I wasn’t going to post these slow-cooker bourbon cocktail sausages when I first made them. I didn’t think that the world needed another cocktail sausage recipe. But after making them, and watching them disappear at a family get-together, I decided I just had to share.
Tasty Yet Easy
Slow-cooker bourbon cocktail sausages are very, very simple, yet very, very delicious. I actually left out the bourbon and was still left with a (just slightly) spicy sauce that was wonderful with the smoked sausage slices. It’s hard to stop eating these sausages.
I used sliced smoked sausage when I made these slow cooker bourbon cocktail sausages, but you could just as easily add Lit’l Smokies cocktail links. Make sure you let everything get happy in the slow cooker for the full 3 hours. The sauce will flavor the sausages over time, so give them time.
Also try my sweet-and-sassy slow cooker appetizer meatballs and my tailgate cocktail smokies.
Slow-Cooker Bourbon Cocktail Sausages
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound smoked sausage cut diagonally into 1/2″ slices
- 1 12 ounce chili sauce
- ⅓ cup bourbon optional
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- 2 tablespoons white onion grated
- dried red pepper flake or hot sauce, to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Brown the sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat. Drain well.
- Combine the chili sauce, bourbon, brown sugar, onion and red pepper flake or hot sauce in the bottom of a slow cooker.
- Add the sausage and stir.
- Cook on low for 3 hours.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.