Sauerkraut for Thanksgiving

By rickfanciullo

Great Sauerkraut

Ingredients

• Bavarian Sauerkraut
• Prep
• 15 15 15 m
• Cook
• 35 35 35 m
• Ready In
• 50 50 50 m
• Recipe By:dutschd
• llection of hand-written recipes I've kept for years. I made it as a side dish for New Year's Day dinner and it was a complete hit! This is certainly not your typical 'sour' sauerkraut recipe."
• Ingredients
• 1 1 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
• 1 1 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 2 ounce) packages 2 (16 ounce) packages sauerkraut, undrained
• 1 1 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
• 1 1 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup cooking sherry (substitute with red wine)

Preparation

Step 1

Bavarian Sauerkraut

Prep
15 m
Cook
35 m
Ready In
50 m

Directions
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.