Wisconsin Beer Brats Potato Skins Recipes

WISCONSIN BEER BRATS POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Toppings: Beer cheese spread, sliced grilled bratwurst and brown mustard
• How to Make Classic Potato Skins:
• Pierce 4 large russet potatoes with a fork. Bake directly on the oven rack at 350 degrees until tender, about 1 hour. Let cool, then quarter lengthwise and scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/4-inch shell. Brush both sides with melted butter and season with salt and pepper. Bake, skin-side up, at 450 degrees until crisp, about 15 minutes. Add your favorite team toppings. (For cheesy skins, flip the baked shells over before topping, sprinkle with 1 cup grated cheddar cheese and bake an extra 5 minutes.)

WISCONSIN BEER BRATS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large, grill-safe straight-sided skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium. Add onions and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and golden in places, about 20 minutes. Stir in caraway seeds, bay leaf, mustard, and brown sugar; cook 30 seconds. Add bratwursts and beer. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, turning bratwursts occasionally, 20 minutes.
• Preheat grill for direct-heat cooking (medium-high on a gas grill). Transfer bratwursts to a plate. Drain onion mixture in a fine-mesh sieve; discard liquid. Return mixture to skillet with remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Place on one side of grill and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in sauerkraut; cook 1 minute more.
• Meanwhile, place bratwursts on grill and cook, turning a few times, until blistered in places, about 5 minutes. Place rolls on grill, cut-sides down, until lightly toasted and charred in places, about 1 minute.
• Serve bratwursts in rolls, topped with sauerkraut mixture and more mustard.

BEER WISCONSIN BRATWURST

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven saute onions till tender 5 minutes.
• Add sugar, caraway seeds, and pepper stir in and place brats on top, cover the brats with beer drink the remaining. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer until brats are cooked. Remove brats and add kraut and stir.
• Place brats on medium high grill and cook brats until golden brown and return to beer/kraut mixture until ready to serve. Serve brats on fresh baked brat buns with sauerkraut & onions, fresh grated horseradish, ketchup, and/or mustard.

WISCONSIN BRATWURST

Steps:

• Prick bratwurst with fork to prevent them from exploding as they cook. Place in a large stock pot with the onions, butter, and beer. Place pot over medium heat, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Preheat grill for medium-high heat.
• Lightly oil grate. Cook bratwurst on preheated grill for 10 to 14 minutes, turning occasionally to brown evenly. Serve hot off the grill with onions on hoagie rolls.

WISCONSIN BEEF AND CHEDDAR BRATS WITH BEER-BRAISED ONIONS

Steps:

• Set up grill for direct cooking over high heat. Oil grill grate when ready to start cooking.
• Place a large skillet on a grill or side burner and add butter. When butter has melted, add onions. Cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Add beer and cover; cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Remove cover from skillet and let simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
• Turn the heat on the grill down to medium. Place brats on oiled grill grates and cook 4 to 5 minutes per side
• Serve brats hot on toasted rolls smothered with onions and topped with mustard.
• INDOOR: In a large skillet over medium heat melt butter add brats and brown 10 minutes, turning them occasionally as they brown. Remove the brats and set aside. Add the onions and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently until softened. Pour in the beer and scrape up any brown bits in the bottom of the pan. Return the brats to the pan and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes or until beer has all but evaporated.

MAKE AHEAD GRILLED BRATS AND BEER WISCONSIN STYLE

Steps:

• Place brats in large saucepan and cover with 4 cans of beer.
• Bring to boil.
• Lower temperature and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile saute sliced onions in olive oil or margarine.
• Cover and cook slow, turning onions often till tender.
• Do not caramelize.
• Drain bratwurst and place on hot grill.
• Gas or charcoal.
• Brown evenly on all sides.
• Watch closely.
• The sausage fat can cause flare-ups.
• Remove from grill, when browned.
• Place in foil pan, or oven ready pan, or crock pot, along with onions and remaining beer. (Add more beer if necessary to cover).
• Refrigerate, until one hour before eating.
• Reheat slowly for an hour.
• If you plan to serve immediately after grilling, heat the remaining beer and onions before adding grilled bratwurst.

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.