Country Ribs And Kraut I Made It Ii

Country Ribs and Kraut

DIZ3 4 years ago
Recipe: Country Ribs Kraut
Submitted By: Windy1950
Date: January 1, 2020

The use of hot sauce is a bit different than traditional pork and sauerkraut. The sauerkraut is super sweet with all of the added sugar. I used more sauerkraut than stated in the recipe (48 oz) and only 1/2c. of sugar. It’s was overwhelmingly sweet. Probably should have used 1/4c. I didn’t really understand what to do with the 2 cans of chicken broth. The recipe doesn’t say to add it. It only says to baste the ribs with it. Seems like a lot of broth for basting purposes. Every time I checked the ribs, they were swimming in their own juices. I didn’t even use the broth. I baked these in a covered Dutch oven. I only had 4lbs of bone in country ribs. Surprisingly, my hot sauce loving hubby didn’t care for it. I think it had more to do with the sugar than anything. I never add sugar to my sauerkraut. I can’t handle hot sauce so I didn’t put any on my share of the ribs. However, I didn’t mind the hot sauce that leached into the sauerkraut. The sauerkraut was so sweet that I barely noticed.
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Cosmicmother 4 years ago said:

That's too bad it turned out so sweet! My hubby loves sauerkraut but it's not my thing, I might like it sweet though? But probably not as sweet as this sounds! Hopefully the pork chops were still salvageable?

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mommyluvs2cook 4 years ago said:

Ugh on how sweet this ended up being Diz :( I love sauerkraut but hardly ever make it because my family hates it lol. Gorgeous picture!

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DIZ3 4 years ago said:

Hi, Cosmicmother! You should give sauerkraut a try with added sugar. It really mellows it out and takes away the tartness. I don't mind a sweeter sauerkraut. I've always "slow" cooked it with a pork roast or a duck and the juice from the meat mellows it.

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DIZ3 4 years ago said:

Thank you, Mommyluvs2cook! The majority of sauerkraut recipes I've seen typically call for some added sugar or sliced apples. Your family might actually like it if it was sweet. It's a lot different. I grew up eating sauerkraut and mom never added sugar. The only thing she put in it was garlic, onions, and caraway seeds.

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mommyluvs2cook 4 years ago said:

You might be right Diz, I'm thinking it's the tartness/sour from the kraut that they don't care for :)

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LindaLMT 4 years ago said:

The picture looks delicious DIZ, so sorry the recipe wasn't ideal for either you or your DH.

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DIZ3 4 years ago said:

Thank you, LindaLMT! I was just sure my hubby was going to like this. Not all things work out like you think. At least we tried something new.

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