Sweet N Sour Spicy Sausage Food

SWEET AND SOUR SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir sausage, onion, and bell pepper in the hot skillet until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk apricot preserves, cornstarch, soy sauce, vinegar, and ginger in a small bowl; stir mixture into sausage mixture. Cook and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add pineapple chunks and tomatoes. Continue to cook and stir until heated through, about 10 minutes more.

SWEET AND SPICY SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Melt butter (1 tablespoon) with olive oil (1 tablespoon) over medium-high heat in a large skillet.
• Add peppers, onions, and sausage, with a pinch of salt. Stir to coat in oil and salt, then sauté for about 20 minutes, stirring only every 5 minutes or so in order to develop good color. It will seem like too much, but don't worry- the vegetables will cook down a lot.
• Meanwhile, cook up rice/quinoa for serving, if necessary.
• Once peppers and onions are softened and browned, add the water (1/2 cup) to the pot, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Add the honey (1 tablespoon), crushed red pepper (1/4 teaspoon), and canned diced tomatoes with their juices. Stir and turn heat to low. Continue cooking until some of the liquid has evaporated and you are left with a thick sauce.
• Turn off heat and stir in cilantro (2 tablespoons). Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve over cooked rice or other grain or grain substitute, garnished with extra cilantro if desired.

SWEET-AND-SOUR SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage until a thermometer reads 160° drain. When cool enough to handle, cut into bite-size pieces; set aside. , Combine the sugar, cornstarch, water, vinegar and ketchup; add to skillet. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add pineapple and sausage; heat through. Serve with rice.

GRILLED ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH SWEET 'N SOUR PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a small non-stick skillet cook and stir almonds for 1-2 minutes, or until golden. Stir in raisins and remove from heat. Let stand for 1 minute. Carefully stir in vinegar, sugar, salt and black pepper. Return to medium-low heat, cook and stir just until sugar is dissolved, 2 minutes. Set aside. In a large bowl combine red and green peppers and onion wedges. Drizzle with oil; toss gently to coat. Prepare grill to medium-high heat. Grill sausages and vegetables uncovered for 10-15 minutes until sausages are firm, no longer pink inside and juices run clear (180 degrees F),and vegetables are tender, turning at least once halfway through grilling. While sausages and vegetables are grilling, brush slices of polenta with Italian dressing and grill about 2 minutes on each side allowing enough time for the slices to become toasted and golden. Return the grilled vegetables to the large bowl, add the almond mixture; toss gently to coat. Arrange the sausages on a large platter with the grilled polenta and the sweet and sour peppers.

SWEET & SOUR SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice; set pineapple aside. In a small bowl, combine the preserves, cornstarch, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger and reserved juice., In a large skillet, saute the sausage, onion and pepper in oil until vegetables are tender. Add sauce mixture and pineapple. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with rice.

SWEET 'N' SOUR SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until vegetables are tender. , Mix cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into sausage mixture. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until thickened. Serve with rice.

SUNNY'S SWEET 'N SOUR GARDEN COLLARDS

Steps:

• In a saute pan on medium heat, add the oil, bacon and onions and cook until the fat has rendered, the bacon is crisp and the onions are tender. Add the collards and sun-dried tomatoes to the pan and continue to cook until the greens wilt, about 2 minutes. Add in the balsamic vinegar and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately.

SUNNY'S SWEET AND SPICY BREAKFAST SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, crushed red pepper, fennel seed, paprika, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Break the beef into chunks and add to a large bowl. Sprinkle the seasoning evenly over the top then with your hand gently mix the beef until the seasoning is evenly distributed. Divide the mixture into 8 even portions and roll gently into balls. Place back in the bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Remove the sausage from the refrigerator and one by one place each ball between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Using a meat pounder, flatten out the sausage balls into 1/8-inch thick patties.
• In a large saute pan or griddle over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and cook the sausage patties in batches. Sear on one side until caramelized and golden on the bottom, about 2 minutes, then flip to cook just a minute more on the other side.

SWEET AND SOUR SAUSAGES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• In a large skillet, brown sausages in butter.
• In a large bowl, stir together the peaches, chili sauce, sugar, ketchup, onion & curry powder, then stir in the sausages.
• Transfer to the prepared baking dish & bake for 30 minutes, then stir, before baking for another 15 minutes or until bubbly.

SWEET AND SOUR SMOKED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Mix the chili sauce, canned crushed pineapple with juice, and the brown sugar together in a large casserole dish (I use the stoneware from my crockpot).
• Add the bell pepper pieces and smoked sausage.
• Mix everything together.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for one hour, stirring occasionally.
• Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER SWEET AND SOUR KIELBASA

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onions until tender. Stir in brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes.
• Place sausage in a slow cooker with the sauce and onions. Cook on low for 4 to 5 hours. The longer it simmers the better!

SWEET-AND-SOUR SAUSAGES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausages in butter. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; stir in the sausages. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes. Stir; bake 15 minutes longer or until bubbly.

SWEET 'N' SPICY SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cook sausage in two batches, in a large skillet according to package directions. Drain on paper towels.
• Wipe skillet clean; spoon pepper jelly into skillet and cook stirring often, 3 to 4 minutes or until melted and smooth.
• Return sausage to the skillet and cook, gently stirring 2 to 3 minutes or until sausage is thoroughly heated and coated.

BIG OL' MESS (SMOKED SAUSAGE IN SPICY SWEET SAUCE)

Steps:

• Make an aluminum foil bag. Use 2 12" x 18" sheets of heavy-duty foil (or double regular foil) and, (after the ingredients are in the bottom half), crimp the top half on.
• Put the sausage, green pepper and onions in the bottom half of the foil bag.
• Mix the Tabasco up with the sweet and sour sauce and pour it over the sausage mix. Seal the foil bag with the top half. Make sure it is "leak-proof".
• Place on the grill (gas or charcoal) and cook for a total of 45 minutes, turning after each 15 minutes.
• You can slit the bag open when done and serve from it at the campsite.
• If you are cooking this in the hot coals of a campfire, reduce the total cooking time by about 15 minutes and turn every 5 minutes.

SWEET & SOUR ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown sausage on both sides.
• Add all ingredients (except italian rolls) in crock pot and cook slowly for about 3 or 4 hours.
• If you do not have a crock pot just cook slowly on the stove until sausage is done to your taste.
• Slice a roll in half lenthwise (like a hot dog bun) and place on a plate, put a sausage inside. Spoon onions, peppers and some of the sauce on top.
• Enjoy!

SWEET N SOUR SPICY SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cook sausages according to instructions. Set aside. (okay to let cool while making sauce).
• Parboil the bell peppers by rinsing them and then placing the wet peppers on a glass plate on high heat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes.
• Once cool enough to handle, chop peppers into 1/2 in chunks.
• Slice the onion into rings. (Or chop).
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven, large skillet or large sauce pan.
• Add the peppers and onion and sauté until soft.
• Add the ketchup, sugar, pineapples and juice.
• Stir and bring mixture to boil.
• Turn heat down low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• (NOTE: At first mixture will taste more like ketchup. As mixture continues to cook, it will taste more like traditional sweet 'n sour sauce. Patience is a must!).
• ***NOTE: If sauce is still lacking sweet 'n sour flavor, add a little more pineapple juice and a little more brown sugar-- NOT TOO MUCH).
• Chop the sausages into 1/2 inch pieces. Add to sauce.
• Stir and cook for remaining 10 minutes. (NOTE: As sausage reheats, the flavors from the sausage will blend in with the sweet 'n sour sauce, giving it a unique taste.
• Serve over rice. ENJOY!