Jolean's Franks & Sauerkraut

"This was another one of my Mom's recipes that I thought was wonderful, although my siblings didn't care much for sauerkraut! Very inexpensive with a German flair, and in my opinion, very tasty! Especially when served with crusty, warm bread and a side of buttered noodles!"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a 10-inch skillet over low heat, melt butter until just sizzling. Sauté onion and garlic, stirring often until wilted but not quite browned.
  • Add sauerkraut, water, brown sugar and red wine vinegar; Mix well.
  • Bury franks in kraut.
  • Cover and simmer until liquid has evaporated, about 1/2 hour.
  • Serve with warm, buttered, crusty bread.

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Reviews

  1. This was great. I followed the recipe exactly and it was delicious. Thank you!
     
  2. I love sauerkraut and hot dogs but I usually open a can of kraut and warm it up with the hot dogs in a skillet, no extras added. This recipe was very good and I enjoyed the sweet sour flavor. Had a 32 ounce jar of Clausen sauerkraut and Ball Park bun lenth hot dogs and instead of the 1/2 cup of water I used the juice from the kraut. Next time I will chop the onion finely as I didnt care for the larger pieces and I only used 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Served with mashed potatoes and enjoyed my supper very much! Made and reviewed for the In Memory Of Stacky5's cookathon.
     
  3. A really nice way to fix kraut and sausage or dogs. I did cut back on the sugar (personal preference), and my sister's both said I could cut back even more. Otherwise, this is a great comfort food. Served with mashed potatoes. Thnx for posting, Stacky.
     
  4. This was an excellent and simple way to prepare kraut. The sauerkraut is very adaptable and I think this would be great with a mixture of wursts, such as smoked sausage, Polish sausage, chorizo, bockwurst, Mettwurst, franks or bratwurst. Thanks for sharing! ~Sue
     
  5. Really easy to put together and a nice change from regular saurkraut! My bf said that this is "pretty good!" and I thought so, too. Actually, at first I was a little concerned, as the taste didn't strike me as that great right away. Halfway through my first serving, it kind of sank in nicely though. I did have to make one change; I had no red wine vinegar, so I had to sub that with apple cider vinegar. When I was measuring the amt though, the bottle tipped kind of heavily so I dunno if that's why it overpowered the kraut so much, or if it was just b/c of the kind of vinegar it was. Either way it was better tasting the longer I ate, hehe. I saved the leftover kraut for another dinner to mix with the leftover regular kraut (I halved the original recipe for 2 ppl). But omg you should have seen how the franks absorbed the liquid, they nearly tripled in size! I laughed when I opened the lid. I will let you know how this worked out for leftovers w/kielbasa. Oh, btw, the franks I used were Omaha Steaks brand gourmet beef. Thanks so much for sharing this Stacky! :)
     
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  1. I love sauerkraut and hot dogs but I usually open a can of kraut and warm it up with the hot dogs in a skillet, no extras added. This recipe was very good and I enjoyed the sweet sour flavor. Had a 32 ounce jar of Clausen sauerkraut and Ball Park bun lenth hot dogs and instead of the 1/2 cup of water I used the juice from the kraut. Next time I will chop the onion finely as I didnt care for the larger pieces and I only used 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Served with mashed potatoes and enjoyed my supper very much! Made and reviewed for the In Memory Of Stacky5's cookathon.
     

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