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Love & Best Dishes: Midwestern-Style Beer Brats Recipe | 4th of July Recipe Ideas
Jul 2, 2025
Midwestern-Style Beer Brats with Peppers and Onions Recipe | 4th of July Recipe Ideas - If you don't want to grill outside in the heat, learn how to cook brats on the stove with Paula's easy beer bratwurst recipe!
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0:00
- Okay, y'all,
0:01
I've got one last suggestion
0:05
for the 4th of July menu.
0:07
I think men really like bratwurst,
0:11
so I've got some nice bratwurst links
0:15
and I'm gonna prick them.
0:17
And I think I'm gonna get a sharper knife
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because you want to,
0:23
you wanna pop that skin
0:27
so it won't be popping on you,
0:31
so it can have a way to escape
0:35
without hitting you in your pretty little face.
0:40
So I'm gonna flip 'em over and prick 'em again.
0:42
(device buzzing)
0:43
Uh-oh.
0:46
She's calling us.
0:52
Just a few little pricks.
0:55
All right.
0:57
So, we are gonna put 'em over here,
1:00
into our skillet.
1:01
And I've got it heating.
1:04
(food sizzling)
1:09
(Paula laughs)
1:14
All right, I'm gonna turn that down.
1:16
All right, I'm gonna add my beer.
1:21
Whoa.
1:23
And I'm gonna add two of these big cans.
1:30
To me, I don't think it needs but one can.
1:34
What kind of beer is it?
1:35
Foster's.
1:41
Smells like beer.
1:46
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and add both of 'em
1:50
because I'm going to
1:55
add my onions to it
1:56
and I wanna make sure everything's covered.
2:08
In goes our onion.
2:09
And that onion's gonna season that up real good.
2:14
A lot of people like,
2:16
when we do low country boils down here,
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a lot of people like to add beer to the pot.
2:24
All right.
2:26
(tongs clatter)
2:30
So for about...
2:32
That's not the right lid, is it?
2:34
- [Crew Member] That one goes (indistinct).
2:36
- That goes that goes to that one.
2:37
So let me see if I can find...
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This lid fits.
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It's not a match,
2:45
but that's the lid that fits that.
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So I'm gonna bring that to a boil
2:51
and then I'm gonna lower the temp
2:54
and let it cook for about 15 minutes.
2:58
Okay, y'all, we gonna finish up those bratwurst.
3:01
Like I said, this would be great for the 4th of July.
3:03
If you're grilling,
3:04
you can grill these Brits on your grill.
3:07
And if you have a cast iron pan,
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you can do your bell pepper and your onions
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in a cast iron pan on top of your grill.
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So if you're trying to keep all your cooking outside,
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this is the way to go.
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All right, I've got about one tablespoon of olive oil
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and one green bell pepper
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and one big onion sliced.
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Now, you can use red, orange, green,
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whatever pepper you want.
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So I'm gonna let these cook for a few minutes
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and then I'm gonna take our brats out
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(food sizzling)
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and I'm gonna brown 'em up a little bit
3:54
with the peppers and onions.
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(tongs clatter)
3:58
(Paula clapping)
3:59
All right, I'm gonna check these out
4:01
and let them sit here
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on the platter.
4:08
(food sizzling)
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Look at those onions.
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(food sizzling)
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Yum.
4:16
(food sizzling)
4:19
And then like I said,
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I'm gonna brown 'em up a little bit.
4:24
Ooh, and I'm gonna save these onions too
4:27
'cause they'll be good in something.
4:31
I know they'll be good in something, y'all.
4:35
Okay, and I've got these hoagie buns
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fresh from the bakery,
4:42
and they're just called hoagie rolls.
4:45
So they've got kind of the hard crust
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So you can split 'em thisaway,
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but I decided to split 'em thisaway
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'cause I feel like it'll just hold them better
4:57
and maybe even get a little bit more onions
4:59
and peppers in there.
5:01
But before I stuff these,
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I'm gonna put these in my air fry
5:04
and heat them up just for a minute.
5:07
Here we go, laughing and a-scratching.
