Description
Slow-cooked smoky BBQ delights emerge as a mouthwatering centerpiece for comfort meals. Tender meats infused with rich spices and tangy sauce promise a delectable experience you’ll savor with every hearty bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 packages (16 oz / 454 g) little smokies sausage links
- 2 cups bbq sauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ tbsps Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp paprika
Instructions
- Preparation: Arrange sausage links in a uniform layer at the bottom of the crockpot, creating an ideal surface for sauce absorption.
- Sauce Creation: Whisk together BBQ sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika to develop a complex, multilayered flavor profile that will infuse the sausages with rich, smoky notes.
- Coating Process: Thoroughly drench the sausage links with the prepared sauce, ensuring complete and even coverage to guarantee maximum flavor penetration.
- Slow Cooking: Cover the crockpot and set to low temperature, allowing the ingredients to simmer and meld together for 2-3 hours until the sauce thickens and the sausages become tender and glossy.
- Serving Preparation: Gently stir the sausages to redistribute the caramelized sauce, creating a mouthwatering dish with a perfect balance of sweet and smoky flavors, ready to be enjoyed immediately.
Notes
- Optimize Sauce Coating: Ensure every sausage link is completely and evenly covered with the BBQ glaze to maximize flavor penetration and consistent taste.
- Control Cooking Temperature: Maintain a steady low heat setting to prevent burning and allow gradual caramelization of the sugars in the sauce.
- Layer Flavor Strategically: Whisk spices thoroughly into the sauce before pouring to guarantee even distribution of complex taste profiles.
- Watch Cooking Time Carefully: Avoid overcooking by checking sausages at the 2-hour mark, as slow cookers can vary in heating intensity and might complete cooking faster than expected.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks, Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 216
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 872 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg