Sauerkraut Smothered With Pork Chops and Sausage

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon, coarsley chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped

• 1 (22-27 ounce) can sauerkraut, drained
• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 4-6 peppercorns
• 4-6 juniper berries
• 2-3 whole cloves
• 1 bay leaf, broken up
• 1 sprig parsley
• 2-3 bratwursts
• 4 small pork chops
• 4-8 smoked link sausage
• 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces

Directions

1. 1

   In a large skillet or electric frying pan, cook bacon until it just begins to brown. Pour off fat, then add onion. Saute until onion is transparent.

2. 2

   Stir in sauerkraut, carrots, brown sugar, chicken broth and wine.

3. 3

   Tie up spices and herbs in a small bag of cheesecloth. Bury in the center of the sauerkraut mixture. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.

4. 4

   Diagonally score 1 side of each bratwurst. In a separate skillet brown the bratwurst and pork chops.

5. 5

   After the sauerkraut mixture has simmered 10 minutes, add potatoes, working them down into the mixture. Top with browned bratwurst and pork chops. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.

6. 6

   Add smoked sausages. Simmer, covered another 15 minutes.

7. 7

   Remove pouch of seasonings before serving.