Bacon-wrapped Beer Brat Bites Recipe | Hallmark Ideas & Inspiration (2024)

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Bacon-wrapped Beer Brat Bites Recipe | Hallmark Ideas & Inspiration (1)

By Jennifer Fujita on August 7, 2016

Bratwurst and bacon join forces to blindside your taste buds in our Li'l Pigskins appetizer recipe perfect for your next football party. Bratwurst is simmered in beer, cut into bite-sized pieces, wrapped in bacon, and then glazed with a sweet and spicy sauce. Go for extra points with our free printables to flag these addictive bacon-wrapped brat bites on the buffet table.

Yield: 24 pigskins

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Ingredients

For the brats

6, 12 in.-wooden skewers, cut into fourths, soaked in water about 30 minutes

6 brats

1 can or bottle of beer

12 slices bacon, cut in half

For the glaze

¼ cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp. yellow mustard

1 Tbsp. soy sauce

2 tsp. sriracha garlic chili sauce, or to taste

Hot, honey and yellow mustards for serving

"Li'l Pigskins" printables

Directions

  1. Soak the skewers in water while preparing the brats.
  2. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  3. Pierce brats and place in a pan. Pour beer over the brats. Bring to a simmer. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until brats are no longer pink inside.
  4. Remove pan from heat. Cut each brat into 4 equal pieces.
  5. Wrap each brat bite in a half slice of bacon and secure with skewer. Place on a cookie sheet.
  6. To make the glaze, combine brown sugar, yellow mustard, soy sauce and sriracha sauce until smooth. Brush each brat with a generous amount.
  7. Bake glazed brats 17 to 20 minutes, turning once halfway through and basting as needed with extra glaze.
  8. Serve with hot, yellow and honey mustards.
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    How long should you boil brats? ›

    Bring to a low boil. Add brats to the pan, cover with a lid and cook over a low swimmer for 10-12 minutes. Preheat a frying pan or grill to medium to medium-high heat. Add cooked brats to frying pan or grill and cook for a few minutes a side until brown & caramelized all over.

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    Roll the hot link to wrap the bacon around itself. Allow the bacon to overlap a bit with each round and keep it tight while it wraps. Perform the same task on all of the hot links, sausages, brats, or hotdogs. Setup your smoker for cooking with indirect heat at about 240°F (116°C) for 2-3 hours.

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    Do you boil brats covered or uncovered? ›

    Once the water reaches a gentle boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, maintaining a simmer. Cover the pot partially to retain the heat. Allow the brats to simmer in the water for approximately 20-25 minutes, or until they reach an internal temperature of 160°F (71°C).

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    Is it bad to boil brats yes or no? ›

    Parboiling speeds up the process that can create a mushy meat texture, develop rubbery casings and separate the casing from the sausage. Proteins unfold slower in the medium-low heat of a grill. That environment creates more opportunities for the meat proteins to properly bind with the fats, seasonings and the casing.

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    Should I season brats before smoking? ›

    Before smoking your brats, you can choose to season them or not, depending on your preference. If you choose to add seasoning, you can do this by lightly rolling them in your preferred ingredients. Like sausages, smoking brats are pretty straightforward. You start by setting the Bradley smoker to 240 degrees F.

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    How do you tell if smoked brats are done? ›

    You will know the brat is done when it's warm to the touch. Cooking a bratwurst requires thorough cooking at higher temperatures; cook to an internal temperature of 152°F which means 290°F while cooking the brat. After the brat is cooked, maintain a temp not higher than 190°F to keep warm.

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    Place the uncooked brats directly on the grill grates of the smoker. Close the lid, and smoke for 1 – 1 1/2 hours or until the temp of the brats reaches 160 degrees F. Make the beer onions. After you get the brats on the grill, prepare the onions.

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    Bring the water and brats to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer. Let simmer for 10 minutes. You can boil and simmer the liquid and brats either inside on a stovetop or outside over a grill.

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    Are you supposed to boil brats before grilling? ›

    Before grilling the brats, parboil them on the stove or in a cast-iron skillet on the grill. This will help to precook the inside of the brats and make sure that they don't burst open on the grill, releasing all of the flavorful juices.

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    Bring the brats up to a boil, then boil for 10-12 minutes or until they reach about 145 degrees F. Between the time it takes to bring the brats to a boil and boiling the brats, this should take about 20-25 minutes total.

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