Cocktail Sausages
The easiest sweet and smoky, most delicious appetizer ever! There's hardly any prep work, and less than 5 minutes on the stove are needed to enjoy these irresistible cocktail sausages, cocktail weenies, lil smokies, cocktail weiners, or whatever you call them. It's a perfect recipe for any type of gathering, to munch on before a barbecue, for game day, movie night, or just because. Any excuse is a good one!
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 12 ounces 340g Lit'l smokies or mini weiners/cocktail sausages, preferably smoked (see Notes below for alternative)
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce see variations in the Notes, below
Instructions
- Put the smokies or sausages in a saucepan or skillet. See Notes below about pre-cooking them.
- Add brown sugar, mustard, soy sauce and mix.
- Cook on medium heat until a syrup is formed. When it starts to boil make sure you stir it frequently so it doesn't stick to the bottom. It will be quite watery initially, so give it a few minutes.
- Transfer to a bowl and serve with toothpicks or small cocktails forks.
- Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container or a bowl covered with plastic wrap. Warm again before eating. The sauce will be much thicker.
Notes
Pre-cook the sausages: depending on the type of sausage you use, they might be already fully cooked or not. I like to boil them for 1-2 minutes before mixing them with the rest of the ingredients but it's not always necessary.
Smoked sausages: if you don't use Lit'l Smokies sausages or another one that is smoked, you can add a few drops of liquid smoke, giving it a great flavor. You can buy it online.
Whole sausages: if you can't find mini ones, simply cut large ones into medium pieces. For this recipe, you can use about 4.
Saucepan or skillet: the first one will take longer to reduce and in the latter, the smokies will caramelize better individually and maybe char a little, which is a good thing.
