Easy Homemade Sauerkraut

Easy Homemade Sauerkraut

Total Time
1h 16m
9m prep · 67m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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Sauerkraut has been a staple for hundreds of years. This is great on its own or as a topper for a variety of foods. Refrigerate or freeze sauerkraut once it is fermented.

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).

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