Sausage, Potato, Sauerkraut Slow Cooked in the Crockpot Dinner Recipe

smoked sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Chicken sausage reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be made from scraps.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yukon gold potatoes

Sweet potatoes offer more nutrients.

Scrub the potatoes thoroughly, leaving the skins on.

Cut the potatoes lengthwise three times, then cut into bite-sized pieces.

Add the cut potatoes to a 6-quart crock pot.

Pour 2 cups of chicken broth over the potatoes.

Cut the smoked sausage into slices, using 13 oz total, and add it to the crock pot.

Chop one yellow onion into large chunks and add it to the crock pot.

Add the entire 32 oz jar of sauerkraut, juice included, to the crock pot.

Season with a pinch of salt, black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1/4 teaspoon onion powder.

Mix all ingredients together in the crock pot.

Cover the crock pot and cook on high for about 6 hours.

Check the potatoes for tenderness by twisting a fork into them; adjust cooking time if necessary.

Cooking Techniques

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