andrejthechef
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Classic Currywurst

Berlin street food at home. Browned bratwurst under a warm curry ketchup, ready in half an hour.

prep
10 min
cook
20 min
total
30 min
serves
4
level
easy
Sliced bratwurst covered in curry ketchup, Berlin currywurst style

Currywurst is Berlin street food: grilled bratwurst under a warm, curry-spiced ketchup. It took off in the 1950s and never left. You will find it at kiosks all over Germany.

The sauce takes five minutes and one pan. Make it once and you will keep a jar in the fridge.

method

  1. Make the sauce. Combine the ketchup, curry powder, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar in a saucepan.

  2. Bring it to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes, until the flavors come together. Season with salt and pepper.

  3. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the bratwursts for about 10 minutes, turning now and then, until browned and cooked through.

  4. Slice the bratwursts diagonally into bite-sized pieces and plate them.

  5. Pour the warm curry ketchup over the top.

  6. Dust with extra curry powder, add parsley and serve right away, ideally with fries or a bread roll.

chef's tips

  • Simmer the sauce gently. A hard boil makes the ketchup catch and taste scorched.
  • A good coarse bratwurst makes the dish. Buy the best you can find.
  • The sauce keeps in the fridge for a week.