Wisconsin Beef and Cheddar Brats with Beer-Braised Onions

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 5 min
  • Cook: 20 min
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Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter

2 red onion, thinly sliced

1 yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 (12-ounce) bottle beer

8 beef and Cheddar brats (recommended: Hillshire Farms)

8 dark rye sesame rolls

Stone-ground mustard

Directions

  1. Set up grill for direct cooking over high heat. Oil grill grate when ready to start cooking.
  2. 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.
  3. Remove cover from skillet and let simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
  4. Turn the heat on the grill down to medium. Place brats on oiled grill grates and cook 4 to 5 minutes per side
  5. Serve brats hot on toasted rolls smothered with onions and topped with mustard.
  6. 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.

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Joe Sheve

I have cooked many beer brats and the way SL does it is the right way to do them although I either use Johnsonville or Virginia reds (HF must be a sponsor of Food Network). When grilling (especially on gas) turn the brats alot about ever minute or 2. If you let them sit for 5 minutes on each side they will split, cause a huge fire and all that juice will be gone. Also, add some kraut in your beer/onion mixture to be authentic Wisconsin.

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