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Sauerkraut and Pork

A hearty stew of pork and sauerkraut cooked with onions, paprika, tomatoes, bay leaves, and finished with sour cream.

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Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Sauerkraut and Pork

Timeabout one hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the stew

  1. Brown the meat and onion (in lard or oil if needed) in a pot with lid.

  2. Add the paprika to the meat and onion mix, stir to mix in (do not burn).

  3. Put in the drained sauerkraut, crushed tomatoes, bay leaves and sugar, then mix.

  4. Cover pot.

  5. Cook slowly for about one hour, or until meat is tender.

Finish and serve

  1. Add the sour cream and stir it in.

  2. Serve in soup plates, with good crusty bread, a meal fit for the Kaiser.

  3. The aroma will make your mouthwater.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

699Calories
46 gProtein
42 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sauerkrautnot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pork + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pork
Provides the meat that becomes tender during slow cooking.
Sauerkraut
Adds sourness and tang that balances the sweet paprika and rich pork.
Hungarian sweet paprika
Gives the stew its characteristic red color and sweet, smoky flavor.
Crushed tomato
Adds acidity and moisture that builds the body of the stew.
Sour cream
Stirred in at the end to add richness and a mellow tang.

The step that matters

Add the paprika to the meat and onion mix. Paprika scorches easily at high heat and turns bitter, so it should be stirred in briefly over low heat, off the direct flame if needed, before the liquids go in.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, meat, tomato, sugar, cream, yogurt, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, meat, tomato, sugar, cream, yogurt, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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