Easy Homemade Sauerkraut

Ingredients

• 5 pounds cabbage , thinly sliced
• 1 onion , thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons sea salt
• 3 cloves garlic , minced, or more to taste
• water to cover

Instructions

1. 1

   Mix cabbage, onion, sea salt, and garlic together in a bowl. Firmly pack mixture into a large, clean, food-grade plastic bucket. The cabbage will start to make its own brine as the salt starts to draw out the water of the cabbage.

2. 2

   Fill a large, clean, food-grade plastic bag with water and place over the salted cabbage mixture so none of the cabbage is exposed to air.

3. 3

   Allow cabbage to ferment in a cool, dry place, 1 to 4 weeks (depending on how tangy you like your sauerkraut). The temperature of the room you ferment the sauerkraut in should not rise above 70 degrees F (21 degrees C).