Chicken Apple Sausage Appetizers with Maple Glaze

Toothpick pulling Aidells chicken apple sausage piece out of white bowl.

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Chicken Apple Sausage Appetizers with Maple Glaze

With only 4 ingredients and 5 minutes of hands-on time, these Chicken Apple Sausage Appetizers make the best party snack! Start with Aidells chicken apple sausages (or a similar brand), cover in a ridiculously delicious maple mustard glaze, then warm in the slow cooker. Perfect for potlucks, brunch, parties, and game day!

Prep Time5

Cook Time1

Total Time1 5

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 108kcal

Author: Danielle

Equipment

Slow Cooker

Ingredients

1 pound chicken apple sausages see note
3 tablespoon maple syrup
1 tablespoon stone ground mustard
½ teaspoon dried thyme

Instructions

Cut sausages into ½ inch pieces (about 10 per link).
1 pound chicken apple sausages
Place in slow cooker without any additional liquid. Heat for 1 hour on low stirring occasionally. Then turn slow cooker to "keep warm".
Mix maple syrup, mustard, and thyme in a glass measuring cup. Pour over sausages, stirring to combine. Cover and keep warm until serving.
3 tablespoon maple syrup, 1 tablespoon stone ground mustard, ½ teaspoon dried thyme

Notes

Tips & Tricks

Make sure to warm the sausages on low heat. If the casing gets too hot it becomes tough.
Use real maple syrup. With only a handful of ingredients it's important that each one is high quality.

Note:

The sausages called for in this recipe come precooked. They are not raw sausages.

For a Crowd

This recipe is made using 1 pound of sausages, but it is easily adapted to serve a crowd. Simply double, triple, or quadruple as needed.

Make Ahead Instructions

Up to 2 days ahead you can slice the chicken apple sausages and mix up the syrup. Store them separately in the refrigerator. On the day of serving, proceed with the recipe as written.

Freezer Instructions

You can freeze the sausages, sliced or whole, and the syrup mixture, but keep them separate. When ready to serve, thaw at room temperature. Then proceed with the recipe as written.

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