New Year's Day Sausage Pot

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 2 pieces bacon, diced large (1-inch thick, 5-inch long)
• salt
• ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup creole mustard
• 2 (12 ounce) bottles beer (pick something with flavor not light)
• 5 hot dogs
• 5 lbs assorted sausage
• 2 lbs sauerkraut (or more to taste)
• 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
• pork cracklings (fried pork skins)
• green onion
• creole seasoning

Directions

1. 1

   In a large pot or Dutch Oven, saute onion in olive oil for 2 minutes, add bacon, seasoning with salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Cook for 5 minutes, or until bacon begins to render and onions begin to brown.

3. 3

   Add Creole mustard and the beer.

4. 4

   Stir.

5. 5

   Add HALF the sausage.

6. 6

   Cover this sausage with sauerkraut.

7. 7

   Add the rest of the sausage.

8. 8

   Add the hot dogs, and the garlic.

9. 9

   Bring to a boil.

10. 10

    Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 45 minutes.

11. 11

    Garnish with Cracklins, green onions, and Creole seasoning.