Goetta
Goetta is a meat-and-grain sausage or mush of German inspiration that is popular in the greater Cincinnati/northern Kentucky area. It’s a German breakfast sausage that blends the textures and flavors of pork, beef, whole grain steel-cut oats, fresh onions and spices.
Goetta
Goetta is a meat-and-grain sausage or mush of German inspiration that is popular in the greater Cincinnati/northern Kentucky area. It’s a German breakfast sausage that blends the textures and flavors of pork, beef, whole grain steel-cut oats, fresh onions and spices.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours 50 minutes
- Total Time: 5 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: Breakfast & Brunch
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Midwestern
Ingredients
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- 1 pound ground round
- 1 pound Bob Evans Zesty Pork Sausage
- 6 cups water
- 4 bay leaves
- Pinch of pepper
- 1 tablespoon kosher or sea salt
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 1/2 cups steel-cut oats
Instructions
- Put water, salt and pepper into a slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 20 minutes.
- Add oats and cook on HIGH for 1 1/2 hours.
- Mix meat well and add to slow cooker with onion and bay leaves.
- Cook on LOW for 3 hours.
- Uncover and, if not thick enough, cook longer, stirring often. Remove bay leaves.
- Pour into greased bread pans and cool.
- Refrigerate until ready to fry.
- Slice the Goetta into 1/2 inch patties. Making sure they do not touch each other (to be sure they will not stick together), place the patties in a nonstick skillet that has been preheated to a medium temperature, 350 degrees F. Let it cook for about 6 minutes, allowing the first side to brown completely.
- Flip, and brown the other side until crisp and golden brown.
Nutrition
- Calories: 98
- Sodium: 15
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 11
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 6
- Cholesterol: 12