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Those are just almost there.
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So I'm gonna put our brat
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in here and just kinda lightly brown it off,
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but they are totally,
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completely done.
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Just slightly warm.
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I didn't heat it so much
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that it got hard.
5:30
And now, this calls for mustard.
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But I know my husband,
5:38
and he's gonna be asking for his mayonnaise,
5:42
so I'm just gonna go ahead and put it on there.
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Come on, mustard.
5:48
(food sizzling)
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There we go.
5:54
(food sizzling)
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Then I'm going to layer this with...
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He's gonna tell me to leave off the mustard,
6:05
the onions and the bell pepper,
6:07
but I'm not doing it. (chuckles)
6:09
He has to have
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the whole thing just like it's supposed to be served,
6:18
then he can take anything off he wants to.
6:21
(food sizzling)
6:27
All right.
6:28
But he does love those onions,
6:29
so we'll see if I can scoop him more onions.
6:34
(food sizzling)
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How does that look, y'all?
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- [Crew Member] It's good.
6:40
(food sizzling)
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- Doesn't that look delicious?
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And do it all on the grill.
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Happy 4th of July, y'all.
6:52
I'm fixing to call the big man.
6:55
I get so tickled.
6:56
Aunt Peggy calls Michael,
6:58
she loves Michael so much,
7:01
and she calls him,
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"My main man."
7:07
And she said yesterday, she said,
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"Don't forget to not let anybody
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near my main man."
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I said, "I won't.
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I won't let anybody near him.
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I'll even try to stay away myself." (laughs)
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(Paula claps)
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I'm gonna bring Michael in
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and see if he'll taste it for y'all.
7:27
Okay.
7:28
I went outside to get Michael
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to taste his rock
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and there was somebody out there with him.
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One of the cutest people you'll ever meet.
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Come on in, James.
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Y'all, this is a crabber friend.
7:46
And James brought us a bushel of crabs
7:49
for a crab boil last weekend.
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Out-oft-his-world delicious.
7:54
Why don't you come do a show with me?
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- All right. Yeah, we'll do one.
7:58
- Would you take me crabbing?
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- I'll take you crabbing.
8:01
We can do it-
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- Let's do it. Let's do it.
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I'll get Michelle and James,
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and you if you wanna go, and me.
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- We'll do it. (Michael laughs)
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- All right, so I only had one of these prepared
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'cause I didn't know James was out there.
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- I knew. - So, Michael,
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you're gonna lose half of your bratwurst.
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I knew you wouldn't mind.
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- No, not at all.
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- So is there anything that you won't eat, James?
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- Oh, no, ma'am.
8:27
- So you're like me?
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- Eat anything.
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- You'll eat anything
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that don't- - It looks delicious.
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- That don't eat you first.
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(James laughs)
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All right, Michael.
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There's yours.
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So, y'all taste it and tell those folks out there
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what it tastes like, okay?
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- Okay.
8:45
- You don't have to take off your hat
8:46
if you don't want to.
8:47
I wanna tell everybody
8:51
about your crabbing company.
8:56
- [James] Mm, this is good.
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(Paula laughs)
8:59
- I just heard a, "Oh, my Lord."
9:01
And a... (clears throat)
9:03
- That is good.
9:05
- Well, if y'all want the other half,
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I've got more bread
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and I'll fix y'all another one.
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- This is delicious.
9:16
- Good, good.
9:18
I'm so glad.
9:19
Now, you're supposed to have it with just mustard,
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but Michael likes mayonnaise,
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so I just put both-
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- It is very good - On that one.
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- Well, I'm so glad you like it, James.
9:32
So, tell everybody the name of your company.
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You know, it's hard for me to say.
9:37
Trying to get it through my head.
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Did I give you your napkin?
9:41
- Yes, ma'am. - Okay.
9:42
- So the name of my crabbing company
9:43
is Blue Collar Crabber.
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- Blue Collar Crabber.
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I don't know why it's so hard for me to say that one.
9:49
(crew member laughs)
9:51
- But we're just getting up and going.
