🍔 Food · Travel Slow-Cooked Reuben Brats Recipe

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TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Cook: 7-1/4 hours
MAKES: 10 servings
Ingredients

• 10 uncooked bratwurst links
• 3 bottles (12 ounces each) light beer or non*******ic beer
• 1 large sweet onion, sliced
• 1 can (14 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
• 2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 10 hoagie buns, split
• 10 slices Swiss cheese

Directions

1. In a large skillet, brown bratwurst in batches; drain. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine beer, sliced onion and sauerkraut; add bratwurst. Cook, covered, on low 7-9 hours or until sausages are cooked through.
2. Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise, chili sauce, ketchup, chopped onion, relish, garlic and pepper until blended. Spread over cut sides of buns; top with cheese, bratwurst and sauerkraut mixture. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Yield: 10 servings.

Originally published as Slow-Cooked Reuben Brats in The Taste of Home Cookbook 2011, p47