These awesome brats are simmered in beer with onions and spices to make them bursting with flavor before finishing them off on the grill. Place the grilled brats in hot dog rolls, and top them with the tender onions and mustard, or serve them alongside German potato salad.
Ingredients
- beer: 4 cans (12 ounce cans)
- onion: 1 piece (sliced)
- bratwurst: 10 piece
- red pepper flakes: 2 tsp
- garlic powder: 1 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Combine beer and onion slices in a large pot; bring to a boil. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add bratwurst, pepper flakes, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to beer and onion mixture. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 10 to 12 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Meanwhile, preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
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Transfer bratwurst to a plate. Reduce heat to low and let onions simmer until needed.
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Cook bratwurst on the preheated grill, turning occasionally to get char marks, until no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
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Serve bratwurst with onions. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
