Braised Cabbage And Sauerkraut
- Total Time
- About 2 hours 45 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4tablespoons butter
- ½pound large mushrooms, quartered
- 1cup slice onions
- 2cloves garlic, mashed
- 1½pounds cabbage, trimmed of tough outer leaves and core and coarsely shredded
- 1pound sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
- 2cups chicken broth, boiling
- 1cup dry white wine
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1bay leaf
- ⅔cup sour cream
- 1teaspoon poppy seeds
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Step 2
Melt butter in a heavy casserole. Add mushrooms and saute over high heat until mushrooms begin to brown.
- Step 3
Lower heat to medium, stir in onion and garlic and saute until they are tender. Add cabbage, sauerkraut, chicken broth and wine. Mix to distribute the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper.
- Step 4
Add bay leaf, cover and place in preheated oven for 2½ hours until virtually all liquid in pan has been absorbed. Remove bay leaf. Check seasonings.
- Step 5
Serve directly from the casserole or transfer to a serving dish. Sour cream sprinkled with poppy seeds should be served alongside.
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I can’t recommend this recipe enough! I’ve made it as stated and have changed it up based on what I had on hand. Since going Keto, I’ve often served this as a replacement to a starchy side like rice or pasta.
5 January 2026 Good wintertime meal. Unfortunately, it's Drynuary, no beer boohoo, & no wine in the pot Made half recipe, w/o mushrooms since I didn't have any. Cooked in Le Creuset casserole w cover. Added 3 peeled russet potatoes, a couple German natural casing franks for a half hour, then took cover off for half hour to crisp & brown ingredients. When I eat the leftovers tomorrow, maybe I'll remember the creme fraiche I just made & the poppy seeds too Didn't need 2 1/2 hours
No mushrooms or chicken broth. Get a pork backbone, combine with a quart of water and simmer down to 2 cups. Pick shreds of meat off bone and add the meat, pork stock and bone to the cabbage mix. Braise on stove top until liquid is absorbed, 1- 1.5 hrs. No sour cream or poppy seeds. It’s called kapusta! Serve with kielbasa, preferably fresh, and grey poupon mustard.
I halved the recipe but used 0.75lb mushrooms and started with a big link of chorizo. Only 6 oz sauerkraut which I drained but did not rinse. Took 2 hrs in a stainless pan w/lid. Excellent- very sauerkraut-y. Rinse if using a higher proportion. With more sausage on top I will call this poor man's choucroutte and am looking forward to serving it to my friends.
