Sweet and Spicy Sausage Balls

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Description

This recipe makes a sweet sauce for meatballs made with spicy Italian sausage, great for entertaining.

Ingredients

2 pounds bulk hot Italian sausage
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

1 Roll sausage into 100 very small balls using no more than 1 1/2 teaspoons meat per ball.
2 Stir red wine vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, soy sauce, and ground ginger together in a large saucepan over medium heat; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook at a simmer until beginning to thicken, about 15 minutes.
3 Heat a skillet over medium heat. Fry sausage balls in batches in the hot skillet until browned on all sides and no longer pink in the center, 3 to 5 minutes per batch. Remove cooked sausage balls with a slotted spoon to the saucepan and stir into the sauce to coat.