The BEST Little Smokies Recipe | Julie Blanner (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients in Lil Smokies? ›

Ingredients. Mechanically Separated Chicken, Pork, Water, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF Salt, Flavorings, Sodium Lactate, Dextrose, Beef, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Diacetate, Potassium Lactate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite.

Mix equal amounts of buffalo sauce and beer in your Crock-Pot. Add a can of cream of chicken soup and your Lil Smokies. Cover and cook for 4-5 hours, stirring occasionally. You'll know they're ready when the sauce gets creamy and the sausages are tender.

Yes! Like most smoked sausages, little smokies are already fully cooked. You'll want to heat them through before serving. We think the easiest way is to toss them in the slow cooker with a simple three-ingredient pantry sauce.

Changes in texture: A slimy texture, especially with a loss of color and firmness, probably means your sausage is no longer edible. Mold: Mold or any other sign of bacterial growth indicates you should throw your sausages away.

Things You Should Know

For cooking sausage on a stovetop, heat a skillet with about 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of oil on medium heat. Add the sausages and cook for five minutes on each side. To boil sausages, cover and boil them for 10-15 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 °F (74 °C).

To boil sausages, simply place them one by one into a pot of boiling water and let them simmer. Pre-cooked sausages take around 10 minutes, whereas raw ones may take up to 30 minutes. Keep in mind that boiled sausages won't be brown and crispy on the outside.

You can use either flour or cornstarch to thicken BBQ sauce. Just mix together 2 tbsp (16 g) of flour and ¼ cup (62.5 mL) of water, or combine 1 tbsp (9 g) of cornstarch with 1 tbsp (15 mL) of water. Continue mixing the thickener until there are no lumps of flour or cornstarch.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cut bacon slices into thirds and wrap each strip around a sausage. Secure the wrapped sausages on wooden skewers, several to a skewer. Arrange the skewers on a baking sheet and sprinkle them liberally with brown sugar.

Grilling and frying sausages can make the sausages pop with flavour. Boiling sausages is a faster method but you will have to part with some of the flavour unless you fry them after boiling them.

How do you tell if a Smokie is cooked? ›

Use a meat thermometer to make sure your sausage is between 160 and 165 °F (71 and 74 °C). If you don't have a meat thermometer, check that the sausage is firm and has clear, runny juices. Cut it open and make sure the inside is brown, not pink.

First off, you should never leave cooked hot dogs sitting out at room temperature for more than one hour. If a plate of cooked hot dogs has been sitting out for a few hours, it's best to throw them out. With proper storage, cooked hot dogs will last for three to four days.

Ingredients. Beef, water, corn syrup, Contains 2% or less: salt, potassium lactate, dextrose, natural flavor, calcium lactate, sodium phosphate, monosodium glutamate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. Made With Calcium Alginate or Beef Collagen Casing.

Processed meats such as bacon and hot dogs are linked to mental breakdowns, a study suggests. Patients taken to hospital with manic episodes were more than three times more likely to have recently eaten meats such as ham, salami or beef jerky.

Environmental Impact: Contains pork, which has a higher carbon footprint relative to chicken, eggs and plant proteins.

Uncured lil' Smokies have no preservatives, no added MSG. no added phosphates, nitrates or nitrites.