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cooking brats in oven served with buns and side dishes

Baking Brats in the Oven

Jenni Cole
Cooking brats in the oven is a quick and easy way to cook sausages when you don't want to grill but want to cook quite a few at a time.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Sausage
Cuisine German
Servings 5 servings
Calories 283 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Baking sheet

Ingredients
  

  • 5 uncooked bratwurst 1 pkg- standard size

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Lay the uncooked bratwurst on a baking sheet or in a cast-iron skillet, making sure to spread the sausages out and give them plenty of space.
  • Bake the bratwurst on one side for 10 minutes. Flip the sausages over with a spatula or tongs, and continue cooking for 8-10 more minutes until the oven-baked brats have an internal temperature of 160 F+ when checked with a digital meat thermometer.
  • If you want the brats a little more brown, just pop them under the broiler for 1-2 minutes, with the heating element 4" away from the sausages.

Adding peppers and onions (optional)

  • Thinly slice 1-2 bell peppers and one onion. Place them on a baking sheet.
  • Drizzle with 1+ tablespoon olive oil, and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon salt (or garlic salt) and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Combine it all right on the pan.
  • Place the bratwurst on the pan with the veggies. After the brats cook in the oven for 10 minutes and get flipped, also stir the vegetables.
  • Cook until the sausage is browned, which could take 20-25 minutes. The more veggies you're cooking on the pan with the bratwurst, the longer it will take for them to brown due to the increased moisture content.

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Notes

  • To make beer-infused baked brats, marinate the uncooked sausage in one can or bottle of beer for 30 minutes before cooking. Don't marinate longer than that since they could turn mushy.
  • The sausges are cooked through at 160 F when you test the internal temperature with a meat thermometer, but they might not be perfectly golden brown on the outside yet. Continue cooking until they're brown or broil them to finish if you're in a hurry. Brats stay juicy up until about 185-190 F so it's perfectly fine to cook them past 160 F.
  • If you add vegetables to the pan, they could take longer to brown. 15+ minutes if cooked alone, 20-25 if cooked with other veggies.
  • Don't overcrowd the sausage and/or veggies, it'll take them longer to cook and they won't brown.
  • Serve with sauerkraut, mustard, and beer for a classic German-style meal.
  • The recipe uses standard size brats, if you buy the jumbo meat counter variety they'll take longer to cook.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 283kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 12gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 719mg
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