Beer Brats

A summer staple these Beer Brats are a delicious and super easy staple that is made with simple ingredients, feeds a crowd and is completely addicting.

When it comes to brats, these Beer Brats are a staple in our house during the summer months. They are super easy, absolutely flavorful and use minimal ingredients, one of our favorite grilling recipes of all time!

Lets be honest beer and brats go amazing together but separate. But when you add them together in one pan, you are just asking for deliciousness.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• Grilling brats and cooking in beer and onions make the brats absorb not only moisture but flavor from both the onions and beer themselves, making it a wonderful flavor combination.
• Cooking onions in beer and brown sugar breaks them down and caramelizes them making them the perfect topping to an already delicious brat.
• With this recipe, you don’t even need toppings such as ketchup or mustard because the flavor is so intense by itself that adding condiments isn’t even necessary if you don’t want.

When we have parties during the summer and I ask my friends and family what they want it will always be Beer Brats. They say that I make the best Beer Brats around, which I mean it’s such a simple recipe yet so many people haven’t even heard of it.

We are huge into grilling and make many different meals on the grill over the summer months, but this one trumps them all the majority of the time. We love a good brat recipe that’s for sure!

HOW TO MAKE BEER BRATS, STEP BY STEP:

Preheat your grill to medium high heat, add your brats to a large serving tray and then bring out and place on grill and grill brats until cooked (or almost cooked) through and nice grill marks are present (Photos 1-3).

Next, melt butter in large pan (large enough to easily fit 10 or so brats). Then add your onions and cook until they are just translucent (Photos 4-6).

Once onions are translucient add in brown sugar and stir to coat onions and it looks melted and like caramel (Photos 7 & 8).

Add your brats to your pan and then pour with beer to almost cover, place lid on top of pan and cook on medium heat for about 30 minutes until beer is reduced and onions are caramelized (Photos 9 & 10).

Now this recipe may seem long and I know some people will wonder why you want to go the extra step after gilling and putting them in a pan to cook longer, trust me just do it and you will find out why.

There is no brat recipe that really compares to the flavors in these brats, there are a lot of different variations out there that people love but this one is our favorite hands down.

BEST BEER FOR BEER BRATS:

This is actually a debatable question, everyone has their favorite beer to drink, but it may not be the best beer to cook with. 

I have had readers say that they really like using PBR as their go-to beer of choice, while we aren’t picky and usually we just use what we have on hand, a darker beer yields better flavor in our opinion.

We used to use a brand called Firehouse, which was an amber and the most amazing beer for these brats, and we religiously used it until we were unable to find it anymore. 

Avoid using an IPA because the bitterness of the beer comes out in the brats themselves. But I mean essentially any beer will do, but with these brats, splurging a little to get a better beer is absolutely worth it!

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• Grill your brats before placing in beer to cook.
• You can poke holes in your brats to soak up more of the flavor of the beer, but this also causes the brats to “explode and tear” but that may not matter to some.
• You don’t need any extra condiments for these if you don’t want, the flavor of the onions on top of themselves is just what you need, but if you choose condiments a great dijon or jack Daniels mustard is amazing.
• Invest in a good darker beer like an amber for this recipe, it makes a world of difference.
• Cover your brats while boiling in liquid, then remove cover to let liquid reduce and caramelize at the end.

If you want that perfect summer recipe then you need to look no further than these Easy Beer Brats, you won’t be disappointed, I promise!

If you like grilling you might also like:

• Mojo Shrimp Kabobs
• Lemon Pepper Chicken
• Loaded Hot Dogs

 
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Beer Brats

A summer staple these Beer Brats are a delicious and super easy staple that is made with simple ingredients, feeds a crowd and is completely addicting.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 brats

Calories: 385kcal

Author: Tornadough Alli

Ingredients

• ▢ 8-10 brats , grilled
• ▢ 4 Tbs butter
• ▢ 2 medium onions , sliced
• ▢ 4 Tbs brown sugar
• ▢ 1 1/2 (12 oz) bottles dark beer
• ▢ 10 Buns

Instructions

• Preheat grill to medium-high and grill brats until done or almost done.
• Remove to plate and set aside.
• In large skillet melt butter and add your onions and cook until translucent.
• Stir in your brown sugar and then place your brats on top.
• Pour your beer over and cover pan.
• Simmer for about 30-45 minutes or until beer reduces down and onions are caramelized.

Notes

1. Grill your brats before placing in beer to cook.
2. You can poke holes in your brats to soak up more of the flavor of the beer, but this also causes the brats to "explode and tear" but that may not matter to some.
3. You don't need any extra condiments for these if you don't want, the flavor of the onions on top of themselves is just what you need, but if you choose condiments a great dijon or jack Daniels mustard is amazing.
4. Invest in a good darker beer like an amber for this recipe, it makes a world of difference.
5. Cover your brats while boiling in liquid, then remove cover to let liquid reduce and caramelize at the end.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 385kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 707mg | Potassium: 291mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 140IU | Vitamin C: 2.2mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 1.8mg

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