How many calories in pork and sauerkraut
A plate of pork and sauerkraut has about 550 kcal.
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Pork and sauerkraut is New Year's Day dinner in Pennsylvania, Ohio and across Germany. A pork roast or shoulder is cooked slowly with the kraut until both fall apart.
A plate is about 550 kcal, with 35 g of protein, 20 g of carbs and 36 g of fat. The pork brings the protein and the fat, the sauerkraut barely counts.
A pig roots forward with its snout, so pork is meant to push you into the new year. Mashed potatoes usually sit next to it, and add their own.
Tips
- 1Pick a leaner cut like pork loin and trim the fat cap.
- 2Pile on more sauerkraut. It fills the plate for very little.
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Questions
Why eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day?
A pig roots forward, so it stands for moving ahead into the new year.
How many calories with mashed potatoes?
About 760 kcal with a side of mash at 210.
Is sauerkraut low in calories?
Very. Almost all of the 550 on the plate is the pork.
