Slow-cooker Beer Brats(cook's Country)

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb onion, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rings
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 2 1/2 lbs bratwursts (10 sausages)
• 3 cups beer
• 1/4 cup dijon mustard, plus extra for serving
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed
• 1 cup sauerkraut
• 10 hoagie rolls

Recipe

• 1 1. combine onions, soy sauce, and sugar in bowl and microwave until just softened, about 5 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking. spread onions and their liquid in bottom of slow cooker. arrange bratwursts in single layer on top of onions.
• 2 2. whisk beer, mustard, and caraway seeds together in bowl and add to slow cooker. cover and cook until bratwursts are tender, 6 to 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
• 3 3. transfer bratwursts to platter and tent loosely with aluminum foil. stir sauerkraut into onion mixture in slow cooker and let sit until warmed through, about 5 minutes. strain onion-­sauerkraut mixture through colander, discarding liquid, and transfer to serving bowl. serve bratwursts on rolls, topped with onion-sauerkraut mixture and mustard.