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Pork Roast with Sauerkraut

Even those who say “No!” to sauerkraut will love this specialty dish from family friend Betty Maxwell.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 8 to 10

Ingredients

2 pounds sauerkraut, undrained
1 4-pound Boston butt pork roast
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 375°F.

    Step 2

    Spread the sauerkraut and its liquid in the bottom of a 10 × 12 × 3-inch roasting pan. Push the pork roast down into the sauerkraut and sprinkle with the brown sugar.

    Step 3

    Cover the pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until the roast registers 170°F on a meat thermometer. Remove the meat to a platter and spoon the drained sauerkraut around the roast.

  2. From Gwen

    Step 4

    Betty loves to cook but doesn’t like to eat alone. (Who does?) I’m fortunate to be on her invitee list!

Reprinted with permission from Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood with Gwen Yearwood and Beth Yearwood Bernard. Copyright © 2008 by Trisha Yearwood. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Trisha Yearwood is a three-time Grammy-award winning country music star and the author of the bestselling cookbook Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen. She is married to megastar Garth Brooks.
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