GrillAmerican
Sausage, onions, petite potatoes
A skillet or a two-zone grill: browned links, sweet onions, petites that pick up the fat. This is the plate you make when you already bought good sausage.
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45 min · 25 min hands-on · pull 160°F · rest 5 min
Ingredients
2 lb on the fire · ~1.4 lb to the table · 3 plates at 8 oz
- fresh bratwurst or smoked sausage2 lb
- petite potatoes, halved1.5 lb
- large onions, sliced2
- oil or lard2 tbsp
- kosher salt1 tsp
- black pepper1 tsp
- mustard seed or a spoon of mustard at the table1 tsp
Method
- 1
Petites in a skillet or on a sheet, oil, salt, 400–425°F until they start to brown, 15 minutes.
- 2
Onions in with the potatoes. Stir so they wilt and pick up color, another 10.
- 3
Sausage on the cool zone of the grill, or nestled into the pan. Fresh links to 160°F; smoked links just need a deep brown. 12–18 minutes, turning.
- 4
Pile onions and potatoes. Sausage on top, split if you want mustard in the cut. Do not boil the brats in beer first — you paid for the fat.
If you don’t have it
- Bratwurst → Italian sausage or kielbasa. Fresh links to 160°F. Smoked links just need color.
- Petites → Sliced russets. They crisp more. Stir so they do not glue to the pan.
- Yellow onion → A mix of onion and sweet pepper. Still a skillet, not a stir-fry. Let them take color.
Same cook, different day
Beer pan
You insist. A splash of beer with the onions after they brown — not a boil of the sausage.
Mustard-heavy
A ballpark plate. Same cook. Grain mustard at the table. Sauerkraut on the side if you have it.
On the plate
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