Best Grilled Bratwurst And Onion Open Face Sandwiches Recipes

Grilled Bratwurst with Caramelized Onions image

Provided by Kardea Brown

Time 45m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

One 12-ounce bottle hard apple cider
1 1/2 cups beef broth
6 fresh bratwurst sausages (about 1 1/2 pounds total)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 large sweet onions, thinly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 pretzel rolls, split
Spicy brown mustard

Steps:

Combine the hard cider, 1 cup of the broth and the bratwurst in a large saucepan, bring to a simmer and gently simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining 1/2 cup broth and simmer until the onions are browned and completely soft, about 5 minutes more. Keep the onion mixture warm while you cook the bratwurst.
Preheat a grill to medium-high heat or heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
Transfer the bratwurst to the grill or grill pan and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 10 minutes. Lightly grill the pretzel rolls, cut-side down. Serve the bratwurst topped with the onions and with the pretzel rolls and mustard on the side.

Grilled Bratwurst and Onion Open-Face Sandwiches image

Yield Makes 2 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/4 cup beer
3 tablespoons coarse-grained Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried
3 1/2-inch-thick red onion slices
4 links fully cooked bratwurst (about 10 ounces), halved lengthwise
2 slices caraway rye bread (each about 3x5 inches)

Steps:

Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Whisk beer, mustard, oil and thyme in small bowl to blend. Brush both sides of onion slices with some of mustard dressing, being careful to keep slices intact.
Grill onion and bratwurst until onion is tender and slightly charred at edges and bratwurst is golden brown, turning twice, about 10 minutes for onion and 6 minutes for bratwurst. Grill bread until lightly toasted, about 1 minute per side.
Place toasted bread on plates. Brush with some of mustard dressing. Top bread with bratwurst; separate onion slices into rings and arrange over bratwurst. Drizzle remaining mustard dressing over onions and serve.