Sunday, May 26, 2013

My Mama's German Pork Chops

What is the one dish that your Mama always makes that you absolutely love?  Mine was her German Pork Chops.  This is the dish I always wanted for my birthday dinner or for a Sunday dinner. 
When I was dating my husband I called her up and asked her for the recipe because I wanted him to love this dish as much as I did.  The only piece of paper I could find in my future husbands place was a receipt so I wrote it down on the receipt. 
About a year and a half after we married, my Mama passed away unexpectedly.  I would never again taste her cooking.  However, I was excited that I had the recipe, or so I thought.  I had misplaced the receipt!  I was devastated.  I asked everyone I knew if Mama had given them the recipe, I scoured her recipe books and hand written notes.  It was lost! 
It has been almost three years since she passed and last winter I decided to go through some papers to shred.  I looked at each and every paper coming out of the box. Lo and behold I came across that receipt that I had written on four years ago.  Now I want to share the recipe with everyone else.  Hope you enjoy!



1 package of pork chops (you can use boneless)
2 small onions (diced)
1 regular sized can of sauerkraut per every three pork chops
2 cups of brown sugar (golden brown)
garlic
pepper
olive oil

Place olive oil in a pan and sear the pork chops for about a minute on high heat.  Drain the sauerkraut. Cut up the onions.  Place all the ingredients into a crock pot with sauerkraut on top.  Cook for 7 to 8 hours on low.