Recipe Yummy Pan-Fried Beer and Onion Bratwurst

Pan-Fried Beer and Onion Bratwurst. Home » Entrées » Sausage Recipes » Pan-Fried Beer and Onion Bratwurst. As I was writing about grilling bratwurst, I couldn't help but think about the best way to cook brats when you don't have a grill. How to Pan-fry Bratwurst from Cosmopolitan Cornbread.

Simmered in beer with caramelized onions, this bratwurst recipe is a traditional German meal with a Wisconsin twist for tailgates and Oktoberfest Stewed in beer with sliced onions and then loaded onto soft rolls with my favorite grainy mustard, this style of bratwurst sandwich quickly became my favorite. This Bratwurst recipe has an onion sauerkraut that accompanies it. You can omit the bacon if you wish to lower the fat content. You can have Pan-Fried Beer and Onion Bratwurst using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pan-Fried Beer and Onion Bratwurst

You need of bratwurst sausages.
It’s of unsalted butter.
You need of sweet onion.
It’s of Belgian ale (any dark or malty).

Puncture each sausage several times with fork. Simmer the red onions and beer over medium heat. Chop the onion and green pepper. (I use orange pepper). Add the beer, water, remaining onion, and bratwurst to a large pot and boil.

Pan-Fried Beer and Onion Bratwurst step by step

Preheat a cast iron pan over a medium-high heat. Add the butter and let it melt and start to turn light brown. The temperature should be about 160-180C° at this point..
Sear bratwurst for about 3 minutes per side, until it achieves deep golden brown colour..
Add the onions and the beer, turn the heat to high and bring to a boil..
Once the liquid is boiling, reduce heat and continue cooking, flipping the sausages and stirring the onions, until the internal temperature of the sausages reaches 70C°. Cook uncovered to let the liquid reduce and intensify it’s flavour..
Remove bratwurst from heat and serve hot on a bun, or with your favourite side dish..

Stuff the bratwurst, peppers, and onions into the buns and top with shredded cheddar if desired. The white dish shown here is a white enamelware roasting pan from Rove and Swig (affiliate link). I used to pan fry my brats but never again this is the only way from now on. Remove the bratwurst and set aside. Strain the poaching liquid reserving the onions.