Meathead's Homemade Brat Recipe Pleases

[mrteddyprincess]

Updated: Troutman correctly pointed out that Chef Ryan gets credit for this recipe.

We had the eclipse party/meat-up at my house on Monday, and I made brats the day before.

I've tried a lot of brat recipes, and I went back to Meathead's recipe to try it again.

It's on the free side here: https://amazingribs.com/tested-recip...twurst-recipe/

I had Sid P and Draznnl at my house. They are Chicago guys. I got a thumbs up from both of them on the brats.

It really is a special combination that is going there. My buddy, Dave, (you guys know Dave), tried them and loved them too. If you make sausage, try this recipe. It's noteworthy.

Brian

[Oakgrovebacon]

Those look great, I need to try this.

[Sid P]

I’ve been eating brats my whole life, and these were superb. I don’t know if it was the spice mixture, the freshly ground pork, or a combination of those and other factors, but they were wonderful.

[58limited]

Been wanting to make brats, gotta try Meathead 's recipe.

[Troutman]

I’m sure Meathead likes the accolades but I think the recipe is by Chef Ryan.

[mrteddyprincess]

Good point, Sir.

[Meathead]

Yep!

[mrteddyprincess]

Chef Ryan outdid himself.

[TripleB]

Brian, you did not want to emulsify the meat? Was there a reason? I make sausage 2-3 times a year and just wondering why for my own edification.

Sausages look great. How did you cook them?

[mrteddyprincess]

TripleB that's a great question. I took a sausage-making class and we made brats without emulsifying the meat. So when I say I followed this recipe, I guess what I really should have said is that I followed the spice combination mentioned in the recipe. I didn't read it closely enough to notice that the recipe calls for emulsifying. Now I'm going to have to make more brats and make a comparison between emulsifying and not. B

[mrteddyprincess]

I boiled them stove top in Guiness and then cooked over direct charcoal on the PK to get some color.

[hoovarmin]

Impressive! I have never done this before but I sure would like to.

[mrteddyprincess]

Call, me, Dave, and let's talk sausage making! B

[barelfly]

I highly recommend it!

[hoovarmin]

Will do Brian!

[jfmorris]

Well dang! Those look great!

Now I gotta think of buying sausage casings and doing this with my little Kitchenaide grinder...

[mrteddyprincess]

I had a KA grinder that worked pretty well, no complaints. But the first time I tried using the stuffer function, I fought it for about 45 minutes, put the meat back in the fridge, and drove to Cabella's to buy the sausage stuffer seen above. So if you find the KA stuffer too slow, you're not alone in that opinion. B

[Jfrosty27]

A review from bratwurst country: Damn!
Let’s eat!!!! 😊👏👌