Chili Beer Brats
Easy to make, Chili Beer Brats combine two of our more popular recipes into one. Beer brats and chili come together to make these sandwiches that pack a ton of flavour and are a perfect weekend no fuss dinner on the BBQ.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 6 bratwurst
- 1 medium white onion, sliced
- 2 cans beer, or enough to cover the sausages in the pot
- 1½ cups chili
- 1½ cups cheddar, shredded
- 6 sausage buns
Instructions
- Preheat BBQ to 375℉
- Place sausages, beer and onions in a large heavy bottomed pot or aluminum pan and place on BBQ.
- Close lid and cook to bring to a simmer.
- Allow sausages to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Place chili in different pot and heat, either on the side burner or the BBQ.
- Remove the sausages from the pot and grill on all sides about 2 minutes per side.
- Continue cooking the beer and onions while the sausages grill to evaporate some of the liquid.
- Toast the buns on the BBQ.
- Place the buns on a baking sheet that will fit on the BBQ and place a sausage in each bun.
- Add some of the onions on top of each sausage.
- Top with ¼ cup of chili and ¼ cup of shredded cheese.
- Shut off the BBQ and close lid to melt the cheese on the sausages.
- Serve with your favourite toppings. See notes for topping ideas.
Notes
There are many toppings you can add to these.
- Diced jalapenos.
- Cheese sauce.
- Crushed tortilla chips.
- Mustard.
- Diced white onions.
- Pickled jalapenos.