Crock Pot Brats Monday Night Football Brats Recipes

CROCKPOT BRATS AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 1 Tbsp of the butter in the pan. Once it's heated, sear the brats until brown for 3 minutes on each side.
• Add the sauerkraut with it's liquid to the slow cooker. Add the beer, and onions.
• Place the brats on top and dot with the remaining butter.
• Press the sausages down into the sauerkraut and liquid to nestle, while they don't need to be fully covered in liquid, having them partially down in the beer and sauerkraut liquid helps to keep them moist.
• Add the lid and cook on high for 4 hours, or until the internal temperature is 160F+. Brats do well up to 190F.

SARASOTA'S SO-CALLED CROCKPOT BEER BRATWURST & VEGGIES

Steps:

• Chop -- Simply cut the brats in 3 pieces each on a angle. Carrots, peel, again chop on a angle (I just like how it looks) in about 2" pieces. Onion, I use 2 large onions, rough chopped. Potatoes, small ones I leave whole, if they are large I will cut in half. Not too small or they get mushy.
• Crockpot -- Brats on the bottom with the carrots, then onions and topped with potatoes. Top all that with the sauerkraut.
• Sauce -- In a small bowl or measuring cup, add the butter and melt in the microwave for 10 seconds, remove and then add in the beer, mustard, bay leaf, 1 teaspoon black pepper and garlic. Pour over the brats and vegetables. Lay 3 springs of thyme right on top of the sauerkraut.
• Cook -- Crockpot - low 6-8 hours. My crock pot takes 7 hours, but every crockpot is different. You just want the potatoes and carrots to be tender. The brats will easily be done. Right at the end of cooking, check for seasoning. No salt was added, but the sauerkraut even though it was rinsed can be salty, so go easy. Besides you are serving a sauce with this dish which also has seasoning.
• Sauce -- This is a great compliment to this dish. You can always just serve it with some mustard, but I love this sauce served on each persons plate in a small side bowl for dipping or for pouring over the vegetables. It is similar to the consistency of gravy.
• Remove the cooking liquid to let it cool slightly before you add it to the sour cream so it does not break the sour cream. It will cool in just a few minutes. In a small bowl add the sour cream, horseradish, mustard, salt and pepper. It is a nice creamy spicy sauce to serve with the brats and vegetables. My Mom always adds more mustard to her portion, so just go by taste. I happen to love my horseradish sauce, so -- each person is unique in their own taste.

SLOW-COOKER GERMAN BRATWURST

Steps:

• In batches, in a large nonstick skillet, brown bratwursts over medium-high heat. Transfer to a 7-qt. slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients., Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until a thermometer inserted in sausage reads at least 160°.