Candied Sausage Recipes

PISTACHIO CANDIED LIT'L SMOKIES® SMOKED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Combine maple syrup, brown sugar, mustard, salt and cayenne in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add Lit'l Smokies smoked sausages and bring to a simmer. Heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce is reduced and almost gone, about 15 minutes. Sauce will be thick.
• Remove smoked sausages on to a parchment-lined baking sheet and when cool enough to handle, dip in pistachios. Serve warm.

CANDIED KIELBASA

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, combine the brown sugar, ketchup, and horseradish; add the sausage and mix well.
• Cook on High until the sauce starts to boil; reduce heat to low and cook until the sauce thickens, about 45-60 minutes.

CANDIED SAUSAGE (POOR MAN'S TERIYAKI)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Prick your sausages all over so's to aid in the release of the fatty juices.
• Mix flour, salt and pepper in a small bowl. (I usually just use a cereal bowl.).
• Roll the sausages in the flour mixture until covered.
• Place all sausages on a broiling pan and place on middle rack in oven. Bake for about 40 minutes. Turning sausages over after 20 minutes.
• Put brown sugar in a small bowl. I usually use the same bowl I used for the flour.
• Add the soy sauce. You want to make the brown sugar into a paste. So you may need to decrease or increase the amount listed.
• (I usually just pour from the bottle so I am not definite on the measurement.).
• Mix in the lemon juice.
• Then add the spices. These can be adjusted according to taste. (I sometimes put as much as double the spices in.).
• Using a pastry brush, coat the tops and sides of the sausages with the brown sugar mixture. Make sure you leave enough in the bowl to coat the sausages at least once more.
• Leave the sausages in for another 10 minutes.
• Then turn them all over. Coat them with some more sauce. Let cook for 10 more minutes.
• At this point, some would consider the sausages done. You can take them out now and enjoy them. Or you can keep coating and turning the sausages until they are done to your preference. (We like ours cooked to the point where the start to shrivel -- I know, weird.).

CANDIED KIELBASA

Steps:

• In a slow cooker combine the sugar, ketchup and horseradish. Add the sausage, and mix well. Cook on High until it starts to boil. Reduce heat to Low, and cook until sauce thickens, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

CANDIED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cut sausage into 1 1/2 in. pieces. Boil about 20 minutes; drain.
• In large skillet, on medium heat, melt butter, add sugar a little at a time stirring constantly. Continue to stir until mixture becomes a caramel color, remove from heat.
• Add sausage and simmer on low for about 5 minutes. Caution, caramel mixture will be hot!

CANDIED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• Remove and discard stems from peppers, then slice into 1/4" slices. Set pepper slices aside.
• To a large pot, add cider vinegar, white sugar, garlic powder, turmeric, and celery seed and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to about MED LOW and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Raise the heat to about MED HIGH to bring mixture back to a boil. Once boiling, add the pepper slices. Allow to return to a boil, then reduce the heat again (to about MED LOW) and simmer for 4 minutes.
• Transfer the peppers using a slotted spoon to clean glass canning jars, filling jars to within 1/4 inch of the upper rim of the jar.
• Only the syrup should remain in the pot at this point. Increase the heat to bring to a full rolling boil. Boil like that for approximately 6 minutes.
• Ladle the syrup into the jars with the jalapeno slices. If you notice any air pockets, take a clean spoon and insert it into the jar to get rid of the trapped air. Fill jars to within 1/4-1/2" from the upper rim of the jar.
• Wipe the rims of the jars with a damp paper towel, then screw on canning jar lids. Label if desired and refrigerate for at least 1-2 weeks (3-4 weeks for optimal flavor). Candied jalapenos are good for up to 3 months if kept properly refrigerated.

CANDIED KIELBASA

Steps:

• 1. In a slow cooker, combine everything except the sausage. Mix well.
• 2. Add the sausage and stir. Cook on High until it starts to boil.
• 3. Reduce heat to Low and cook until sauce thickens, about 45 minutes to an hour. ENJOY