Description
These smoked brats are juicy, tender, and smokey. This recipe keeps it classic with mustard, sauerkraut, and onion, but get creative and add crunchy bacon, onion straws, or even nacho cheese and pickled jalapenos! There are no rules or limits to what you can add to take these smoked brats to flavor town!
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 raw brats
- Brat buns
- Yellow Mustard
- Sauerkraut
- 2 cans of beer
- 2 onions peeled and diced
Instructions
- Preheat the smoker to 225°F. Add cherry or apple wood pellets or wood chips.
- Place brats on the pellet smoker, over the heat source.
- In an aluminum pan, combine onions and beer and place to the side.
- Smoke your bratwurst until the safe internal temperature of 165°F is reached. This should take about 45 to 60 minutes.
- Remove the brats from the smoker and place them directly into the beer bath.
- Place the beer bath pan inside the smoker on the grill grates and let the brats soak for about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove the brats from the beer bath and place them directly into the brat buns. Load them up with mustard and sauerkraut, or any toppings you choose!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Rest Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bratwurst
- Calories: 494kcal
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 1261mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Carbohydrates: 47g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 18g
- Cholesterol: 49mg