These bacon wrapped brats with beer cheese sauce are a keto-friendly appetizer that won’t boot you off of your low carb diet. Perfect for any party or for a “treat yourself” snack, you’ll feel good about indulging on these.

Wisconsin is known for its love of bratwurst (or brats). While they are most often boiled in beer, grilled up and served on a bun, if you are counting your carbs that isn’t going to fit into your keto-friendly diet. This tasty appetizer combines brats with another favorite – bacon!

Here’s a bacon-wrapping tip if you find that your bacon-wrapped foods tend to have limp, soggy bacon.

Before you wrap the bacon around your food item – brats (in this case) or veggies, bake the bacon at 400° until the bacon is just starting to crisp on the edges. The bacon should still be flexible enough to wrap around your food, but it will cook a lot faster and hopefully crisp up for you.

Here’s what you will need to make keto bacon wrapped brats with beer cheese sauce:

6 Bratwurst with no sugar listed in the ingredients
12 Slices of bacon with no sugar added (I prefer no nitrates as well)
3 tbsp. Butter unsalted
½ c. Heavy whipping cream
1 tsp. Garlic powder
Pepper to taste
3 tbsp. Cream cheese
⅓ c. Low carb beer like Michelob Ultra
2 c. Shredded cheddar cheese

Here are the step by step directions to making these delicious treats:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. (This is where I recommend precooking the bacon a bit if you’d like it a bit crispier.)

Wrap each bratwurst with two slices of bacon, covering the entire length of the sausage.

Place the bacon-wrapped brats on top of a baking rack that has been placed inside a baking sheet, and cook in the oven for 12-15 minutes.

While the brats are baking, add 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter to a skillet over medium heat.

Once the butter has melted, add ½ cup of heavy whipping cream.

Whisk in 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and pepper to taste.

Mix in 3 tablespoons of cream cheese, and whisk constantly until it is well combined.

Pour in ⅓ cup of low carb beer. Michelob Ultra has only 2.8 net carbs per serving, and a full serving is not used in this recipe.

Add in 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. Whisk the mixture until well combined.

Turn the sauce down to low and simmer to thicken while the brats finish cooking. Whisk the mixture once in a while being sure to scrape the bottom so the sauce does not burn.

Serve the brats on keto-friendly rolls for a meal or sliced into pieces that make them easy to dip into the cheese sauce and enjoy as an appetizer!

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Keto Bacon Wrapped Brats with Beer Cheese Sauce

These bacon-wrapped brats with beer cheese sauce are a keto-friendly appetizer that won't boot you off of your low carb diet. Perfect for any party or for a "treat yourself" snack, you'll feel good about indulging on these.

Servings brats

Calories 657kcal

Ingredients

6 brats with no sugar listed in the ingredients
12 Slices of bacon with no sugar added
3 tbsp. Butter unsalted
½ c. Heavy whipping cream
1 tsp. Garlic powder
Pepper to taste
3 tbsp. Cream cheese
⅓ c. Low carb beer like Michelob Ultra
2 c. Shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Wrap each bratwurst with two slices of bacon, covering the entire length of the sausage.
Place the bacon wrapped brats on top of a baking rack that has been placed inside a baking sheet, and cook in the oven for 12-15 minutes.
While the brats are baking, add 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter to a skillet over medium heat.
Once the butter has melted, add ½ cup of heavy whipping cream.
Whisk in 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and pepper to taste.
Mix in 3 tablespoons of cream cheese, and whisk constantly until it is well combined.
Pour in ⅓ cup of low carb beer. Michelob Ultra has only 2.8 net carbs per serving, and a full serving is not used in this recipe.
Add in 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. Whisk the mixture until well combined.
Turn the sauce down to low and simmer to thicken while the brats finish cooking. Whisk the mixture once in a while being sure to scrape the bottom so the sauce does not burn.
Serve the brats on keto friendly bread or sliced into pieces that makes them easy to dip into the cheese sauce and enjoy!

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