Jota 🍲 Primorska Sauerkraut–Bean 🇸🇮 (Slovenian Jota) | Granny Zen Kitchen

Ingredients

• 🫒 Olive oil (or pork fat): 30 ml (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🧅 Onion, fine dice: 200 g (1⅓ cups / 7 oz)
• 🧄 Garlic, minced: 8 g (2 cloves / 0.3 oz)
• 🥓 Smoked pancetta or bacon, small cubes (optional): 120 g (¾ cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🫘 Cooked beans (borlotti/cannellini), drained: 400 g (2½ cups / 14 oz)
• 🥔 Potatoes, 2 cm chunks: 600 g (4 cups / 1.3 lb)
• 🥬 Sauerkraut, rinsed and squeezed: 700 g (4½ cups / 24.7 oz)
• 💧 Stock or water: 1–1.2 l (4–5 cups)
• 🌿 Bay leaves: 2
• 🌰 Caraway seeds (classic): 1 g (½ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🌶️ Sweet paprika (optional): 2 g (1 tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🧂 Salt: to taste (≈10 g / 1¾ tsp)
• ⚫ Black pepper: 1 g (½ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🍎 Apple cider vinegar (adjust sourness): 5–10 ml (1–2 tsp / 0.17–0.34 fl oz)
• Optional thickener
• 🧈 Butter or oil: 15 g (1 tbsp / 0.5 oz)
• 🌾 Flour: 8 g (1 tbsp / 0.28 oz)