How to Make Sauerkraut (Easy DIY!)

Name: How to Make Sauerkraut (Easy DIY!)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 medium-small head green cabbage , at room temperature; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 1 lb wide mouth mason jar; fermentation lid helix weight; cocktail muddler or wooden spoon; 1/2 tsp caraway seed

15 mins

Total time

1

Serving

6

Ingredients

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Ingredients

medium-small head green cabbage , at room temperature

Tbspkosher salt

lbwide mouth mason jar

fermentation lid helix weight

cocktail muddler or wooden spoon

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tspcaraway seed

Directions

Step 1

Shred the cabbage. Place it in a large bowl and mix in the salt.

Step 2

Get your hands ready! Here’s the fun part: Massage the cabbage with your hands for 8 to 10 minutes until cabbage is limp and large amount of liquid is released (the liquid will be used in the jar during fermenting). The fermenting doesn’t change the texture of the cabbage, so you’ll need to massage until it’s the texture of sauerkraut. Take a break if your hands tire out! You’ll be amazed at how a huge bowl of cabbage turns into just a few cups of sauerkraut.

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