Easy Homemade Sauerkraut

Homemade sauerkraut is easy to make on your own using 5 simple ingredients and a food-grade plastic bucket. Eat on its own or on a sandwich.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 28 Calories

Ingredients

• water to cover
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
• 3 tablespoons sea salt
• 5 pounds cabbage, thinly sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix cabbage, onion, sea salt, and garlic together in a bowl. Firmly pack mixture into a large, clean, food-grade plastic bucket. The cabbage will start to make its own brine as the salt starts to draw out the water of the cabbage.

Step 2

Fill a large, clean, food-grade plastic bag with water and place over the salted cabbage mixture so none of the cabbage is exposed to air.

Step 3

Allow cabbage to ferment in a cool, dry place, 1 to 4 weeks (depending on how tangy you like your sauerkraut). The temperature of the room you ferment the sauerkraut in should not rise above 70 degrees F (21 degrees C).