Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut

Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut is an easy way to increase your natural probiotics to help strengthen your immune system!

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Sauerkraut may not be a recipe you’ve ever made or even possibly enjoy on a regular basis, but the benefits of fermented sauerkraut are truly beneficial and worth the time to make it. Sauerkraut is made by a process called lacto-fermentation. Basically on the surface of the cabbage is the healthy bacteria lactobacillus, which is also found in yogurt. This fermenting process transforms the cabbage into a very tasty and healthy side dish to any meal. While fermented food has lactobacillus it is not the same strain as found in Culturelle Probiotic. Sauerkraut is delicious, but you could never eat enough in a day to get the same probiotics as in one capsule of Culturelle.

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Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Calories: 14kcal

Author: Brenda Bennett | Sugar Free Mom

Cook ModePrevent your screen from going to sleep

Ingredients

• 1 small head cabbage or 2 pounds or 10 cups sliced
• 2 teaspoons kosher or pickling salt
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds

Instructions

• Discard outer leaves of the cabbage and cut out the core. Slice thinly.
• Place sliced cabbage in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt and caraway seeds.
• Squeeze the cabbage thoroughly for a good five minutes.
• Pack into Mason jars. Fit a smaller mason jar right onto the cabbage (make sure jar is clean) filled with baking stones or marbles.
• Use this smaller to push down cabbage every 30 minutes or use your fist.
• Try to keep cabbage submerged in the liquid juices.
• Cover both with cheesecloth and a rubber band.
• Press down mixture at least every hour for the first day.
• If after 24 hours the liquid has not risen add 1 cup of water mixed with 1 teaspoon of salt to the jar.
• Keep on counter our of direct sunlight.
• Taste cabbage in 3-5 days.
• If fermented and tasty for you, remove covering, remove smaller weighted mason jar and place in the refrigerator covered with a lid.

Notes

Net Carbs= 1.8*

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 14kcal | Carbohydrates: 3.2g | Protein: 0.8g | Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 292mg | Fiber: 1.4g | Sugar: 1.8g

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††Based on the number of Lactobacillus GG clinical studies, as of August 2014.

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