Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage
Gluten Free Living – 2025
I think Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage has become one of my favorite recipes! No kidding. This easy one-dish-meal consists of chicken sausage, bacon, potatoes, apples, sauerkraut and apple juice. The flavors are perfect – especially since you cook the whole of the recipe in bacon fat! It adds so much flavor and deliciousness to this easy dinner recipe.
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I tried out over 12 different recipes using kielbasa during the spring, but this one is the only one that also added bacon! Yum. It was one of my top three faves. I found some excellent options for healthier versions of smoked sausage. So many of the brands that make kielbasa or smoked sausage these days use such unhealthy, carcinogenic chemicals and by-products that I try to stay away from them as much as possible.
The original recipe called for “turkey” sausage, but I couldn’t find any healthy options. So I substituted chicken sausage instead. The recipe called for both flour and brown sugar. I removed those ingredients to try to keep the recipe gluten free and sugar free. I added an additional apple and used sweet apples instead of tart apples to achieve sweetness to contrast the tartness of the sauerkraut. Truly, I didn’t feel that the recipe needed flour to thicken it. And it certainly didn’t need any sugar! It was perfect with the few changes that I made.
For those of you, who like me, grew up eating sauerkraut, you’ll love this old-world recipe. Plus, it can be whipped up in about 40 minutes for a quick and easy dinner any time of the week. Pass the recipe on to your friends, it’s so, so good!
Seriously, I was drooling over every forkful of this Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage skillet recipe.
The bacon flavors the dish so delightfully!
The apples provide a sweet contrast to the sauerkraut. Yum.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium heat.
Drain bacon on a paper towel-lined plate. Cool bacon a few minutes before breaking into bite-size pieces.
Add onion to the bacon grease in the skillet and sauté a few minutes until onion is tender.
Add sliced chicken sausage, potatoes, apples and sauerkraut that’s been rinsed and drained.
Add caraway seeds and apple juice.
Stir to combine.
Cover with lid and cook about 30 minutes over low to medium heat; stir occasionally.
Crumble bacon over top of dish and serve.
Every forkful was irresistible.
The extra bacon made this main dish wonderfully savory.
I served Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage with Green Beans with Garlic Rosemary Butter.
Here’s the recipe.
SAUERKRAUT WITH CHICKEN SAUSAGE
(Recipe adapted from Taste of Home, Low Fat Country Cooking, pg. 160, “Sauerkraut ‘n’ Turkey Sausage”)
Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage
Equipment
- 1 large skillet with lid
- 1 colander
- 1 sharp knife
- 1 cutting board
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1 small onion chopped
- 32 oz. jar sauerkraut rinsed well and drained
- 1 lb. fully cooked chicken sausage cut in 1/4-inch slices (mine had sweet pepper and onion)
- 3 1/2 cups Yukon gold potatoes peeled and chunked
- 2 medium Gala apples unpeeled, cored, chunked
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 tbsp. caraway seeds
Instructions
- Fry bacon in a large skillet or Dutch oven until crisp cooked.
- Leave grease in pan.
- Drain bacon on a paper towel-lined plate.
- When cool, crumble bacon into bite sized pieces; set aside.
- In Dutch oven with bacon grease, sauté onion until tender.
- Add the sauerkraut, sausage, potatoes, apples and apple juice.
- Stir in caraway seeds.
- Simmer, covered with lid, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Sprinkle with bacon before serving.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
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Nutrition
We didn’t feel the original recipe needed any flour or brown sugar. The sweet apples provided sweetness and the recipe didn’t need any thickening.
We served this easy 40-minute meal with Green Beans with Garlic Rosemary Butter.
Sauerkraut with Chicken Sausage is an easy one-dish meal that can be ready to serve in about 40 minutes. It’s great for weeknight meals when you don’t have all day to cook!
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