Brats For You Or Two Recipes

BRATS--OUR STYLE

My husband and I used to boil brats in beer in the house before grilling, but have discovered that this method keeps them juicier and keeps the house from smelling like a brewery! Living in Wisconsin, we make these often during the summer and also a few times during the winter, when it's much less convenient to grill! We've been making all our brats this way for the past two or three years. We normally buy the large three pound packages of Johnsonville brats early in the summer and stock the freezer when the price is right, but this will certainly work for any other brat as well! Our children, ages 4 and 5, prefer these to hot dogs hands-down, and will sometimes each devour two of them in one meal! We like to serve these with corn on the cob, foil potato packets, grilled zucchini, or any other vegetable we can grill while the brats simmer! This is listed as 12 servings because there are 12 brats, but most people enjoy at least two brats!

Provided by SrtaMaestra

Categories Meat

Time 1h10m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

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Steps:

Grill the brats on your BBQ grill over medium heat, turning occasionally and monitoring carefully so that you don't split the skins. We like ours a little on the darker side, but grill to your own preference. This typically takes us about 15 minutes.
Pour two of the bottles of beer into a 9 x 13 cake pan, and place on the grill (We use an old one that we're not worried about staining or anything, but the disposable foil ones would work as well if you don't want to ruin a good pan).
Add onions, garlic, and brats to the cake pan.
Add as much of the third bottle of beer as possible, leaving a little room at the top so it won't boil over.
Simmer on the grill while cooking the veggies or anything else for your meal on the other side of the grill. Start out at medium heat, and adjust down as necessary to avoid cooking too hard and splitting the brats open. They should just simmer lightly for 30-45 minutes for great flavor. Add additional beer as necessary. We usually boil until the beer is almost gone, but do not allow to boil completely dry!
Remove the brats from liquid to serve as needed, allowing remaining brats to 'hang out' and stay hot in the liquid until needed. Serve on buns with desired toppings and garnishes. My favorite is with ketchup and mustard and cold sauerkraut, but my husband likes pickles or relish on his, and the kids are content with just ketchup, sometimes with a bun, sometimes without.
Leftover brats reheat well if you do so slowly in the microwave. 100% power will blow them up, so procede with caution and use appropriate settings for your microwave.
Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 540.6, Fat 35, SaturatedFat 11.8, Cholesterol 83.9, Sodium 1169.4, Carbohydrate 28.7, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 3.1, Protein 20.2

Ingredients

3 lbs bratwursts, raw, not precooked (the Johnsonville packs contain 12 brats)
3 (12 ounce) bottles beer (We use bud light, but feel free to adjust to whatever you have in the fridge(even old beer works!)
1 onion, sliced and separated into rings (1 large)
1 -2 tablespoon minced garlic (We usually used the preminced garlic in a jar)
12 buns (could be anything from inexpensive hot dog buns to bakery brat buns (the wheat ones are delicious!)
mustard (hot or cold) or sauerkraut (hot or cold)

BRATWURST POTATO SKILLET FOR TWO

My husband's grandmother came from Germany, so I was inspired to keep the German cooking traditions going in our family. This skillet dinner is one of the dishes she made. -Lucy Bradshaw New Bern, North Carolina

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

Bratwurst Potato Skillet for Two image

Steps:

In a heavy skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add the potatoes; cover and cook for 6 minutes or until browned and crisp-tender, stirring occasionally., Add bratwurst, onion and green pepper. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until meat is heated through and vegetables are crisp-tender., Combine the soy sauce, orange juice, basil, salt and pepper; add to the skillet. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer or until meat and vegetables are evenly coated.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 492 calories, Fat 36g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 51mg cholesterol, Sodium 1697mg sodium, Carbohydrate 25g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 17g protein.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 medium red potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices
2 fully cooked bratwurst links, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 small onion, chopped
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon orange juice
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper