Willys Sauerkraut Skillet Recipes

SAVORY SAUSAGE AND SAUERKRAUT SKILLET

Steps:

• Melt butter in skillet.
• Add onion and green pepper.
• Cook until tender.
• Add apple, brown sugar, caraway seeds, potatoes, and sauerkraut.
• Mix well.
• Place sausage on top of sauerkraut mixture.
• Cover.
• Cook over medium-low heat for 40 minutes.

SAUSAGE 'N SAUERKRAUT SKILLET

Steps:

• Cook sausage in skillet over medium-high heat for 8 minutes, turning once. Slice sausage into 1-inch chunks. Return to skillet.
• Add sauerkraut and cubed potatoes; bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat. Simmer 25-30 minutes or until potatoes are tender when pierced.
• Serve with fresh rye bread if desired.

BRATWURST AND SAUERKRAUT SKILLET

Steps:

• Brown sausages and onion slices in oil in a wide skillet. The sausages do not need to be cooked through at this stage, you just want to get some color on them.
• Add sauerkraut, sugar, and beer. Stir as best you can around the sausages.
• Bring to a slow boil, reduce heat, and simmer until sausages are cooked through.
• Spread buns or rolls with mustard, and add a sausage and a bit of the sauerkraut and onion to each.
• This is great accompanied by the same beer you cooked with.

SLOW-COOKER SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon and onions over medium heat until bacon is crisp and onions are just tender, 5-7 minutes. Add vinegar and sugar to skillet; cook and stir 5 minutes. Add sauerkraut and caraway seeds to skillet; stir to combine. Transfer mixture to 4-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on low to allow flavors to blend, 1-2 hours.

GERMAN SKILLET

Steps:

• In a skillet, melt butter. Layer with sauerkraut, rice, onion and beef. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a bowl, combine water and tomato sauce; mix well. Pour over beef mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and rice is tender (do not stir).