Great Grilled Brats & Corn on the Cob!

Last week I shared all about our new grill just in time for Memo­r­ial Day and all those per­fect sum­mer enter­tain­ing occa­sions! Our first meal cooked on it included my husband’s favorite beer brats (why yes, he is from the mid­west with Ger­man roots )! Plus, we tried mak­ing grilled corn on the cob for the first time ever!

The first time I can ever remem­ber hav­ing a beer brat was in Nebraska and Mr. Mom Endeav­ors makes them just like his dad–a bit of a fam­ily tra­di­tion of sorts. They are easy to do and taste SO good fresh off the grill!

Grilled Beer Brats

Ingre­di­ents:

• Brats (for a big grilling cook-out we usu­ally do a pack­age of 10–12 brats)
• Beer of your choice (we did two cans for 12 brats)
• Onion (1/2 to one whole large onion cut into approx. 1/4″ slices, depend­ing on how much onion fla­vor you like)
• Water (enough to cover the brats in the pot after the beer is added. For us, that was about 3 to 4 cups)

Direc­tions:

- Place brats in a large pot. Add onions & beer. Then add enough water to just cover the brats.

- Bring to a boil. Then, sim­mer for 15–20 minutes–basically until brats start chang­ing color, but aren’t quite fully cooked. Then, trans­fer to the grill.

- Grill over medium heat for 3–5 min­utes per side, or until browned to per­fec­tion!

Super yum!

Grilled Corn on the Cob

To accom­pany our del­ish brats, we tried grilling corn on the cob for the first time. I’ve heard of a bunch of dif­fer­ent ways to do this, but with our new grilling acces­sories, we just opted to try them straight on the grill inside one of our baskets.

All we did was clean (de-husk & silk) the corn & soak it in water for about 15 min­utes. I rubbed each ear very lightly with olive oil and then we placed the ears in the grilling basket.

They went on the grill over medium heat for around 5–10 minutes/side. They got a lit­tle dark in places, but smelled amaz­ing and you could hear the inside of the ker­nels siz­zling! It went great with our grilled brats!

What are some of your grilling favorites?