Slow Cooker Beer Bratscooks Country Food

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.

SLOW-COOKER BEER BRATS(COOK'S COUNTRY)

Steps:

• 1. 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.
• 2. 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.
• 3. 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.

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°.

COUNTRY CAPTAIN FOR THE SLOW-COOKER

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet, season chicken and brown on both sides, about 10 minutes. Remove chicken to platter, let cool a bit, remove and discard skin. Put chicken in crockpot.
• Pour off all but 1 Tablespoon fat and cook onions and bell pepper with about 1/2 teaspoon salt until somewhat tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes and tomato paste and scrape up browned bits and cook and stir until slightly thickened and smooth, only about 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add chutney, garlic, curry powder, thyme, paprika and cayenne.
• Pour this mixture over chicken in crockpot.
• Cover and cook on low 5 hours.
• Stir before serving over white rice.
• Add coconut and sliced almonds on top. This is necessary for the most authentic taste of Country Captain!