We love this recipe but it is not your typical pork roast and sauerkraut. It has a sweet and sour taste and is wonderful served with mashed potatoes and cornbread.
2 – 3 lb. pork roast
2 lb. bag of sauerkraut, undrained (I use the kind that is usually found in the meat department and not in cans, but you can use the cans)
1 cup apple juice
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup water
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1/3 cup brown sugar
Salt and Pepper
Sprinkle pork roast with salt and pepper and place in crockpot. (Cut to fit pot if roast is too big) In a large bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients together with a spoon.
Pour the mixture over the roast. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours until meat is cooked and tender. Remove roast and pull apart. Remove kraut with a slotted spoon.
My picture does not do this dish justice. Everyone I have ever served this loved it. The recipe could be halved and you could make this with pork chops or ribs.
Enjoy
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A very intriguing combination, Judy, with both the sauerkraut and the apple juice. I’m not much of a sauerkraut eater, but I think that Tom would love this. Thanks for another wonderful recipe!
THIS IS AMAZING!!!! TRULY AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS JUDY. I LOVE IT. so professional and classy – ooooohhhhh those creamy mashed potatoes look good. I am going to be using your recipes and will return.
This is the first year of my life that I EVER tried sauerkraut. I made a sauerkraut/sausage soup when my bookclub read Out Stealing Horses – it was quite incredible. Who knew? I will now try this one..I am sure it will be a hit.
Judy, most of your recipes – are the way I cook!!!!
Guess that is because I am also from the South.
I finally got to try this recipe. It was perfect! We all loved the flavors. It was also perfectly accompanied by mashed potatoes and pickled beets
Way to go!!!
So glad you and your family enjoyed the recipe! Thanks for letting me know.
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Been making this for years and people always love it..even the ones that swear they don’t like saurkraut. Must be the Kentuckian in me ’cause so many of your recipes and my standard meals. Not cooking as heavy lately since just the two of us and both could lose some weight (wink)!! Have a great day.
Hi Margaret, I know what you mean by the weight thing. lol. We love this recipe. Just good ole home cooking. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Southern Lady. I was looking up recipes for slow cooked pork and turnip greens, which lead me to this recipe. It sounds so yummy, I love pork and sauer kraut together! I only have greens in my fridge so, i will add a little more apple cider vinegar to the recipe to hopefully give it the sauer feel
What do you think?
Michelle, I hope this worked for you. Sounds like it would.
Wow! Does this look goooooood! Makes my 3rd generation German appetite sit up and take notice. I love your southern cornbread, but I’d make it seeded rye bread with unsalted butter. My mother used to cook the ribs and sauerkraut together until done, then put it in n 9 x 14 pan, pop it in the oven until the top got just a little bit crunchy. She used to race me for the sauerkraut I was sneaking out of the bag and munching. I still like it cold for a snack. I’m looking for a recipe for sauerkraut salad. Had one but lost it.
I make something very similar. Only I add fried ham and bacon and smoked sausage. Chopped apple goes in instead of apple cider. In place of the cider/liquid I use a can of beer. It’s great for potlucks!
In a pinch, it will be nice to just add the pork roast. BTW, this works with pork chops and/or pork ribs!
What to do if no crockpot?
wHY DON”T YOU DRAIN THE KRAUT? WON”T IT MAKE IT TASTE BAD? WE LOVE KRAUT AND PORK ROAST, SO I MAY TRY THIS.
You can drain it if you want to, I never have.
Will a pork loin work for this or is pork shoulder/butt a better choice for the pork roast here?
Pork loin would work, too.
If I half this recipe, what do I do about the onion soup mix? Leave it out? Put it all in? Have you ever tried to split a package of onion soup mix in half? Lol
I would put it all in but I’ve never tried it that way.
I make Sauerkraut and pork chops all the time. I make my own sauerkraut though because once my mother-in-law taught me to make sauerkraut, my family will not touch the store bought stuff…I add potatoes, onions, garlic and bratwurst to mine and serve with fresh purple hull peas or pinto beans, macaroni and tomatoes, cornbread and of course iced sweet tea!
sauerkraut is the most delicious thing
we make sauerkraut soup or fried sauerkraut as side dish but the best one is “fresh” from the jar.
Is also nice to read that so far from UK/Poland people enjoy sauerkraut.