How long do you fry pastrami?

Answer 1

Don't boil it. You can simmer it in beer with onions, and then put it under the grill or on the barbecue. Preferably, simply grill it until it appears done. Just turn it a few times, and cut it gently to be sure it's cooked through. Then serve with any of the following: onion, good brown mustard, pickle, potato salad or baked beans, or just eat the sausages as they are, preferably with mustard - brown, not yellow - and maybe a beer sauce. Sauerkraut is not traditional nor is it a good accompaniment. Cheese goes well. There is no excuse for boiling a sausage; you won't get the flavour. Also, you need to buy the best possible bratwurst available, and never, ever, buy pre-cooked. Beer sauce can be easily made with two each cans of beer and chopped tomatoes, brown sugar - about a tablespoonful - and sliced onions, all simmered together. It mustn't boil. Add your grilled sausages and leave them in the sauce, gently keeping warm, until you're ready to eat. I would serve mashed potato with lots of butter with this, to mop up the sauce, brown mustard on the side. Dusseldorf mustard is perfect. Extra beer sauce can be sealed and left in the fridge for another occasion; the sausages will have added a marvellous flavour. I sometimes add chorizo sausage, to give heat and vigour. Having said this, there is still nothing much better than a grilled bratwurst with mustard! Now I think I must go and have an early lunch!

Answer 2

Zero seconds - Pastrami should NEVER be fried! It should be steamed.

Pastrami is usually fully cooked when you get it.

Just put it in a hot steamer for two minutes - yum!

If you really want to fry it, coat the pan only lightly, use low heat. You should experiment as to how fried YOU like it. The more its fried, the greasier and drier it gets and the saltier it seems to taste --- yuck!

Answer 3

2 to 3 miniuts