Go Back

Sauerkraut Soup

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course dinner, Soup
Cuisine American, German
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • cups Water
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 4 medium Potatoes peeled and cubed
  • ½ lb Pre-cooked Ham about 2 cups
  • 16 oz SauerKraut
  • ½ cup Onion chopped
  • 1 Tbsp Fresh Dill Weed or 1 tsp Dried Dill Weed
  • 2 tsp Minced Garlic
  • ¼ tsp Caraway Seeds
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • 1 Tbsp Flour
  • to taste Salt and Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Start by bringing water, salt and potatoes to a boil in a large soup pot. Cook the potatoes until you can easily poke a fork through them.
  • Once your potatoes are cooked, add in the ham, sauerkraut, chopped onion, garlic, dill and caraway. Bring back to a boil and then reduce to medium heat and cover. Simmer for 20 minutes.
  • While the soup is simmering; in a medium bowl combine the sour cream and flour mixing thoroughly.
  • Next take 1 cup of the hot soup and slowly stir it into the bowl with the sour cream mixture. Stir until it is blended well. Do this one more time giving you 2 cups of the hot soup/sour cream/flour mixture.
  • Pour the mixture into the SauerKraut Soup. DO NOT BOIL.
  • Season with Salt and Pepper to taste.
QR Code linking back to recipe