BBQ Mac & Cheese Brats Recipe are fun for summertime BBQ’s with the kids! This simple recipe combines two comfort foods in one fabulous summer grilling masterpiece! Macaroni and cheese plus brats all served up on a toasty hoagie bun. . . pure magic I tell ya! We’re grilling with applewood chicken brats and adding a drizzle of applewood BBQ sauce to make it that much more amazing. This dinner is ready in 20 minutes flat using Stouffer’s macaroni and cheese, chicken brats, and hoagie buns topped off with a drizzle of your favorite barbecue sauce! It’s a simple summer grilling dinner the whole family is sure to love it!  

Easy as 1-2-3 BBQ Mac & Cheese Brats Recipe

If you are like me and grew up lovin’ macaroni and cheese plus hot dogs and/or brats as a kid then this recipe will whisk you right back to your childhood! It’s pretty amazing how flavors remind of us of times and experiences in our life and take us right back there in a split second! Once in a while I have to allow the inner child in me to experience these two favorites again! I love that this recipe combines them in a little more of “adult” way but just as simple to make and it’ll hit all the right spots! Our BBQ Mac & Cheese Brats are easy as 1-2-3! 

1. Follow the microwave directions the Stouffer’s macaroni and cheese and get it cooking!
2. Cook the the brats and toast the hoagie buns on the grill. 
3. Serve your family in under 20 minutes! 

We love summertime and BBQ Mac & Cheese Brats Recipe is the perfect way enjoy it! We think you might enjoy these other grilling recipes too!

• Sweet and Sour Shrimp Skewers
• Herbed Grilled Chicken Recipe
• Grilled Red Wine and Garlic Elk Steak
• Grilled Pineapple ala Mode
• Grilled Tandoori Style Chicken
• Grilled Pineapple and Strawberry Salsa
• Herbed Flank Steak
• Grilled Pear, Chicken, Craisin Salad
• Bacon Wrapped Chicken Pineapple Skewers
• Grilled Strawberry Shortcakes
• Greek Lamb Burger with Yogurt Mint Sauce
• Grilled Tarragon Garlic Steak
• Grilled Peach Cobbler

Awesome Tips & Tricks for Grilling Proteins

• Take meat out of fridge to bring it to room temperature for 20-30 minutes.  
• Clean the BBQ grill grate with a metal scraper.
• To reduce sticking spray generously with cooking spray before igniting grill so it does not flame up.
• Preheat your grill on high, scrape again if needed to remove any really tough to remove areas.  
• Create heat zones for two stage cooking;
• Stage One: heat one side of grill to high heat; sear the meat on each side for 2 minutes, rotating to get cross-hatching marks.
• Stage Two: heat second side of grill to low or off; place the seared meat here until reaches desired temperature.
• Invest in a high quality probe thermometer.
• To get the best reading; probe the meat on the side inserting the probe into the center of the cut of meat.
• Grilling is a little like cooking on the Mojave desert — dry, dry and hot, hot, hot!  Make sure to use your grilling sauce and apply it with each rotation so the protein stay nice and moist on the inside.
• Once meat reaches 5 degrees below desired temperature move to a resting plate and tent with foil to keep warm without sweating.
• Rest meat for 5 minutes to slow the juices.
• Serve and Enjoy!

BBQ Mac and Cheese Brats Recipe brings two comforts foods together in a delicious dish! 

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