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Slow-Cooker Beer-Glazed Brats and Beans

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Mar 13, 2015
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Here's a handy recipe that makes a delicious sandwich and side dish all in one slow cooker. It needs 15 minutes of prep time and just a few hours to cook.

Slow-Cooker Beer-Glazed Brats and Beans

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 3 hr 15 min
  • Servings 8
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

  • 2 cans (28 oz each) vegetarian beans in sauce or baked beans
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced
  • 8 vegetarian bratwurst
  • 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1/4 cup barbecue sauce
  • 1/4 cup regular or nonalcoholic beer
  • 8 hot dog buns, toasted

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, mix beans and chili powder.
  • Step 
    2
    In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion in butter 6 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until very tender. Using tongs or slotted spoon, remove onion from skillet and place over beans in slow cooker; do not stir onion into beans.
  • Step 
    3
    Arrange bratwurst over onion. In small bowl, mix brown sugar, mustard, barbecue sauce and beer. Pour over bratwurst; do not stir.
  • Step 
    4
    Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 to 4 hours.
  • Step 
    5
    To serve, place bratwurst in each bun. Lift onion with tongs; arrange over bratwurst in buns. Serve beans as a side dish.

Nutrition

540 Calories
16g Total Fat
28g Protein
72g Total Carbohydrate
25g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
540
Calories from Fat
140
Total Fat
16g
24%
Saturated Fat
5g
26%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
55mg
19%
Sodium
1530mg
64%
Potassium
680mg
19%
Total Carbohydrate
72g
24%
Dietary Fiber
9g
38%
Sugars
25g
Protein
28g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
15%
15%
Iron
25%
25%
Exchanges:
4 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
5
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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