Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2012

This was really good. I made some adjustments and additions like others suggested and the whole family really enjoyed. I drained one 2lb bag of sauerkraut and than combined the drained and the un drained bag in the crock pot added about a teaspoon or so of caraway seeds and mixed together. Removed about half the sauerkraut to make room for the pork roast that I seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder then seared off in cast iron pan with olive oil. Placed the roast in crock pot added back the rest of the sauerkraut along with ¾ of a dark beer. Cooked for 6 hours and added a handful of baby carrots a small can of white potatoes and the kielbasa. Cooked for an additional 2 hours. Served with spicy brown mustard and a fresh loaf of rye bread.

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cullinanpat

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

I love sour kraut and kiebasa and tried this two years in a row for large gatherings. I tried many tricks recommended to give it pizazz and it again ended up dry and bland. Used the dry pork with some BBQ sauce a second day as guests preferred the spicy & sweet rub recipe found on this site. Pass this up for a crowd pleaser in fortunately. Everyone enjoyed huge sauer kraut and kiebasa though!

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Gayle from Georgia

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2012

In crock pot, I layered 1 1lb bag saurkraut + 1T caraway seeds + 3.5 boneless pork roast + 2 Granny Smiths, cored and thickly sliced + 1lb kielbasa cut into 2-3" pieces, put along each side of pork roast + 1 bag saurkraut + 1T caraway seeds. Put it on low and let it go for 6 hours. Simple! Delish! Mashed potatoes and black eyed peas = Happy and Healthy New Year, America!

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Living In: Millsboro, Delaware, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2012

My Fiance and I made this for our New Years Eve dinner. It was amazing. We followed your directions to the letter. I don't believe I've ever tasted kielbasa or pork that was so succulent. Thank you so much for posting this recipe.

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BPerkey

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2012

I made this for New Years dinner & it was excellent! The pork was tender and the flavors were wonderful. I did add half a beer & I also didn't have any kielbasa, but next time I will make sure I have some.

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Brooksy

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

Excellent recipe, but I think the cooking time is a little off for the Kielbasa. You can add the kielbasa right at the end, maybe the last hour, just to heat through. There's no need to cook it the entire time if you get the precooked kind, and if you do it'll end up like mush. I subed the roast for some pork chops just becase they don't need to cook as long and there were only 2 of us eating this. I seared them and then added them with the kielbasa near the end. I also threw in a box of frozen perogies when there was about 30 mins left of cook time. Served the kielbasa and pork on sandwichs with sauerkraut and perogies on the side...YUM!

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DeanaNicole

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2011

Our family makes this using pork ribs, caraway seeds, cut potatoes, some cut apple. I usually take some kraut and kielbasi out and put it on a thick bun, with yellow mustard. The rest goes on a plate. Maybe some apple juice if you don't like it so sour.

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gregz

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2011

My Hubby is from central Pennsylvania also so we have a version of this dish for New Years. The only thing I do different is add minced onion and caraway seeds.

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