Exceedingly Mundane

Sandra, over at Diary of a SAHM mom, sponsors this great recipe meme each week. Be sure to go over and check out Sandra’s lovely blog, and also check out this week’s entries… I love seeing the recipes and getting ideas for new things to try in my crockpot! Click here for this week’s entries.

My entry this week is something I have made once before in my West Bend Slow Cooker. The West Bend is something my mom gave me before she passed away and I use it often, because it’s a good size for the two of us. I often use it instead of my crockpot, but I also use them interchangeably. This is a recipe I sort of threw together, and combined ideas from other recipes I had seen. We love bratwurst this time of year, on Game Days, and we always have sauerkraut with it. I had some sauerkraut left over one Monday and decided to try it with two pork chops for us. It came out pretty well. I made this last fall and I probably need to make it again soon 🙂

Stacy’s Crockpot Pork Chops & Sauerkraut

Serves: 2

Ingredients:
2 bone-in pork chops
1 – 32 oz bag sauerkraut — squeezed dry
1/2 medium onion — thinly sliced
caraway, thyme — to taste
1/2 cup apple juice (see notes)
1/2 cup chicken broth

Directions:
Brown chops in olive oil in a skillet (I seasoned mine with salt, pepper, dash Tony’s and garlic powder). Transfer to sprayed West Bend slow cooker. Lay thinly sliced onions on top of chops, then cover with sauerkraut. Sprinkle with a dash of caraway (we don’t like much) and thyme. Add a dash of refrigerated minced garlic. Pour chicken broth and apple juice (1/2 to 3/4 cup) over all. Cook on setting 3.5 for 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

NOTE: About half way through cooking, I thought it was getting dry and so I added a little more apple juice. Tim commented that, although it tasted really good as it was, he would like a little less apple flavor. So, next time don’t add more apple juice, maybe try a bit more chicken broth instead.

Stacy’s Notes: Made this from 3 different recipes that I combined. Cooked in the West Bend all afternoon and served with boiled potatoes and wheat rolls. Really good and it filled us up! 🙂

P.S. I’m sure you could easily double this, but since I only cook for two, I have never tried 🙂