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Campfire Bratwurst with Peppers and Onions
These easy campfire brats with peppers and onions are seasoned, cooked in a cast-iron pan, and served with toasted buns. Ready in 20 minutes!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 208 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 onion, cut into ½-inch wedges
- 2 bell peppers (sweet or green), cut into long strips, seeds + membrane removed Or 6 mini bell peppers
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt Omit if your Italian seasoning contains salt
- 4 bratwurst or brat-style sausages, or more as desired See Recipe Notes
- 4 hot dog buns (optional)
- spicy brown mustard
Instructions
- Place the cast-iron pan on a hot campfire grate. Add onions, peppers, oil and Italian seasoning. Toss the veggies to incorporate the seasoning.
- Add the brats to the pan. Cook until the veggies are softened and beginning to blacken and the brats are cooked through. For pre-cooked brats: Cook until the brats are heated through.For uncooked brats: Cook until the brats reach the internal temperature indicated on their packaging.
- Toast hot dog buns on indirect heat on the campfire grate, or push the veggies and sausages to the edge of the pan and toast the buns in the pan.
- Serve on toasted buns with mustard, or skip the buns for a lower-carb meal.
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Notes
- Serves 4, or 2 hungry campers.
- Pre-Cooked or Uncooked Brats? For camping, pre-cooked sausages are much easier to deal with. If using uncooked sausages, make sure to bring a meat thermometer. Cook sausages to the internal temperature indicated on the packaging.
- Meat + Meatless Options: This recipe works well with any variety of bratwurst or bratwurst-style sausage. I like the vegan brats from Beyond Meat. If you prefer chicken sausages, we like the apple chicken sausages from Trader Joe’s or the Never Any! brand apple chicken sausages from Aldi.
- Nutrition information assumes the use of chicken bratwurst and does not include buns or mustard.
Nutrition Information
Calories
208kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
15g
(30%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
65mg
(22%)
Sodium
644mg
(27%)
Potassium
172mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
1965IU
(39%)
Vitamin C
80mg
(89%)
Calcium
37mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 208
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 208kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 65mg | 22% |
| Sodium | 644mg | 27% |
| Potassium | 172mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 1965IU | 39% |
| Vitamin C | 80mg | 89% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.