Chicago Bear Sausage Recipes

BEARS BRAT

Bears Brat image

Provided by Jeff Mauro, host of Sandwich King

Time 35m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 cans lager beer, such as Pabst Blue Ribbon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
8 fresh bratwursts
8 fresh hot dog buns, toasted
Beer Cheese Sauce, recipe follows
2 cups sauerkraut, drained
Dijon mustard, for topping
1 to 2 tablespoons pickled jalapenos, chopped
12 ounces pasteurized cheese product, cubed, such as Velveeta
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup reserved beer braising liquid, plus more as needed

Steps:

Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.
Add the apples, onions, beer salt and pepper in a medium pot or Dutch oven. Simmer until the apples and onions soften, a few minutes. Add in the brats and simmer until cooked through, about 10 minutes, turning once. Remove the brats from the liquid and reserve the beer braising liquid.
Brown the brats on the grill, covering with a metal bowl if using a grill pan, until you get nice grill marks on all sides, 5 to 6 minutes.
Place the brats on the buns and drizzle with some of the Beer Cheese Sauce. Top with the sauerkraut, some mustard and the jalapenos.
Add the cheese and mustard to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until melted and smooth. Add the beer braising liquid and stir to combine. Add more braising liquid if the sauce is too thick; the sauce should be velvety.

BEST EVER SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS, ONIONS, AND BEER!

Best Ever Sausage with Peppers, Onions, and Beer! image

This is an excellent recipe I came up with one day. Serve with some nice Italian bread, and a bottle of your favorite beer.

Provided by Robert M. Catalano

Categories 100+ Everyday Cooking Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
3 pounds Italian sausage links
3 red bell peppers, sliced
2 green bell peppers, sliced
2 large red onions, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 (12 fluid ounce) bottles beer
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
3 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons hot sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large heavy skillet over medium high heat. Cook sausage until browned on all sides. Remove sausage from pan, and set aside. Pour in 1 bottle of beer to deglaze the pan, scraping up any blackened bits from the bottom. Place the red peppers, green peppers, onions and garlic in the pan. Stir in the remaining beer and the tomato paste. Season with oregano, cilantro, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Cover, and simmer until onions and peppers are tender. Slice the sausages into bite size pieces, and add to the peppers. Cover, and simmer until sausage is cooked through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 724.2 calories, Carbohydrate 27.3 g, Cholesterol 89.3 mg, Fat 50 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 33.4 g, SaturatedFat 16 g, Sodium 2249 mg, Sugar 10.3 g

HOMEMADE BULK ITALIAN SAUSAGE, CHICAGO STYLE

Homemade Bulk Italian Sausage, Chicago Style image

After having lived in Chicago for over 25 years, I crave Italian sausage and of course it is not available in Denmark, so I have adapted this recipe from one I found on grouprecipes.com. This is excellent to use on deep dish Chicago style pizzas and it also freezes well.

Provided by Dan-Amer 1

Categories Pork

Time 15m

Yield 3 pizzas, 3 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 1/2 teaspoons paprika
2/3 teaspoon garlic powder
2/3 teaspoon fennel seed
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 lb ground lean pork

Steps:

Blend together all of the ingredients with the exception of the ground pork until they are thoroughly and uniformly mixed.
With your clean hands blend the mixture of seasonings into the ground pork until it is well and uniformly blended inches
Place the sausage in the refrigerator overnight in a covered container so that the flavors can blend before use.
When I make I usually use 1/3 of it rather quickly on a deep dish pizza and freeze the rest for later use.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 412.8, Fat 32.6, SaturatedFat 12, Cholesterol 109.1, Sodium 1250.4, Carbohydrate 2.9, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 0.3, Protein 26.2

HOMEMADE ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Homemade Italian Sausage image

One of my earliest and most vivid food memories was when my uncle Bill would make his famous dried Italian sausage every Christmas Eve. They'd be fried after Midnight Mass and served on bread with roasted red peppers. This fresh version was inspired by those. If you can manage not to eat them right away, letting them dry for a day or two really deepens the flavor, and firms up the texture as well, in true Uncle Billy fashion.

Provided by Chef John

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian

Time P1DT9h30m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

3 pounds pork shoulder
4 cloves garlic
1 ounce kosher salt, divided
2 tablespoons whole fennel seeds, toasted
1 teaspoon anise seed
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
½ teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon ground mustard
¼ teaspoon ground allspice berries
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoons cold water
sausage casing, soaked in water until soft

Steps:

Cut pork shoulder into cubes. Place in a bowl and refrigerate while preparing the other ingredients.
Grind garlic with a pinch of salt in a mortar to make a paste. Add fennel, anise, and black pepper. Bruise spices lightly with a pestle to release the flavors. Add red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, oregano, marjoram, coriander, mustard, allspice, sugar, and a splash of water. Stir to combine.
Add the spice paste to the pork cubes. Mix thoroughly by hand. Add the remaining salt. Cover and refrigerate until flavors meld, 8 hours to overnight.
Process the cold pork through a meat grinder on the slowest speed.
Push a casing onto the stuffing tube of your meat grinder. Feed the sausage meat through the filling tray. Run the meat through the casing on the slowest speed until all the casing is used up. Tie casing at the end into a knot. Pinch and twist the meat to create links if desired.
Place sausage onto a wire rack set over a sheet pan. Refrigerate uncovered for 24 hours.
Preheat a charcoal grill for medium heat. Separate the links and grill them until browned, about 5 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 194.4 calories, Carbohydrate 4.2 g, Cholesterol 74.4 mg, Fat 10.4 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 20.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 1464.5 mg, Sugar 1.7 g