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Smoked Sausage Bites with Bourbon Glaze
Bite-sized smoked sausage in a sweet and savory bourbon-brown sugar glaze
⏱️ Prep: 10min🍳 Cook: 20min⏰ Total: 30min👥 Serves: 16🌡️ hot
✓ gluten-free✓ dairy-free
Ingredients
- 2 lbssmoked sausage(kielbasa or similar, sliced into coins)
- 0.5 cupbourbon
- 0.5 cupbrown sugar(packed)
- 0.25 cupDijon mustard
- 2 tbspWorcestershire sauce
- 2 tbspbutter
- 0.25 tspcayenne pepper
- 2 tbspfresh parsley(chopped, for garnish)
📝 Make Ahead
Best served immediately. Can keep warm in slow cooker on low setting.
Instructions
- Slice sausage into 1/2-inch coins
- In large skillet over medium-high heat, brown sausage in batches until caramelized
- Remove sausage to plate
- Reduce heat to medium and add bourbon to deglaze pan - careful of flame
- Add brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire, butter, and cayenne
- Stir until sugar dissolves and sauce begins to thicken
- Return sausage to pan and toss to coat in glaze
- Cook 3-5 minutes until sauce is sticky and coats sausage
- Transfer to serving dish and garnish with parsley
- Serve hot with toothpicks
💡 Pro Tips
Use quality smoked sausage - kielbasa, andouille, or any fully-cooked smoked variety. Brown sausage well for extra flavor. Be careful adding bourbon to hot pan - it may flame. Let the glaze reduce until it coats a spoon. The sauce should be sticky, not runny. Serve while hot and glossy.
📜 History
Glazed sausage bites are a modern evolution of the classic cocktail weenie, elevated with bourbon and better ingredients. The combination of smoky sausage with sweet-savory glaze hits all the right notes for game day snacking. The bourbon adds depth and pairs naturally with the smoked meat.
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