This recipe for Baked Brats is the epitome of easy dinner recipes! Made with potatoes, onions, cabbage, and a mustard maple glaze, this simple sheet pan meal is filled with incredible flavor!
When it comes to easy family meals, all-in-one sheet pan dinners are one of my favorite weeknight solutions. From Honey Garlic Salmon with Vegetables to Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs to this recipe for Baked Brats with Potatoes and Cabbage, sheet pan dinners save time, make clean-up easier, and you don't need expensive equipment or fancy ingredients.
Reasons to Love this Bratwurst Dinner
- Flavors of Oktoberfest Delivered Fast. Bratwurst, baby potatoes, onions, and cabbage are roasted together with a sweet and savory maple mustard vinaigrette. It is a simple German-inspired dinner that is easy enough for any night of the week.
- Amazing Texture. While I love my recipe for Instant Pot Brats, baking brats allows them to caramelize and become a bit crispy. It is truly magical (and easy!) Not to mention that the cabbage and potatoes become crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. Delicious!
- Minimal Clean-Up. While this sheet pan dinner is nuanced in flavor, it uses minimal dishes and takes minutes to prep. My kind of easy dinner solution!
Notes on Ingredients
- Bratwursts: Use Turkey, Chicken, or Pork Brats. I highly recommend purchasing raw brats so that you can first infuse them with flavor by par-boiling in beer.
- Beer: If you opt to par-boil your brats before roasting, you can use a light beer, such as Corona, or a German lager, such as Sam Adams Oktoberfest, which imparts a ton of flavor into the bratwurst. If you are opposed to using beer or need this dish to be gluten-free, you can par-boil in apple cider or chicken stock which also imparts delicious flavor.
- Cabbage: Purple or green cabbage both work equally well in this recipe.
- Potatoes: Use any potatoes you like, red potatoes, baby potatoes, russet potatoes, Yukon gold potatoes.
- Onions: I recommend using a yellow, white, or sweet onion. Not a red onion.
- Mustard Maple Glaze: This sweet and savory glaze is made with pure maple syrup, brown mustard, olive oil, minced garlic, salt, and pepper.
How to Bake Brats in Oven
- Boil Bratwurst (Optional Step). It is completely optional, yet encouraged, to par-boil the brats in beef before roasting. I first boiled my Bratwurst in beer to give the sausage more flavor. You can skip this step if you want, but it is a great trick to infuse the bratwurst with a delicious hoppy flavor.
- Prepare Mustard Glaze. This glaze is made by simply whisking together maple syrup, mustard, olive oil, garlic, and salt and pepper together. It is a simple combination that makes this dish sing with flavor.
- Toss Together. To a large, rimmed sheet pan, add the potatoes, brats, cabbage, and onions. Drizzle the glaze over everything and toss to evenly coat. Spread out evenly on the sheet pan for even roasting.
- Roast. Pop the pan into the oven and roast until the potatoes are tender and the cabbage is slightly soft.
More Quick Family Meals
- Instant Pot Spaghetti
- Homemade Beef Stroganoff
- Instant Pot Sausage and Peppers
- Chopped Steak
- Stovetop Mac and Cheese
- Skillet Pork Tenderloin with Cabbage
- Creamy Cajun Pasta
If you enjoyed this easy recipe for Baked Brats, please be sure to leave a comment and review below.
Baked Brats with Potatoes and Cabbage
Making brats in the oven alongside potatoes, onions, and cabbage, is the cheap and easy dinner recipe you didn't know you needed!
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Servings: 6
Calories: 195kcal
Ingredients
- 6 links Bratwurst Sausages
- 12 ounces beer or apple cider or chicken stock
- 2 pounds baby new potatoes
- 1 head green cabbage cored and cut into 8 wedges
- 1 large yellow or white onion sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard or Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425℉.
- Optional But Recommended Step: While the oven is preheating, pierce brats with a fork several times. Place them in a large stock pan and cover with beer (or cider or stock.) Bring to a boil and then simmer for 10 minutes. Remove brats from pan and pat dry. Discard the cooking liquid.
- In a small bowl, whisk maple syrup, mustard, oil, garlic, salt, and pepper together.
- Place potatoes, cabbage, onions, and par-boiled brats onto a large-rimmed sheet pan. Drizzle with the mustard dressing and using your hands, toss to coat. Spread out in an even layer.
- Roast for 35-40 minutes, or until cabbage is browned and potatoes are cooked through.
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Notes
Gluten-Free Modification: Be sure your brats are gluten-free and do not use beer to boil your bratwurst. Either skip that step OR use apple cider or stock.
