Bought some Italian style chicken parm brats at the farmers market. Been smoking brats lately. Wondering if I should braise them in beer or something instead.
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Personally, I like to smoke brats like you would smoke sausage in Texas ..... just go nice and slow, lots of smoke, until 165 .... delish
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I’ll be honest, Meatheads recipe for beer brats has become my favorite.
Bratwurst are the signature food of Wisconsin and here's the recipe for creating perfect Touchdown Tailgate Brats simmered in beer and then grilled. The beauty of this recipe is that you can make the sauce at home, chill everything, and then finish the brats at the game during your next tailgating adventure.
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In a stock pot, put in several cut up onions (sliced in rings), 1 stick of butter and fill with beer ( Old Style or PBR). Put in Brats and bring to a simmer (don't boil) for about an hour. Cook on the cool side just enough to get grill marks and slightly brown then put back in the warm beer mixture to hold.
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Here's a recipe I've used several times. Love it. Not a lot different than MH's recipe. It is missing a few thinly sliced onions, which I usually add.
​​​https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/22...nd-sauerkraut/
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Originally posted by CRO View PostIn a stock pot, put in several cut up onions (sliced in rings), 1 stick of butter and fill with beer ( Old Style or PBR). Put in Brats and bring to a simmer (don't boil) for about an hour. Cook on the cool side just enough to get grill marks and slightly brown then put back in the warm beer mixture to hold.
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If you're a fan of saurkraut and mustard, give J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's recipe a try, it's great. Process is similar to MH and others, has great flavor with the beer and whole grain mustard. I add onions...
http://www.seriouseats.com/amp/recip...ut-recipe.html
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I like to saute a chopped onion and a batch of sweet peppers in butter until everything is soft, then add a couple of bottles of good brown ale (Fat Tire here in Colorado) in which to braise the brats for 20 minutes or so. The brats get finished on the grill and the onion/pepper concoction (with a bit of salt and pepper added) is used as a topping.
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Ya know the saying if "ya boil ribs" & the terrorist thing. Well if’n Ya put yer brats in water ya just might be a weenie. And ya know what happens to weenies.
Early on ecowper said low & slow, coupled with OSB of searin is cookin it like John Wayne did in his movies, yeah! Then ya eat em.
FireMan, from cheese & brat country, over & out.
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