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Grandma Vivian's Sausage Balls Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 lbs country style pork sausage
4 eggs
2 cups seasoned Italian bread crumbs (more or less)
BBQ Sauce:
2 cups ketchup
1 cup (more or less) brown sugar
1/4 cup (more or less) apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons sage or poultry seasoning
Directions:
Directions:
To Make Sausage Balls:
1. In a large bowl, break up sausage into small pieces. Add eggs and bread crumbs. You will want to add the bread crumbs a little at a time and mix with hands as you would meatloaf. Meat should hold together when formed into a ball. Add more bread crumbs if the mixture is too moist.
2. Pinch off or use a scoop and roll meat in-between hands to form a ball.
3. Heat large electric skillet to 350-375º. Working in batches, brown each meat ball on all sides. This will take about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and drain on large baking sheet the has been lined with paper towels. At this point, balls can be placed in zip lock bag and frozen or used right away.
To Make BBQ Sauce:
1. In large pot on stove over medium heat, mix the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar and sage/poultry seasoning and bring to simmer. Taste sauce and adjust according to preference (if it has too much vinegar, add more brown sugar; if too sweet, add more vinegar).
2. Put balls in hot sauce and simmer until warmed through. Serve with toothpicks or as our family likes, A LARGE SPOON.
3. If balls have been frozen, you can thaw in advance or put the frozen balls in the hot sauce and simmer longer or until they are warmed through.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Makes about 80 1-1/2" balls
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hour prep time; 30 minutes cook time
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Okay…so these are the favorite of everyone in the family. They go very quickly so making a couple of batches and freezing them is suggested. You can also make the sauce in advance and freezing it in pint/quart jars. Remember to leave about 1" of space in the jar to it won't expand and crack.

 

 

 

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