Home stretch. This is recipe 4/5 in my 5-part series showing you that slow cooking can be healthy and easy. All the recipes include 5-ingredients or less. The other recipes in the series so far include:
I have to confess, this is actually my first time making sausage & sauerkraut in a slow cooker. I kind of didn’t know what I was doing here. Something made me think apples would go well in this dish. If you’re looking for a more complete meal with a starch a good substitute would be sweet potato (I always prefer white sweet potatoes because they’re not as sweet) or regular potato.
Another confession. I told you in the last post that the roast was probably the easiest meal in this 5-post series. This is actually even easier. You literally dump everything in, stir and that’s it. Since sauerkraut is sour, I wanted an apple that was on the sweeter side so I went with a gala apple. Use your preferred sweet apple. Since most sausages are pre-cooked, this is done very quickly in the slow cooker. You’ll know it’s done when the apple is soft.
Honey. If there could be a 6th ingredient that would be it. This is on the sour side so 1-2 tsp honey would add a nice balance. Again, this is not necessary, but more of an enhancement to the dish. Another addition you might want to include onion.
- 1 lb kielbasa or sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 32 ounces sauerkraut
- 1 apple, diced
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 2 tsp dill seed
- Add all ingredients to slow cooker.
- Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 2 hours.
Other 5-ingredient slow cooker recipes in this series: Pot Roast, Jerk Chicken, Italian Chicken, Coconut-Cilantro Curry Shrimp.
This looks so amazingly delicious. This reminds me so closely of slow-cooker kielbasa and kraut my grandpa used to make for our family when I was younger! Cannot wait to try this at home for the family and report back with how it turned out! Thanks so much for sharing!
Does the sauerkraut liquid go into the slow cooker or does it need draining first?
Liquid goes in as well. I’ll update the recipe so that is more clear. Enjoy!
The liquid goes in as well. I’ll update the recipe so that is more clear. Enjoy!
Bavarian Style Sauerkraut is not as sour as regular Sauerkraut or you can rinse it first to make it less sour.
Good to know, thank you!
This looks delicious! My husband throws a fit if there is fruit in his dinner and we are doing a Whole30 so added sweetener is out…is it essential? I could probably add a couple spoonfuls of applesauce without him noticing, but I don’t want to make it sweet.
Thank you! You don’t need the apple. Since you’re doing whole30 (congrats, I just finished) I suggest substituting sweet potato or regular potato. Enjoy!