Saurkraut with Mashed Potatoes

Here's what you will need below:

~Homemade Mashed Potatoes are used for this recipe, you can use your own favorite recipe or you can get my recipe for Homemade Mashed Potatoes by seeing the archived recipe post in the sidebar of my blog it's labeled  "Homemade Mashed Potatoes" or get to my recipe by simply clicking HERE and then scrolling down the page, you'll see that recipe.
~ You'll also need,  1 Can of Saurkraut (drained, but I don't drain all of the juices off of the saurkraut, I like to leave a little.  I drain the can just by leaving the opened lid of the can on the can and then simply draining the liquid off into the sink)
~3 Smoked Bacon Strips
~ 1/2 teaspoon Salt
~Sprinkled black pepper

Place bacon strips in medium saucepan, cook on med-high heat until there is some grease in the pan, but "not" until the bacon is crispy. Add slightly drained saurkraut, salt, and sprinkled pepper to the saucepan, then cover with water. Bring to a boil, then cover pan with lid, and reduce heat to low to med-low and cook for an hour or so.

Use a large spoon to spoon saurkraut and juices over homemade mashed pototoes.

Enjoy!

Special thanks to my sweet German Mother-In-Law, who has always cooked this during the holidays and she finally got me to try this a few years ago. I'm  glad I got brave and decided to give it a try.  I had been missing out on such a delicious combination of food...I'd never even wanted to try saurkraut before, and who'd have ever thought in a million years that mashed potatoes would be great with saurkraut? I sure would have never thought that I would like it, but I love it and it is one of my favorite dishes. I cook it all the time. I can thank her for giving me a love for this tasty side dish.
Though, I believe she uses a different pork meat in her recipe, I'm not sure about that, but I used bacon (if you've looked much at my recipes....I use bacon to season a lot of my vegetables and foods)  
Thanks again MIL for sharing your heritage and your love for Saurkraut.