Mom's czech sauerkraut (kysele zeli)

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Jar or bag of sauerkraut; (I prefer Vlasic in the jar)
1 teaspoon Caraway seed; optional, (Since I didn’t like caraway seed, my mother never used it.) (up to 2)
1 small Onion; finely chopped, (optional)
Lard
1 tablespoon Flour; or more
1 teaspoon Sugar; (optional) (up to 2)
1 Potato; grated finely, (grate on the smallest side of a grater, potato will be mushy almost)

Directions

Source: Roberta Brisson (My great aunt taught me how to make it with the grated potato as an option.)

Drain liquid from sauerkraut (it may be washed off and drained, and once again if it is too sharp), add caraway to taste, if desired, and enough water to cover. Grate the potato on the smallest side of a hand grater, if desired (my sister did not like grated potatoes in her sauerkraut, I did).

Cook 20 to 30 minutes. Sauté onion in a small amount of lard until onion is light brown. Add flour and sugar, if desired, and cook 5 minutes or until slightly thickened and add to sauerkraut. Cook for an additional 5 minutes.

This is great with breaded pork tenderloin and dumplings, or roasted pork and dumplings.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 634 by QueenBerta@... on Jan 29, 1998

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