The other night was an easy meal night thankfully. My recovery has been very slow and the continued exhaustion irritates me to say the least so easy meal planning is a blessing. Temps dropped significant through the afternoon into the evening and Matt wasn't too excited about going out and grilling the brats. I'd seen a recipe a while back braising brats in a crockpot. It was too late to try using the crockpot so I winged it and decided to try it on the stovetop.
I used one of my cast iron pans that has a hinged lid on it. I put a touch of oil and a pat of butter in the pan and the lid. I then placed the brats in the lid portion to brown and tosssed 1/2 an onion and 1/2 of a green pepper into the pan. Once the onions and peppers were sauteed I took the brats and added them into the onion/pepper pan, poured about 1/2 can of beer over them, and put the lid on. I simmered these for 20 minutes, turning about every 10 minutes. I then took the lid off and simmered for another 10 minutes. The brats were absolutely delicious! We will definately be adding this recipe into our repetouire.
Side note: I placed my bun on top of the lid and toasted it up a bit.
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