Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut
FAMILY FAVORITE Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut served over mashed potatoes! This easy crockpot meal will become your family’s new favorite dinner! Use a good pork kielbasa for full flavor! It’s inspired by my Polish family!
A few weeks ago I was left with a cup of sauerkraut. Being a person that doesn’t like any food to go waste I was going crazy with what to do with it. We used some of it up on chili cheese dogs but what was going to be next?
Then I thought of all the great family Polish recipes I ate as a kid. There was always sauerkraut alongside meat and mashed potatoes so that’s how this Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut recipe was created.
Sausage and Sauerkraut Ingredients
This is a simple recipe that doesn’t require many ingredients.
- 1 cup sauerkraut
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 pound pork sausage cut up into 1-2 inch pieces
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1/4 cup water
How to Make Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut
- In a bowl combine the sauerkraut and brown sugar. Place this into slow cooker.
- Next arrange the sausage pieces and onion over the sauerkraut.
- Pour water on top.
- Cook on high for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure there is still water.
- Reduce to low and cook for 2 more hours.
- Serve over mashed potatoes or egg noodles
It’s funny how recipes that just came out of no where end up being your favorite. This slow cooked Sausage and Sauerkraut dish was a huge hit at the dinner table leaving it a now favorite favorite meal. The meat becomes so tender and juicy in the slow cooker and it picks up the spices of the brown sugar giving it a slight sweet taste.
What to serve with Sauerkraut and Sausage?
I served this on mashed potatoes which I would totally recommend but you could also serve over rice or noodles. This is my favorite mashed potatoes recipe if you’re looking for a new one.
So next time you’re wondering what’s for dinner, give this Slow Cooker Sauerkraut and Sausage dish a shot. I think you will love it just as much as we do!
More Sausage Recipes
Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage
Italian Sausage Soup
BBQ Sausage Kabobs
Slow Cooker Cabbage and Kielbasa
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Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut
FAMILY FAVORITE Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut served over mashed potatoes! This easy crockpot meal will become your family's new favorite dinner! Use a good pork kielbasa for full flavor! It's inspired by my Polish family!
Ingredients
- 1 cup sauerkraut
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 pound pork sausage cut up into 1-2 inch pieces
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- In a bowl combine the sauerkraut and brown sugar. Place this into slow cooker.
- Next arrange the sausage pieces and onion over the sauerkraut.
- Pour water on top.
- Cook on high for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure there is still water.
- Reduce to low and cook for 2 more hours.
Serve over mashed potatoes or egg noodles
Recipe Video
Looks like a great sandwich recipe…byeGeorge
I’ve never tried sausage and sauerkraut in the slow cooker, but this recipe looks great! I definitely need to try it on a weeknight soon. Have a great weekend, Pamela!
Mmm … love ‘sausage and mash’ in any form, but I’m not sure I’ve seen it like that with sauerkraut before. Great idea, though, and something I’d definitely like to try! 🙂
Sounds delish, love sausage and sauerkraut, I too hate to waste anything.
Sausage and kraut is so yummy. What a great crock pot recipe!
Looks delicious! Sometimes leftovers make the best ideas for new meals.
Oh my gosh, yum! I love sauerkraut… I’m already addicted to this combination in a hot dog roll, so why not on top of a gorgeous pile of creamy mashed potatoes? Love your minimum waste policy! xx
Wow, that looks like straight from Alsace! Well done, Pamela!
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It’s like a German version of Bangers and Mash! I love sauerkraut and I love bratwurst,. This would be a great side dish for a BBQ!
ohmygosh .. looks good. And over mashed potatoes? Yes please.
This looks delicious Pamela! What a great idea!
Love this idea for using up leftovers especially since it’s cooked in the slow cooker too. This looks delicious 🙂
You are a frugal genius!
I love sausages with sauerkraut but only it it like hot dog style. Mmmmmmmm.
Sausages + sauerkraut are one of my favorite combinations!
My father-in-law loves sauerkaut and makes it most times. I will love to show him I can too lol! This recipe looks amazing and can’t wait to try!!
Wow!! This looks so good! I’ve been craving sausages for a while! Haha… so this sounds perfect right about now! YUM!
Your calling my name Pamela, this looks wonderful. I am a huge sucker for sauerkraut! My family not so much (at all). Can I come and have dinner with you.
I’ll leave a spot for you at the table! 😉
haha sounds like me – I hate letting anything go to waste and I’m always left with random things that I need to figure out how to use! This looks delicious – love that you used a crockpot!
It’s funny how you forget about food that you are quite fond of—sauerkraut is one I forgot about. AND it’s not even calorie laden. Thank you for the reminder. Very sweet presentation nestling the sausage n’ kraut on the potato nest!
I think I’ve never had this sauerkraut thing, but it sounds very, very yummy. Especially when sausages are involved hehe ;–) xx
such a comforting dish…and a delicious way to use that last of tangy sauerkraut…we are complete followers of not letting food go waste too…thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
I, too, try not to throw any food and find ways to recycle it and present it in an appetizing way! Your recipe is so delicious and you managed to use the leftovers too!
I have memories as an apprentice chef, sauerkraut day was rather memorable … there was butchers tubs of the stuff, and the smell… Not sure I fully recovered. But, this dish does look relish, can’t go wrong with slow cooking. Serve this with a beer and I reckon it’d be a hit with my family too. 🙂
This is going straight to my Crockpot Pinterest board because I so need to try it!
Hi. Does the sausage need to be cooked before it goes into the crockpot? Or could I put it in as raw links?
Hey Cynthia, it goes in raw – the crockpot will cook it for you. Enjoy – I love this recipe!
Do you pre brown the sausage or does it come out like that from the slow cooker?
Hey Keira, you can pre-brown the sausage if you want to guarantee the browned look, but most times I skip this step! Enjoy this dish!
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Hi Pam going to try this recipe but 1 cup of sauerkraut seems like a small amount for a pd of sausage then slow cooking for hours. Am I missing something ?
Hey Bob, nope – that’s correct! Hope you enjoy this sausage – make sure to serve over mashed potatoes! 🙂
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