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Slow Cooker Pork and Sauerkraut with Mashed Potatoes

Course: Dinner, Entree, Main Course
Cuisine: American, European

Ingredients

Pork & Sauerkraut

  • 4 lb pork roast
  • 64 oz sauerkraut
  • caraway seeds, to taste
  • ground sage, to taste
  • ground thyme, to taste
  • Italian seasoning, to taste
  • ground pepper, to taste
  • kosher salt, to taste

Mashed Potatoes

  • 5 lb Yukon Gold potatoes
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • kosher salt

Instructions

  • Place all of the pork and sauerkraut ingredients in the slow cooker.
  • Stir to combine. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
  • About an hour or so before pork and sauerkraut is done, make the mashed potatoes.
  • Wash, peel and roughly cube potatoes.
  • Place cubed potatoes in a large pot. Cover potatoes with water. Add kosher salt. Bring to a boil and cook for 25-30 minutes.
  • Once potatoes are tender, reserve about a cup or so of the potato water. The rest of the water can be drained.
  • Mash potatoes. Add stick of butter. Combine.
  • Gradually add potato water a splash a time until reach desired consistency. Taste and add salt if necessary.
  • Once roast is ready, shred. Serve pork and sauerkraut over mashed potatoes.