Quick salad dressing, chicken breasts, and barbecue sauce from a bottle. What could be more simple? The sauce has an acidic, hot, and slightly sweet flavor. Keep in mind: Don’t overcook the chicken! The juicier and more tender it will be, although remaining fully cooked, the closer to barely done it is. It looks like chicken breasts are severely overcooked in 99% of eateries!
| Prep Time: | 8 hrs 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 45 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh, ground pork sausage
- 1 egg, beaten
- ⅓ cup cracker meal
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- ½ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine sausage, egg, crushed crackers and sage. Separate the mixture into two balls.
- Heat a skillet to a high heat and brown the sausage balls. Drain on paper towels. Transfer the balls to a container with a lid.
- Combine ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar and soy sauce in a small pot. Stir while heating the sauce. Let the sauce come to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer. Let the sauce simmer for 20 minutes before pouring the sauce over the balls.
- Allow to cool, then cover the balls and sauce, and refrigerate overnight. Reheat before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 94 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 223 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
These are practically flavorless. Needs salt, pepper, and other herbs and spices for sure.
No I made it as the recipe called for. We enjoyed them very much.
I made smaller balls also, and instead of pouring the sauce over the meatballs, once they were thoroughly cooked through, I poured the sauce, mixed with about 1/2 cup water, over them and simmered them for about 15 or 20 minutes. The sauce cooked into them, and they turned out great. I’ll be making them for a party soon and probably just put them in a little warmer and serve with toothpicks-I like the cracker meal (I crushed up saltines). A good change from the usual cocktail meatball.
A good recipe, however we made small 1″ balls instead of the two balls the recipe called for. Works great for a party appetizer when the recipe is doubled or tripled.