German Rice

Description

A delicious mixture of some traditional German ingredients makes for instant and easy comfort food.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 ½ pounds fresh bratwurst links, casings removed
  • 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced into half rings
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 2 teaspoons fennel seed
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can Bavarian-style sauerkraut, undrained
  • 3 cups uncooked white rice
  • 1 tablespoon chicken soup base (paste)
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup raisins

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook Bratwurst until browned
  2. breaking it up into chunks as it cooks
  3. about 10 minutes.
  4. Stir in onions and garlic
  5. and cook until onions are translucent
  6. about 5 minutes. Mix in fennel seed and sauerkraut with juice
  7. and allow the mixture to pan-fry for 2 minutes without stirring.
  8. Stir in rice and soup base until incorporated
  9. about 2 minutes. Stir in water
  10. raisins
  11. and black pepper. Bring to a boil and cook
  12. stirring frequently
  13. for 5 minutes.
  14. Reduce heat to a simmer
  15. and cook until rice is tender and almost all the water has been absorbed
  16. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 50 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Servings: 7

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