Easy Skillet Smoked Sausage with Caramelized BBQ Sauce
A ridiculously good smoked sausage main dish for dinner any night of the week. Or add some toothpicks into the mix for a scrumptious appetizer. Less than 15 minutes to make.
It takes just 2 ingredients and less than 15 minutes to make this delicious main dish or appetizer.
All that’s needed is smoked sausage (precooked) and premade barbecue sauce with a flavor that’s more on the sweet side.
It’s the caramelization of the barbecue sauce just to the point where the sauce is somewhat sticky and thick, that really makes this taste so good.
I especially like the combination of the smoky flavor and a barbecue sauce that has some sweetness to it.
The caramelized sweet flavor of the barbecue sauce along with the smoky flavor of the sausage tastes heavenly together.
About the Smoked Sausage
The caramelized barbecue sauce sticks nicely to the slices of smoked sausage so that each bite has sweet and smoky goodness.
Although I used turkey smoked sausage in this recipe, to my taste buds, the beef or pork (or combination of both) have a little more flavor.
About this Recipe
In this recipe, the slices of smoked sausage are browned on each side, then removed from the pan onto a paper towel-lined plate to remove any excess grease.
Then the sausage goes back into the pan, the barbecue sauce is then added and cooked until it’s caramelized and sticky.
About Serving
Serve this quick and easy smoked sausage as a main dish.
Or, add a toothpick to each slice of sausage and serve them as an appetizer.
Let’s check out the 2 ingredients:
Smoked sausage (turkey, beef or pork (or a combination of meat types) and barbecue sauce (a BBQ sauce that’s more on the sweet side works nicely)
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
For the Sausage:
Cut the smoked sausage in widthwise slices that are a little thicker than 1/2-inch (between 1/2-inch and 3/4-inch wide).
Browning the Sausage:
Heat a large skillet on medium heat and add the sliced sausage.
Using a spatula…
…or a pair of cooking tongs, turn the sausage over as it cooks so that each side of the sausage will brown.
Once the sausage is browned on both sides (about 5 minutes)…
…turn the heat off of the pan and transfer the sausage onto a paper towel-lined plate.
Pat the sausages with a paper towel to remove any excess grease.
Remove any excess grease left in the pan if needed.
Heat the same skillet on medium heat and add the browned slices of sausage back to the pan.
For the Barbecue Sauce:
To the pan add prepared barbecue sauce.
Stir the sausages and BBQ sauce together until each slice is completely coated with the sauce.
Continue stirring as the barbecue sauce gets thicker and caramelizes.
The barbecue sauce should get sticky.
As soon as the barbecue sauce is thick, caramelized and sticky (about 5 minutes), remove the pan from the heat.
For Serving:
Serve warm.
When dishing up the sausages on serving plates, use a spatula to get all of the delicious caramelized sauce from the pan and add it to the plated sausages.
Serve as a main dish or…
…add toothpicks to each slice of sausage and serve as an appetizer.
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Skillet Smoked Sausage with Caramelized BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 package (13 ounces) smoked sausage turkey, beef, pork, or a combination of meat types
- 1/2 cup prepared barbecue sauce a barbecue sauce on the sweet side works nicely
Instructions
- Cut the smoked sausage in widthwise slices that are a little thicker than 1/2-inch (between 1/2-inch and 3/4-inch wide).
- Heat a large skillet on medium heat and add the sliced sausage.
- Using a spatula or a pair of cooking tongs, turn the sausage over as it cooks so that each side of the sausage will brown.
- Once the sausage is browned on both sides (about 5 minutes) turn the heat off of the pan and transfer the sausage onto a paper towel-lined plate. Pat the sausages with a paper towel to remove any excess grease.
- Remove any excess grease left in the pan if needed. Heat the same skillet on medium heat and add the browned slices of sausage back to the pan.
- To the pan, add prepared barbecue sauce. Stir the sausages and BBQ sauce together until each slice is completely coated with the sauce.
- Continue stirring as the barbecue sauce gets thicker and caramelizes. The barbecue sauce should get sticky.
- As soon as the barbecue sauce is thick, caramelized and sticky (about 5 minutes), remove the pan from the heat.
- Serve warm. When dishing up the sausages on serving plates, use a spatula to get all of the delicious caramelized sauce from the pan and add it to the plated sausages.
- Serve as a main dish or add toothpicks to each slice of sausage and serve as an appetizer.
Serving Suggestions
If serving this BBQ smoked sausage as a main dish, potatoes, rice and vegetables make delicious side dishes to serve with it.
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Here are some side dishes that taste wonderful with this BBQ smoked sausage: mashed potatoes, buttery corn-off-the cob, easy potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw, grilled potato slices, oven-roasted steak fries and garlic bread.
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