Above-Average Beer Brats
May 30, 2024 • 0 comments
These are not complicated brats, they’re just better brats. Brown them in good fat, simmer them with onions, garlic, rosemary and beer, then serve them with the onions on a bun or over orzo if you’re feeling fancy-ish.
And no matter how you dress your brat, you can feel good knowing Together Farms brats are made with quality pork and simple ingredients. No GMOs, no antibiotics, no MSG and none of that weird stuff.
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- Servings: 4
Ingredients
- (1) Medium red or yellow onion, sliced
- (3) Cloves garlic (minced)
- (optional) Sprigs of fresh rosemary
- (1+ bottles) Beer
- (optional) Orzo, brat buns
- (1-2pkgs) Pork Bratwurst
- (a few swipes) Tallow Cooking Stick
- Optional instead of tallow: butter or lard
Directions
- Before you get started, open one of the beers for yourself to make sure it is good enough to use for the brats. If it passes inspection, proceed to step 2.
- In a heavy-bottomed skillet, melt about 2 Tbsp of your preferred fat over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the brats and cook for about 3 minutes per side, or until they have a deep golden brown color. Remove the brats from the pan and set aside.
- Add about 2 more Tbsp of fat to the skillet. Add the sliced onions and cook for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened and starting to brown.
- Add the garlic and rosemary, if using, and cook for 1-2 minutes more. Do not wander away - the garlic will burn.
- Add 1 bottle of beer to the onions, then add the brats back into the pan. Turn the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Flip the brats, cover again and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 160°F.
- Remove from heat and let the brats rest for 5 minutes. Remove and discard the rosemary sprigs.
- Serve the brats on buns with onions and grainy mustard or, if you love sauce, especially the beer-onion sauce you just made, try serving over orzo to soak up all that goodness.
- Congratulate yourself on making delicious above-average brats and enjoy the remaining amount of beer, whatever that happens to be at this point.
We always have many brat options available with Onion & Leek and Jalapeno & Cheddar being top sellers, see them all HERE!
Prefer lard for frying up your brats (or anything), see the Lard Cooking Stick here.
