Cheddar Bratwurst Soup Food

CHEESY BRATWURST SOUP

Steps:

• Add bratwurst to a large stockpot on medium-high heat and cook, breaking into large chunks until well browned, about 6-8 minutes.
• Remove sausage and add in the onions, carrots, and celery.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally until translucent.
• Add in the black pepper and flour, whisking well until no longer raw.
• Whisk in the whole milk and chicken broth slowly and cook until thickened and creamy, about 8-10 minutes.
• Add in cooked bratwurst and cheddar cheese, whisking well until creamy and melted.
• Top with jalapeno slices if desired. For more muted spice add the jalapenos in with the milk.

GRILLED BRATWURST, BEER, AND CHEDDAR SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and spread the coals evenly over entire surface of coal grate. Alternatively, set all the burners of a gas grill to high heat. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate.
• Arrange bratwurst in a 10-inch square disposable aluminum pan and pour in beer. Place tray on hot side of grill and cook until simmering, about 4 minutes. Slide to cooler side of grill. Cover grill with vents over the bratwurst. Cook with all vents open until sausages register 140 to 145°F on an instant-read thermometer, about 20 minutes, turning once halfway through cooking.
• Remove grill lid. Using tongs, remove bratwurst and place directly on cooking grates over hot side of grill. Cook, turning occasionally, until well browned and crisp, about 3 minutes total. Remove brats and beer pan from the grill. Chop brats into small pieces. Return meat to beer and reserve.
• In a large stockpot, melt butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and celery and cook, stirring, until starting to soften, about 4 minutes. Add bacon and continue to cook until browned. Stir in garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
• Stir in potatoes, roasted peppers, cayenne, dry mustard, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce. Raise heat to medium-high. Add reserved brat and beer mixture, along with chicken stock, heavy cream, and 1 cup of milk. In a small bowl, whisk remaining 1/2 cup of milk with flour, making sure there are no lumps. Add to soup and bring to a boil.
• Add cheeses, season with salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until soup is thickened and potatoes are pierced easily with a fork, about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve.

CHEESY BRATWURST AND BEER SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onion, celery, and carrot in olive oil in a large pot for 15 miutes, stirring occasionally.
• Sprinkle the flour over the veggies and let cook for a minute.
• Add the potatoes, stock, and beer and bring to a boil.
• Cook 15 minutes or so, until potatoes become tender.
• Add the spices and seasonings, milk and Worcestershire sauce.
• Remove from heat and stir in the cheese until it is melted.
• Ladle out about 2 cups of the veggies from the soup and puree them, and then pour them back inches.
• Turn the heat back on to low.
• Stir in the bratwurst and allow it to warm through.

CHEDDAR BRATZENKRAUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Spread sauerkraut into bottom of a 9-inch square glass baking dish.
• Stir reserved liquid from sauerkraut, brown mustard, brown sugar, celery seed, and black pepper together in a bowl; drizzle over sauerkraut. Arrange sausage slices in a layer over the sauerkraut and sauce. Loosely pile frozen french fries atop the sausage.
• Bake in preheated oven until the french fries are lightly browned, 20 to 30 minutes.

BRAT, BEER AND CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in soup pot over medium heat.
• Add onion, celery and carrots.
• Cook about 15 minutes or until tender, stirring every so often to keep from sticking.
• Stir in flour, cook about 1 minute.
• Add potatoes, stock and beer.
• Bring to a boil and cook 10- 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Add mustard powder, granulated garlic, salt and peppers.
• Combine milk and Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl.
• Stir into soup.
• Remove soup from heat.
• Add cheese, stirring until cheese is melted and smooth.
• Remove 2 cups of vegetables with some liquid and add to a blender or food processor.
• Puree.
• Stir back into the soup to give it nice body.
• Return to low heat and add sliced, cooked bratwurst.
• Cook until bratwurst is warm- about 5 minutes.

CHEESY BRAT STEW FOR THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Place the bratwurst, potatoes, minced onion, green beans, red pepper, Cheddar cheese, mushroom soup and water into a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on medium for 3 hours, or until potatoes are fork-tender.

BRATWURST SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook and crumble bratwurst with onion and carrot over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; drain. , Stir in beans, jalapeno, pepper and broth; bring to a boil. Whisk together flour and 1/2 cup milk until smooth; stir into soup. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir in remaining milk. Add cheese; cook and stir over low heat until melted.