Time: 30-40 minutes
Feeds: 2 people
Ingredients:
- 1 package Johnsonville beer brats
- 6-8oz short noodles
- 3-4 tbsp butter, for noodles
- 2 tbsp butter, for cabbage
- 1 tbsp olive oil, for cabbage
- 1 onion, thinly sliced into half rounds
- 1 medium green cabbage, cored and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees, preferably on convection. Line a small sheet tray with foil and place a cooling rack on top. Place the bratwurst on the cooling rack and add the tray to the preheated oven. Roast for about 20 minutes, keeping an eye on them so they don’t get too much color or totally overcook. You’re aiming for an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
While the sausages are roasting, make your sweet and sour cabbage. You’ll also want to boil the water for the noodles. Once you get water going on the stove, place a large skillet or Dutch oven on the stove and heat over medium heat, melting the butter and heating the olive oil. Once heated, add the cabbage and onions, seasoning with salt and pepper and stirring every once in a while. You’ll want to soften these and let them start getting some nice color to them. When that’s been achieved, add in the apple cider vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce. Stir to combine and reduce the heat slightly to medium-low. The cabbage, onion, and sauce will simmer and reduce. Once most of the liquid is gone, your cabbage and onions should be nice and tender and that portion of the meal is complete!
When the noodles are finished, toss them with the butter and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder, or you can use a seasoning blend like the Trader Joe’s Aglio Olio seasoning.
Plate everything up and enjoy!
Notes: The recipe for the sweet and sour cabbage originally calls for bacon. You render the bacon until crispy, remove and set it aside, and then cook the cabbage and onions in the bacon fat. While this is super delicious, I made it recently without the bacon and feel like you can taste so much more of the cabbage so find that I love it this way!