How I prepare sauerkraut. I empty a 28-32 oz jar in a colander - but don’t rinse. Dice 2 thick slices of bacon. Render fat in 3.5 qt pot. Remove bacon bits. Thinly slice onion, cook in bacon fat till soft - ca 5m. Peel and dice an apple, add it, cook 3m. Then add in your kraut, about 1 tbsp caraway seed, and bacon bits back. I add 1 tbsp of maple syrup. And 1/2 cup liquid - Stock, German beer, even water will work. Then cover and simmer lightly for 40m. I usually brown sausages and then let them cook with the kraut at same time, but you can do it separately.
How I prepare sauerkraut. I empty a 28-32 oz jar in a colander - but don’t rinse. Dice 2 thick slices of bacon. Render fat in 3.5 qt pot. Remove bacon bits. Thinly slice onion, cook in bacon fat till soft - ca 5m. Peel and dice an apple, add it, cook 3m. Then add in your kraut, about 1 tbsp caraway seed, and bacon bits back. I add 1 tbsp of maple syrup. And 1/2 cup liquid - Stock, German beer, even water will work. Then cover and simmer lightly for 40m. I usually brown sausages and then let them cook with the kraut at same time, but you can do it separately.