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Curly-Q Grilled Sausages

Total Time
2h 40m
20m prep ยท 140m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
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Difficulty
Hard
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๐ŸŒพ Gluten-Free ๐Ÿฅ› Dairy-Free ๐Ÿฅœ Nut-Free

Giving a sausage a cool, coiled shape isn't just fun or frivolous; it's also fully functional. The extra surface area picks up additional delicious smoky, caramelized flavors from the grill. You could brush barbecue sauce on an un-helixed Italian sausage, but here you're literally flavoring the sausage inside and out. I served these curly-q grilled sausages on buns with homemade basil-garlic mayonnaise.

Ingredients

  • 2 , 3.5 ounce
  • 1.5 cups water
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 metals skewers
  • 1 tablespoon barbeque sauce , or to taste

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place sausages into a large skillet over medium heat and pour in water. Add a large pinch of salt and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for about 3 minutes per side.

  2. 2

    Remove sausages from the skillet and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour. Insert a metal skewer the long way through each cooled sausage.

  3. 3

    Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Pour barbecue sauce into a small bowl.

  4. 4

    Place a sausage on a work surface and start making a knife cut about 3/4 inch from the end, holding the knife blade at a slight angle and cutting down to the skewer. Slowly rotate the sausage and continue cutting in a spiral until sausage is cut to about 1 inch from the other end. Gently spread sausage apart on the skewer to create about 1/2 inch of space between the curls.

  5. 5

    Place sausages onto the preheated grill and cook until browned and meat is no longer pink inside, about 6 minutes; turn occasionally.

  6. 6

    Brush sausages with barbecue sauce using a pastry brush when sausages are nearly done. Cook, continuing to turn sausages, until sauce has caramelized onto the meat, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a plate and let sausages cool for about 30 seconds before removing skewers for serving.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

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