Easy Overnight Sauerkraut Recipe

Name: Easy Overnight Sauerkraut Recipe
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 -12
Ingredients: 2 medium heads of cabbage; 3 carrots; 4-5 large garlic cloves; 4 cups water; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 1/2 Tbsp of sea salt; 10 pepper corns; 5-6 whole cloves; 4 bay leaves; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2/3 cup white vinegar

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Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings
10 -12
Course
Salad, Condiments
Cuisine
German, American

Easy Overnight Sauerkraut Recipe

Colin Brown

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My mom has been making sauerkraut for as long as I can remember. It was a staple in our house growing up and it is a very common recipe made by Russian and Ukrainian folks. The traditional version takes several days to make but this sour cabbage is done overnight. This sauerkraut is eaten as a side/salad and is amazingly good paired with mashed potatoes, buckwheat, or anything else you might eat with a pickle.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 medium heads of cabbage 4lb
3 carrots
4-5 large garlic cloves

Marinade Ingredients:

4 cups water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp of sea salt
10 pepper corns
5-6 whole cloves
4 bay leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
2/3 cup white vinegar 5%

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Instructions

Remove the outermost leaves of the cabbages, cut them into quarters and shred finely (use a mandolin to do this if you know what’s good for you ;)). Discard the core, or trim it and eat it – it’s very tasty and healthy! Place shredded cabbage in a large mixing bowl. Grate 3 carrots and very finely dice 4 garlic cloves, add everything to the bowl with shredded cabbage.
In a medium cooking pot add the first 6 marinade ingredients: 4 cups of water, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 1/2 Tbsp of sea salt, 10 peppercorns, 5 cloves and 4 bay leaves) bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. After the time is up, stir in 1/2 cup of olive oil and 2/3 cup of vinegar then remove the pot from the stove to let it cool for 10 minutes.
Remove peppercorns and bay leaves from marinate then pour in the mixing bowl with vegetables and stir everything together until well combined. Now place a weight over your mixture until if fully cools. We put a flat dinner plate over the salad then placed a large bowl of water over the top to weigh it down.
Transfer cooled sauerkraut to a large jar, along with the leftover juice to fully submerge it, place the lid on top and place in the fridge for 24 hours.