Crock Pot Beer Simmered Sausage Or Wursts

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 lbs uncooked sausages or 2 1/2 lbs smoked sausage or 2 1/2 lbs bratwursts or 2 1/2 lbs frankfurters or 2 1/2 lbs bockwurst or 2 1/2 lbs polish sausage or 2 1/2 lbs mettwurst or 2 1/2 lbs other suitable sausage
• 24 ounces bottled beer (german beer is good)
• 1 -2 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons german mustard or 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
• 10 -12 peppercorns (or a couple of grinds of black pepper)
• 1 whole dried hot red chili pepper (optional)

Recipe

• 1 brown sausages in a skillet until they have nice color.
• 2 stir remaining ingredients together in the crock pot.
• 3 add the sausages and stir.
• 4 cover and cook on low for 4 hours, or until any uncooked sausages (fresh types) are cooked through.
• 5 set on warm for 1-2 hours during serving, then refrigerate any unused portions.
• 6 serve warm with buns, mustard, cooked onion, and additional horseradish, if desired.