Slow-Cook Potatoes, Onions, and Sausage for an Easy Comfort Meal

I got interested in this recipe accidentally scrolling by a media video. It actually was titled, Hot Dog Hash. Hey! I had a pack of wild pastured hot dogs hanging out in the freezer. Why not?

It’s almost too easy and sports a deep-down satiety. Think of it as a warm stacked potato salad.

After my first try, I’m in it to expand the options and offer you a quick way for a simple, homey dish.

INGREDIENTS: Also consider bacon, hamburger, Italian sausage, kielbasa, or other fatty protein. For a vegetarian version, opt for shiitake or mistake mushrooms

• hot dogs – 1 LB, half inch coins
• potatoes – 1 1/2 LBS, peeled, 1/2 inch cubes
• onion – 1 large, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Spray or brush slow cooker pot with oil
2. Add the potatoes in a single layer, followed by the onions, and finally the cut up protein
3. Cook on slow for about 3-4 hours, until potato and onion are tender, or cook on high for half the time
4. Taste the potato and onion for doneness and seasoning

ADD-INS: About halfway through, I added a 1/2 cup white wine, and 2 cups of sauerkraut without mixing it in. After cooking I added 1 TBS cider vinegar to sharpen the flavor

SIDE DISH: Serve with a crunchy coleslaw

TABLESIDE: Mustard, ketchup, and hot sauce with crusty bread

I peeled the Yukon potatoes, but that is optional

Wine and sauerkraut make this a version of Choucroute Garni, a French-German famous stew

ALTERNATE RECIPE: German Potato Salad

Add this marinade to create the classic sweet-sour German potato salad

• MARINADE
  • sugar – 4 tsp
  • vinegar – apple cider, 3 TBS
  • mustard – Dijon, 1 tsp
  • salt – 1 tsp
  • pepper – fresh ground, 1/2 tsp
  • celery seed – 1/2 tsp
• GARNISH:
  • parsley – 2 TBS, minced, or sage

At step 3 above, add the marinade after a couple hours, then the parsley or sage at the table

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