Sheboygan-Style Beer-Soaked "Brats"
Recipe information
Yield
Serves 6
Ingredients
4 cups beer (not dark)
1/4 cup Bavarian mustard
2 tablespoons ketchup
4 large onions
12 uncooked bratwursts
6 hard rolls, halved and well buttered
Accompaniments:
sliced dill pickles
Bavarian mustard
Preparation
Step 1
In a large deep heavy skillet stir together beer, mustard, and ketchup.
Step 2
Cut 1 onion into thick slices and add to beer mixture.
Step 3
Bring beer mixture to a boil and in it simmer bratwursts, uncovered, turning occasionally, 20 minutes.
Step 4
Prepare gill.
Step 5
Remove bratwursts from beer mixture, discarding beer mixture. Cut remaining 3 onions into thick slices, keeping slices intact.
Step 6
Grill bratwursts with onion slices on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning onions once, until bratwursts are cooked through and golden brown and onions are cooked through, about 5 minutes.
Step 7
Put a pair of "brats," cut in half lengthwise and stacked, on each roll.
Step 8
Top brats with grilled onion, pickles, and mustard.
