TastyTalkWithAmy: Sweet n Sour Smoked Sausage over rice (Easy)

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Sweet n Sour Smoked Sausage over rice (Easy)

A very colorful meal and great flavors! I love the somewhat burnt sausages, they taste so good! It is a quick meal to prepare. My husband loves this dinner. You always hear about recipes for sweet and sour chicken or pork but I have never heard of sausage until this one. It is a keeper in my recipe binder and has been made many times and many more to come!

Ingredients:
(2) 16oz (1 lb each) Hillshire Farm or similar brand smoked sausage
1 green bell pepper, sliced into long strips
1 red bell pepper, sliced into long strips
1 large onion, sliced in half, then thinly sliced
(1) 20 oz can pineapple chunks, drained
Sweet and sour sauce (recipe below, prepared separately and before cooking the meal)
pinch of cayenne pepper (you can leave this out if you think it will be too hot, won't miss it either way)
Dash of Tabasco or hot pepper sauce (also you can skip this if you think it is too spicy for you)
3 cups cooked white rice

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe:
Combine:
2/3 cup rice vinegar
8 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. ketchup
2 tsp soy sauce
Bring to a boil in a small saucepan. Mix 4 tsp cornstarch with 8 tsp water and stir into boiling mixture to thicken, makes 1 cup of sauce. Remove from heat and set aside.

Directions:
Slice the smoked sausage and place in a large frying pan over medium high heat. Fry until well browned, stirring often. Once the sausage is fried, spoon out of frying pan and reserve the grease for the sliced green and red bell peppers and onion. Saute until soft. Add the pineapple chunks, then add the cooked smoked sausages back, pour the sweet and sour sauce in and stir to coat the meat and veggies, this is also where you add the pinch of cayenne and dash of Tabasco. Simmer 5 minutes. Serve over white rice and enjoy.