This slow cooked bratwurst might be one of my new favorite recipes, it’s seriously that delicious. Plus, it’s easy to make and paleo friendly, and you can never have enough slow cooker recipes, at least that’s my opinion. The cabbage makes this recipe really filling and healthy, but it tastes just like comfort food. Instead of slow cooking it with ale, I used Crispin’s Original Hard Apple Cider, which gives it plenty of sweetness, and I also added a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to balance out the sweetness with a little bit of sour. The end result is a nice tangy cabbage and onions that I couldn’t be happier with.
Slow Cooked Bratwurst with Cabbage and Onions
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Author: Lauren Bolanos
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 3 links of pork bratwurst
- 1 bottle of hard apple cider (12 fl oz) (Crispin)
- 1 half chopped green cabbage
- 2 medium sweet white onions
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper (5 twists)
- 1 dried bay leaf
- ¼ tsp fresh thyme
- ¼ tsp fresh rosemary
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Chop green cabbage and sweet white onions and add them to the slow cooker.
- In a large saute pan, on medium high, heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil. Then brown pork bratwurst a few minutes on each side.
- Transfer oil and bratwurst to slow cooker.
- Add bay leaf, sea salt, ground pepper, thyme and rosemary to slow cooker. Then pour hard cider over everything and let it cook on high for 4 hours.
- Remove bratwurst from slow cooker and slice. Then return bratwurst to slow cooker, and mix everything together.