Beer/Alternatives to Beer: If you opt to par-boil your brats before roasting, I recommend selecting a German lager, such as Sam Adams Oktoberfest for the most flavor. If you are opposed to using beer, you can par-boil in apple cider or chicken stock which also imparts delicious flavor.
Bratwurst: You can use any type of Bratwurst you like--Turkey, Chicken, Beef, or Pork.
Potatoes: If you don't have new potatoes, use red potatoes or even russet potatoes, cut into fourths.
Storage: Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. It is best to reheat in a 400-degree F oven for 15 minutes to keep everything nice and crispy when serving leftovers.
Nutrition
Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 459mg | Potassium: 928mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 150IU | Vitamin C: 86.7mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 2mg
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Barbara
SO GOOD! This will be added to our rotation. I doubled the the mustard drizzle. Yummy!
Kristen Chidsey
Thrilled to hear you enjoyed, Barbara! Thank you for sharing.
Erica
If I use a fully cooked chicken and apple sausage, would I still incorporate it into the recipe as though it were raw, baking it at the same time and temp of the raw bratwurst you base the recipe around?
Kristen Chidsey
Hi Erica! Skip boiling your sausage in beer, but everything else will remain the same.
Susan
We’re making this now, and it smells great- you have a small typo in step three- I believe that olive oil should be included in the dressing.
Thanks
Kristen Chidsey
Fixing that now Susan! Thanks for letting me know. And I hope you enjoyed the meal 🙂
Dawn
This recipe was a mixed bag for me.
Cons first: I used half the recommended potatoes and cabbage and still could barely fit everything on my full-sized baking sheet.
If I make this again I'll toss everything with the glaze in a big bowl instead of directly on the pan, because when I followed the instructions as written a lot of that glaze ended up just baking onto the pan instead of coating the food, even after I mixed it all together by hand because the pan was too full to risk tossing. Using a bowl means washing an extra dish, but you would get a lot more glaze on your veggies rather than the pan.
Either way, it is absolutely necessary to line the pan with foil or parchment. I try to avoid that when I can since it creates so much waste if you do it regularly, but after a full day of soaking/scrubbing/soaking some more there's still carbonized maple-mustard char stubbornly stuck on my baking sheet.
I'm also not sure whether the parboiling step was worthwhile. It definitely imparted some extra flavor to the sausages and made me feel confident they were fully cooked by the time the veggies were done. But on the other hand, it made the whole house smell strongly of beer, added prep time, cost around twice as much as broth or cider would have, and left me with an extra dish to wash vs just letting the brats cook in the oven and checking them with a thermometer before serving.
With all that said, the flavors all worked well together, especially where everything caramelized together, and I enjoyed the meal. The procedure just needs a bit of optimization.
Kristen Chidsey
Thanks for sharing your feedback Dawn! I love tossing on the sheet pan, but I can see it takes some patience and a bowl may have been better.
ChadK
Absolutely delicious! We happened to get brats, potatoes and cabbage from our CSA this week. This recipe worked perfectly.
Kristen Chidsey
Wonderful! So glad you enjoyed!
Annis
I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds like something we'd like so I am looking forward to making it. Since there now are gluten free beers, I plan to do Step One. Our favorite GF beer is Redbridge.
Kristen Chidsey
That is a great point to use gluten free beer Annis! Thanks for the recommendation 🙂
tommycord
I haven't the recipe yet, but it sounds good and I will give it a try. But first you must explain step 4 to me -- How does one "toss" a sheet pan?
Kristen Chidsey
Hi Tommy! It means to toss together the potatoes, cabbage, sausage, and brats with mustard dressing and then spread out on sheet pan. I hope you enjoy!
Virginia Brown
Sounds SO yummy! Now to find some turkey or beef brats! ;o)
Kristen Chidsey
I have found turkey and chicken brats at ALDI and my local Harris Teeter/Kroger store. 🙂
Desiree
We made this tonight with delicata squash, sweet potato, red cabbage, chickpeas, and sausage made with red wine and cheese. It was phenomenal. Many thanks!
Kristen Chidsey
Oh my goodness Desiree--I have to try that sausage!!! So glad you enjoyed it <3
Denise Wright
This looks great! I love that you can make in one pan.... always a plus to me. My hubby loves brats too ...then again who doesn't. 😉
Kristen Chidsey
One pan is always a winner!!
Liz
My husband would have been with yours---they would have found a bar somewhere to eat brats and watch football! I'm loving this delicious dish---a wonderful way to eat brats when it's too cold to grill!
Kristen Chidsey
LOL! Yes, they would have enjoyed a beer, a brat and football for sure!
Caroline
What a fun idea - I like the sound of your mustardy dressing as well. Yum!
Kristen Chidsey
The dressing adds so much flavor Caroline!