Ground Beef Sauerkraut Soup Food

GROUND BEEF AND SAUERKRAUT SOUP

Steps:

• In heavy frying pan, heat 1 tsp. olive oil, add ground beef and brown well, breaking into small pieces with turner. This will take as much as ten minutes but don't rush the browning step.
• While ground beef browns, combine chicken stock, beef stock, canned tomatoes with juice, sauerkraut with juice, sweetener of your choice, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, parsley and sage in large stock pot. Bring to a low simmer.
• When beef is well browned, add to soup in pot. Deglaze pan with a bit of the soup liquid, scraping off any browned bits, and add to soup.
• Wipe out frying pan and add other 1-2 tsp. olive oil. Saute onions 2-3 minutes, until starting to soften, then add garlic and saute 1-2 minutes more.
• Add to soup, reduce heat under soup pot and let soup simmer at low heat about one hour.
• After an hour, taste for seasoning and add water if soup seems too strong. Simmer 15 minutes more if adding water.
• Season to taste with fresh-ground black pepper (and a little salt if desired) before serving. Serve hot, with sour cream if desired.

GRANDMA PAT'S SAUERKRAUT HOTDISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef, salt, pepper, and onion salt. Cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Combine beef mixture with cream of chicken soup and sauerkraut in a small casserole dish. Add noodles and water; stir to combine.
• Bake in the preheated oven until noodles are tender yet firm to the bite and casserole is heated through, about 1 hour.

SWISS SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Cook and drain noodles as directed on package.
• While noodles are cooking, cook beef, onion, salt and pepper in 10-inch skillet, over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain.
• In ungreased 3-quart casserole, mix noodles, beef mixture, sauerkraut, soup and 1 cup of the cheese.
• Bake uncovered 45 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese. Bake uncovered 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with red onion.

BEEF AND SAUERKRAUT SOUP

Steps:

• Brown beef shanks on all sides in mixture of heated butter and oil in a 6-quart Dutch oven. Mix in onions and carrot, stirring until limp. Add garlic, sauerkraut, water, tomatoes and their liquid, pepper and bay leaf. Bring to boiling, reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 3 hours or until meat is very tender.
• Remove beef shanks with a slotted spoon. Discard bones and any fat. Return meat to soup in chunks. (At this point, soup may be covered and chilled until ready to serve; skim fat, if necessary).
• Reheat soup to serving temperature. Taste and add salt, if needed.
• Top with sour cream, if desired.

SAUERKRAUT-BEEF BAKE

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. , In a greased 2-qt. baking dish, combine the beef, sauerkraut, rice, soup, water and soup mix. Add mushrooms if desired. Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until heated through.