9:53
My grandfather,
9:54
he crabbed for 40 years in Tivoli River, Richmond Hill.
9:57
And when he passed away,
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I inherited his crabbing license.
10:01
And so I kind of went-
10:04
- That's one of those things that's hard to get, y'all.
10:06
- Yeah, you can't get him unless you're buy 'em
10:08
or you passed away with 'em or-
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- Yeah. - Things like that.
10:11
But I messed up.
10:13
I kinda wrestled with what I wanted to do with it,
10:16
and I went back and forth
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And I knew Papa...
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I was grabbing with him since I was five years old,
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and I knew Papa would want me in the water.
10:25
- Absolutely.
10:26
- And so we're kinda doing it awhile.
10:28
We're gonna go
10:29
and we're gonna try and make something out of it.
10:31
And it's Blue Collar Crabber, and we're just-
10:33
- Was that the name of your granddaddy's?
10:35
- No, ma'am.
10:36
My grandfather, actually,
10:37
he would just crab for all the local people and just-
10:40
- He crabbed 'cause he loved it.
10:42
- He loved it. Yes, ma'am.
10:43
And he loved to give crab to people.
10:45
He loved to have crab boils at the house.
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Any given time, he'd have 15 to 20 people,
10:50
I was just telling Mr. Mike,
10:51
down there at the house just enjoying his, you know,
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his company.
10:55
And so he was a good man.
10:58
And so I'm, you know,
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I'll probably never be able to fill his shoes like that,
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but he's, you know-
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- One day you will.
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And do you have any sons?
11:07
- I do.
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I have, John Morgan Henley is my son
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and my daughter's named Addie Henley.
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- Okay, well, one day when they take it over,
11:16
after you retire,
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they'll probably say the same thing:
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"I'll never be able to fill Daddy shoes," but-
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- I hope so.
11:24
- You will and they will
11:27
- His granddaddy and my daddy
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worked at a railroad together.
11:30
- I know, I know.
11:31
- For years. - That's what you told me.
11:32
- And- - For years and years.
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- And Daddy pretty much was almost like his papa.
11:39
Once he got home, he wouldn't leave.
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He pretty much hung out here.
11:43
So he didn't have but a handful of friends.
11:46
Well, he had a lot of acquaintances, but-
11:47
- Yeah.
11:49
- His granddaddy was one of his friends,
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one of his good friends that he could ask anything.
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- Well, before- - They would go
11:56
hunting together and stuff.
11:57
- Yeah.
11:59
Ain't nothing like them old friends.
12:01
But before James leaves today,
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I'd like to go ahead and set a date, James,
12:05
when you could take me crabbing.
12:07
Could we do it?
12:08
And Michael is down to one boat.
12:10
I can't believe it.
12:11
But that little boat out there,
12:12
could we use that to crab in?
12:14
- That's plenty big enough.
12:15
Yes, ma'am.
12:16
- Could we do that?
12:17
Could we borrow your boat, Michael?
12:19
- Well, I might rent it to you.
12:21
(crew laughing)
12:23
- Still paying my way.
12:25
(crew laughing)
12:28
- I'll let you.
12:30
- So, let's set a date to do it.
12:33
How's crabbing right now?
12:35
Is it good or bad or indifferent?
12:38
- Well, it's kind of mediocre right now.
12:39
We're still kinda early.
12:41
- Oh, we are?
12:42
- A little bit.
12:43
- When we come to, like, around August timeframe,
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that should be on fire.
12:48
- Okay, well, why don't we plan,
12:50
why don't we put it on the calendar for August?
12:52
- Okay. Sounds good.
12:54
- And I'm going crabbing with my buddy James
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from Blue Collar Crabber.
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- That's it.
13:00
- I said it, didn't-
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- You did, you did. (Paula and Michael laugh)
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- Well, finish eating now.
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I don't want you to leave nothing.
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Do y'all want me to fix another one?
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- I don't.
13:10
- Hmm, hmm.
13:12
That is so delicious
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- Love and best dishes, y'all.
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You're always welcome in my kitchen, James.
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