Sheboygan Style Beer Soaked Brats Recipes

SHEBOYGAN-STYLE BEER-SOAKED "BRATS"

Steps:

• In a large deep heavy skillet stir together beer, mustard, and ketchup.
• Cut 1 onion into thick slices and add to beer mixture.
• Bring beer mixture to a boil and in it simmer bratwursts, uncovered, turning occasionally, 20 minutes.
• Prepare gill.
• Remove bratwursts from beer mixture, discarding beer mixture. Cut remaining 3 onions into thick slices, keeping slices intact.
• Grill bratwursts with onion slices on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning onions once, until bratwursts are cooked through and golden brown and onions are cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Put a pair of "brats," cut in half lengthwise and stacked, on each roll.
• Top brats with grilled onion, pickles, and mustard.

BEER BRATS

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat. When hot, lightly oil grate.
• Combine the beer and onions in a large pot; bring to a boil. Submerge the bratwurst in the beer; add the red pepper flakes, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and cook another 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the bratwurst from the beer mixture; reduce heat to low, and continue cooking the onions.
• Cook the bratwurst on the preheated grill, turning once, 5 to 10 minutes. Serve with the beer mixture as a topping or side.

SHEBOYGAN GRILLED BRATS

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil grate.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir the sliced onions for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender and translucent. Add the chopped garlic and cook, stirring, for an additional 2 minutes. Add the beer and let simmer while the bratwursts are cooking on the grill.
• Grill the bratwursts for 30 to 35 minutes, turning often. Be careful not to poke holes in the casing. Remove the bratwursts from the grill and simmer in the beer sauce for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot with onions on the rolls.

BEER SOAKED BRATS

Steps:

• Cook brats on grill until brown and split. Place brats in a mixture of 1/4 of the beer, 3/4 cup water and the sliced onion. Simmer the brats in the brine mixture for 30 minutes. Before serving, place brats back onto grill for 1 minute.;

SHEBOYGAN BEER AND BRAT STEW

Steps:

• Slice brats into bite-size pieces and place in a kettle.
• Pour beer over brats and place in refrigerator to marinate for at least 3 hours.
• Cut potatoes into bite-size pieces and place inside slow cooker.
• Add just enough water to cover potatoes.
• Stir in beef seasoning packet.
• Stir in Cream of Onion soup.
• Cook until potatoes are tender. (This will take around 3 hours at the low setting.) Be sure to stir occasionally.
• When potatoes are tender, heat brats in beer to a rolling boil.
• Boil for 3 minutes while stirring.
• Pour about 3/4 cup of boiled beer into potato mixture. (This doesn't need to be measured nor exact. Add to gain the consistency that you desire.).
• Drain remaining beer from kettle and brown bratwurst pieces.
• Add cheese to potato mixture.
• Add browned brats to potato mixture.
• Add pepper to taste.
• Stir well and serve.

GRILLED BRATS, SHEBOYGAN STYLE

Steps:

• Pierce each bratwurst 4 times with a fork and put the sausages in a pan large enough to hold them in one layer.
• Add beer and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Let simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Drain bratwurst; place on a prepared grill over medium-high heat.
• Grill for about 10 minutes or until well browned.
• Lightly butter the rolls; you can either toast them under the broiler or grill them until they are golden brown.
• Put brats in rolls; serve with mustard, onion, and pickles or sauerkraut.
• Sheboygan natives have been known to douse their bratwurst sandwiches with lots of hot melted butter.

BEER BRATS

Steps:

• Light a charcoal grill or heat a gas grill to high.
• In a medium pot over high heat, bring beer and half the onions to a simmer (save remaining onions for serving). Add bratwurst to the pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer until they are just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer sausages to the grill, and grill until they're well browned on all sides, 2 to 5 minutes, turning often.
• If you like, while the brats are grilling, let the beer and onions boil over high heat until the onions are very soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and reserve onions for serving.
• Grill the rolls, cut-side down, until golden, about 1 minute. Serve the brats sandwiched in the rolls and topped with onions (either raw or beer-braised, or both), along with any condiments you like.

BRATS IN BEER

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Pour 1-3/4 cups into a large resealable plastic bag; add bratwurst. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade. , Add onion to remaining marinade; toss to coat. Place on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square). Fold foil around onion mixture and seal tightly. Drain and discard marinade from bratwurst., Grill bratwurst and onion, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 15-20 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and onion is tender, turning frequently. Open foil carefully to allow steam to escape. Serve brats in buns with onion mixture.