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Slow Cooker Beer Brats

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This slow cooker beer brats recipe is easy and crowd-pleasing with minimal effort. Using only a few ingredients including your favorite beer, the end result is juicy, flavorful brats. Perfect for game day, picnics, or weeknight dinners! This recipe uses five brats—the standard grocery store pack—but you can easily double it for a larger group. Instructions to make beer brats in the Instant Pot are also included.

Ingredients

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  • 5 bratwursts, uncooked
  • 1 medium-size onion, sliced
  • 24 ounces beer
  • 1 /2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • Pinch salt & pepper
  • 1 tbsp oil or butter (for pressure cooker)

Instructions

Slow Cooker

  1. Add onion to the slow cooker. Add bratwursts on top.
  2. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Pour beer on top.
  3. Cook HIGH 3-4 hours or LOW 6-8.

Instant Pot

  1. Turn on the pressure cooker and select sauté. Once hot add butter/oil and the brats. Cook 2-4 minutes on each side or until browned to your liking.
  2. Remove brats. Add onions and cook 3-5 minutes or until soft. Turn off pressure cooker.
  3. Pour in beer and deglaze the bottom of the pressure cooker by scraping all the bits off with a wooden spoon. Stir in garlic powder, salt & pepper. Add bratwursts.
  4. Close lid and seal valve. Set high pressure for 6 minutes. When done, quick release the pressure.

AFTER COOKING

  1. Remove brats from the slow cooker or Instant Pot.
  2. Place on a baking sheet & heat under the broiler for 3-5 minutes OR grill over medium-high heat for a few minutes on each side.

Find it online: https://fitslowcookerqueen.com/slow-cooker-beer-brats/

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