How to Make Easy Homemade Sauerkraut - A Step-by-Step Guide

Homemade sauerkraut is a tasty and healthy addition to any meal. It's surprisingly easy to make and requires only a few simple ingredients. Unlike store-bought sauerkraut, which is often pasteurized and may lack the beneficial probiotics found in fermented foods, making your own sauerkraut at home ensures that you're getting all the gut-friendly goodness of naturally fermented cabbage.

Making sauerkraut at home is a time-honored tradition that has been passed down through generations,...

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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

Information

  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Additional Time: 7 days
  • Total Time: 7 days 25 mins
  • Servings: 24
  • Yield: 3 pounds of sauerkraut

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Nutrition

    28 cal.

    • Total Fat: 0g
    • Sodium: 678mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 7g
    • Dietary Fiber: 3g
    • Total Sugars: 3g
    • Protein: 1g
    • Vitamin C: 35mg
    • Calcium: 41mg
    • Iron: 8mg
    • Potassium: 182mg