Simple Way to Slow Cooker Recipes For Pork Roast With Sauerkraut

Slow Cooker Pork And Sauerkraut With Apples

Name: Simple Way to Slow Cooker Recipes For Pork Roast With Sauerkraut
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 5 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 6 servings

For larger roasts i also brown the meat in the insert and not lose a bunch of the flavor by season the chuck roast with the kosher salt, pepper and thyme (if you are sensitive to sodium, adjust to your taste or you can even leave the salt out altogether.

Recipe Summary Slow Cooker Pork And Sauerkraut With Apples

The apple and onion together work magic on this classic dish. This is traditionally served on New Year's Day in Central Pennsylvania. It is customarily served with mashed potatoes. The sauerkraut mixture tops the mashed potatoes like a gravy. Surprisingly good.

Ingredients | Slow Cooker Recipes For Pork Roast With Sauerkraut

6 thick-cut pork chops

4 tart apples, peeled and sliced

1 large onion, sliced

water to cover

1 quart sauerkraut

½ teaspoon fennel seed, or to taste

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork chops in hot skillet, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Drain.

Arrange apples and onion in the bottom of a slow cooker; top with browned pork chops. Pour in enough water to cover bottom of the slow cooker crock.

Cook on High for 3 hours (or on Low for 6 hours). Add sauerkraut and fennel seed to pork chop mixture. Cook for 1 more hour.

Caraway seed can be substituted for fennel seed.