Irresistible BBQ Smoked Sausage Bites: The Perfect Party Snack
Ingredients:
- 1 lb ground breakfast sausage
- 3 mozzarella cheese sticks
- 12 slices bacon
- 1 cup smoke hickory barbecue sauce for basting, plus additional sauce for serving
Preparation:
Divide the breakfast sausage into 12 even portions, then flatten into disks.
Cut each string cheese stick into 4 even portions and place each cheese section onto a ground sausage disk.
Gently form the ground sausage around the cheese so that the cheese is entirely encased.
Wrap each stuffed sausage bite in a slice of bacon and use a toothpick to secure the end of the bacon. Be sure to soak your toothpicks in water for 1 hour before grilling.
Brush the sausage bites with the smoked hickory barbeque sauce, cover the grill and allow the sauce to set for 2 minutes.
Prepare your Grill: 350F
Place the bacon wrapped sausages bites in a foil pan and smoke it for approximately 20 min until the bacon is nicely browned and crisp, and the meat is cooked through and reaches an internal temperature of 160°F
Remove the sausage bites from the grill and serve immediately with additional barbecue sauce.