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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

My Beer Brats Recipe

I will now reveal my special beer brats recipe. After a successful batch this weekend I want to share it!

Prerequisites:
Charcoal Grill (I don't like gas, but if you must, gas)
Bratwurst - The normal kind, do not get the beer brat flavored ones
Buttered Brat Buns - You have to do the buttering yourself
3 or 4 Quality Wisconsin Beers - Miller Lite, Leines Original is fine. PBR or Milwaukee's Best is OK I guess.
Lawry's Seasoning Salt
One Chopped Onion
Half Stick of Butter
1 can of 7up/Sprite
Pepper
Ketchup and Brown Mustard

Grilling Bratology
1. Light the charcoal. Preferably without lighter fluid. Grill chimneys are excellent
2. Throw the bratwurst on. If you are unsure of how to cook bratwurst, this class is not for you. But grill them until they are nice and firm. Use your fingers to test the firmness.
3. Get those puppies off of there and get ready to throw them in the beer juice!

Beer Bubblage!
1. When you are about 5 minutes out from the brats being completed, get a decent sized pot and put it on the stove.
2. Throw in 3 or 4 beers, 1 can of white soda, one chopped onion, one stick of butter, Lawry's seasoning salt (be generous), and pepper!
3. Bring this mixture to a simmer. Do not boil!!!!!! DO NOT!!!!
4. When the brats are done and the mixture is simmering, dump the brats into the mixture.
5. While the brats are simmering, you can butter up some brat buns. Yum yum.
6. Simmer them for roughly 20 minutes. Make sure you stir them around occasionally.
7. When 20 minutes is up, bring the pot with the brats in them and serve right out of the pot. It keeps the brats that aren't being eaten warm and juicy.

Place the bratwurst in the buttered brat bun and top it with ketchup and spicy brown mustard. Do not use yellow mustard. Ever. You can also take some of the onions from the beer mix and put it on your brat along with a dabble of the beer mix. MMMMMM. Eat as many as you want!

These brats go very well with some cold beer, potato chips, and a campfire. Can't finish your brats? Have leftovers? Save the rest in the fridge overnight and dip them in your egg yolks the next morning. It tastes great!

So there you go. Have fun.

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