CROCKPOT BEER BRATS AND SAUERKRAUT

We love beer brats and sauerkraut and this is an easy crock pot recipe.  Just throw in all the ingredients and forget about it. Beer brats and sauerkraut is great to serve at any gathering, for game day or anytime you have friends over.  If you don’t want to do the brats in the crock pot, you can do them on the grill and just do the sauerkraut in the crock pot.

Ingredients for Beer Brats and Sauerkraut

1 (14 ounce) package Smoked Brats (I use Johnsonville)

1 (2 pound) bag sauerkraut, rinsed and drained

1 onion, sliced and separated in rings

1 green pepper, cut in rings

1 (12 ounce) beer

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1/4 cup apple juice

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon caraway seeds

1 teaspoon thyme

1 bay leaf

Directions

Place sauerkraut in bottom of crock pot with onion and green pepper on top.  Whisk together the beer, mustard, apple juice, caraway seeds, thyme and brown sugar.  Pour over the sauerkraut, green pepper and onion. Add bay leaf to pot.
Place brats on top and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours until peppers, onions and brats are well done. Remove bay leaf.  Serve brats on hoagie buns covered with sauerkraut, peppers and onions.  Enjoy!

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5 from 4 votes

Beer Brats and Sauerkraut

Easy Crock Pot Recipe

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time4 hrs

Total Time4 hrs 15 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, southern

Keyword: Beer Brats and Sauerkraut

Servings: 4 servings

Author: The Southern Lady Cooks

Ingredients

• 1 14 ounce package Smoked Brats (I use Johnsonville)
• 1 2 pound bag sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
• 1 onion sliced and separated in rings
• 1 green pepper cut in rings
• 1 12 ounce beer
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup apple juice1
• /4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf

Instructions

• Place sauerkraut in bottom of crock pot with onion and green pepper on top.  Whisk together the beer, mustard, apple juice, caraway seeds, thyme and brown sugar.  Pour over the sauerkraut, green pepper and onion. Add bay leaf to pot.
• Place brats on top and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours until peppers, onions and brats are well done. Remove bay leaf.  Serve brats on hoagie buns covered with sauerkraut, peppers and onions

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