Crockpot Beer Brats And Sauerkraut Recipe 425 Food

BEER GLAZED BRATS AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Crush celery seeds and caraway seeds in a mortar and pestle until ground; set aside.
• Place bratwursts into a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Mix beer, brown sugar, dry mustard, onion powder, black pepper, dill weed, and crushed celery and caraway seeds in a bowl, stirring to dissolve brown sugar; pour over the brats. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Uncover and raise heat to medium; boil the sauce until it reduces to a thick, syrupy liquid, about 20 minutes. Tilt skillet to roll brats in the sticky sauce until thoroughly coated. Transfer sausage to a platter and keep warm. Cook and stir sauerkraut in the same skillet to mix in any leftover sauce, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer sauerkraut to a serving platter and top with cooked bratwurst.

SLOW COOKER BEER BRATS (CROCKPOT BEER BRATS)

Steps:

• Prep ingredients: Slice onions. Smash garlic. Layer onion and garlic in the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Heat oil in large skillet. Brown brats for about 1-2 minutes per side, just until browned. (They don't need to be cooked through!) Nestle brats on top of the onions and garlic.
• Combine beer, mustard and caraway seeds in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and pour over brats and veggies.
• Cook on high for 2 hours, or low for about 4 hours, or until brats are cooked through.

BRATS & SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• 1. Place raw brats in bottom of crockpot. Then layer (peeled, quartered lengthwise) russet potatoes on top of brats. Then layer bag baby carrots on top of potatoes. Then pour entire jar and liquid from jar of sauerkraut on top of carrots (the jar usually has more liquid, but you can used canned also).
• 2. Put the lid on the crockpot and cook for 4 hours. *Important, do not lift the lid during cooking, "you'll break the seal", according to my uncle :)
• 3. When ready to eat, you can slighlty mash the potato and carrots with your fork and topped with a little butter if desired, and then eat with brat and sauerkraut. My mouth was watering during the typing of this recipe...enjoy!

SIMPLE CROCK-POT BRATWURST DINNER

Steps:

• Place potatoes in the bottom of the crockpot, followed by onion.
• Place whole (not cut up!) bratwurst over top of the onion and potatoes.
• Spoon sauerkraut over bratwurst, and then pour water over the sauerkraut.
• Sprinkle with black pepper and parsley.
• Cover with crock pot lid and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• Serve with sour cream and/or mustard.

SLOW-COOKER BEER BRATS

Steps:

• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook bratwurst over medium-high heat, turning frequently, just until outsides are brown. Place in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Top with onion slices, garlic, butter, salt and pepper. Pour in beer.
• Cover and cook on High heat setting 4 hours or Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• Serve with sauerkraut and mustard.

SLOW-COOKER GERMAN BRATWURST

Steps:

• In batches, in a large nonstick skillet, brown bratwursts over medium-high heat. Transfer to a 7-qt. slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients., Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until a thermometer inserted in sausage reads at least 160°.

SARASOTA'S SO-CALLED CROCKPOT BEER BRATWURST & VEGGIES

Steps:

• Chop -- Simply cut the brats in 3 pieces each on a angle. Carrots, peel, again chop on a angle (I just like how it looks) in about 2" pieces. Onion, I use 2 large onions, rough chopped. Potatoes, small ones I leave whole, if they are large I will cut in half. Not too small or they get mushy.
• Crockpot -- Brats on the bottom with the carrots, then onions and topped with potatoes. Top all that with the sauerkraut.
• Sauce -- In a small bowl or measuring cup, add the butter and melt in the microwave for 10 seconds, remove and then add in the beer, mustard, bay leaf, 1 teaspoon black pepper and garlic. Pour over the brats and vegetables. Lay 3 springs of thyme right on top of the sauerkraut.
• Cook -- Crockpot - low 6-8 hours. My crock pot takes 7 hours, but every crockpot is different. You just want the potatoes and carrots to be tender. The brats will easily be done. Right at the end of cooking, check for seasoning. No salt was added, but the sauerkraut even though it was rinsed can be salty, so go easy. Besides you are serving a sauce with this dish which also has seasoning.
• Sauce -- This is a great compliment to this dish. You can always just serve it with some mustard, but I love this sauce served on each persons plate in a small side bowl for dipping or for pouring over the vegetables. It is similar to the consistency of gravy.
• Remove the cooking liquid to let it cool slightly before you add it to the sour cream so it does not break the sour cream. It will cool in just a few minutes. In a small bowl add the sour cream, horseradish, mustard, salt and pepper. It is a nice creamy spicy sauce to serve with the brats and vegetables. My Mom always adds more mustard to her portion, so just go by taste. I happen to love my horseradish sauce, so -- each person is unique in their own taste.

SLOW COOKER BEER BRATS

Steps:

• Combine onions, soy sauce, and sugar in bowl and microwave until just softened, about 5 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking. Spread onions and their liquid in bottom of slow cooker. Arrange bratwursts in single layer on top of onions.
• Whisk beer, mustard, and caraway seeds together in bowl and add to slow cooker. Cover and cook until bratwursts are tender, 6 to 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
• Transfer bratwursts to platter and tent loosely with aluminum foil. Stir sauerkraut into onion mixture in slow cooker and let sit until warmed through, about 5 minutes. Strain onion-­sauerkraut mixture through colander, discarding liquid, and transfer to serving bowl. Serve bratwursts on rolls, topped with onion-sauerkraut mixture and mustard.