Pork with Sauerkraut
A Bulgarian winter staple — chunks of pork shoulder baked slowly with chopped sauerkraut, onion and paprika, so the pork fat softens the sourness of the cabbage and the top browns while the meat turns fork-tender.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 kg pork shoulder, cut into 4 cm chunks
- 1 kg sauerkraut
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil or lard
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- 0.5 tsp hot paprika
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- 300 ml hot water
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 3476 kcal · P 293.4g · C 106.9g · F 206.2g
Estimated from 10 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oven to 180°C. Taste the sauerkraut: if it is very sour or salty, rinse it briefly in cold water and squeeze it out, then chop it into 1 cm strips.
- 2Season the pork with the salt and brown it in the fat in a heavy pan over high heat, in two batches, 5–6 minutes per batch until coloured on all sides. Transfer to a deep baking dish or clay pot.
- 3Lower the heat to medium, add the onion to the pan and fry for 5 minutes until soft.
- 4Add the sauerkraut and stir-fry for 5 minutes so it takes up the fat.
- 5Take the pan off the heat, stir in both paprikas and the peppercorns, then mix the cabbage with the pork in the dish and tuck in the bay leaves.
- 6Pour in the hot water (or water mixed with a little sauerkraut brine) — it should come about two-thirds of the way up the contents, not cover them.
- 7Cover with a lid or foil and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, until the pork yields when pressed with a spoon.
- 8Uncover, stir once and bake for another 30 minutes until the liquid has mostly gone and the cabbage on top has browned at the edges — this final dry bake is what gives the dish its depth.
- 9Rest for 10 minutes and serve hot.
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Questions and answers
How long does Pork with Sauerkraut take to make?
About 155 minutes: 20 min prep and 135 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Pork with Sauerkraut?
10 ingredients: pork shoulder, sauerkraut, sunflower oil or lard, onion, sweet paprika, hot paprika, black peppercorns, bay leaves, salt, hot water.
How many servings does this Pork with Sauerkraut recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Pork with Sauerkraut?
About 579 kcal, with 48.9 g protein, 17.8 g carbohydrate and 34.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Pork with Sauerkraut recipe suit?
It is gluten-free.
What cuisine is Pork with Sauerkraut?
Pork with Sauerkraut comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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