, salt, and pepper in a slow cooker; stir to coat. Season the pork roast with salt and pepper; lay atop the potatoes. Pour the sauerkraut over the roast; sprinkle with caraway seeds.
• Cook in slow cooker on Low 8 to 10 hours.

Steps:

• Heat bacon drippings in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Place sauerkraut with juice into a large bowl and cover with water. Stir and use your hands to squeeze out as much of the water and juice as possible. Add squeezed sauerkraut to onion.
• Stir brown sugar, caraway seeds, chicken stock, and cooking sherry into the sauerkraut mixture. Reduce heat to low and simmer until almost all the liquid has evaporated, 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the sauerkraut and brown sugar. then place in slow cooker. Arrange the sausage and onion over the sauerkraut.
• Cook on high for two hours, check for dryness, adding some water if necessary, then reduce to low setting, and cook on low for two more hours.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon and onions over medium heat until bacon is crisp and onions are just tender, 5-7 minutes. Add vinegar and sugar to skillet; cook and stir 5 minutes. Add sauerkraut and caraway seeds to skillet; stir to combine. Transfer mixture to 4-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on low to allow flavors to blend, 1-2 hours.