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Slow Cooker Beef Smokies 3-Ingredient. Put these small beef sausages, as well as 2 other easy ingredients, in the slow cooker and have yourself an appetizer that will leave your holiday-goers salivating to know the secret.
Servings: 10-12 as an appetizer
Ingredients
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3 pounds beef cocktail wieners (beef smokies)
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Use 1 and a half cups of barbecue sauce from the store—pick any kind you like, such as regular or smoky.
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1 cup grape jelly
Slow Cooker Beef Smokies: Directions
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Arrange the beef cocktail wieners in a slow cooker of 4- to 6-quart capacity in a single layer. They may be stacked in small amounts, yet you want them to be loosely stacked such that the sauce can roll around them.
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Whisk the barbecue sauce and the grape jelly together in a medium bowl until the entire mixture is smooth and the jelly is completely dissolved. The sauce must appear shiny and not too thick.
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Spoon the barbecue-jelly mixture on top of the beef cocktail wieners in the slow cooker with sufficient sauce on the sausages. Try not to splash, and slowly mix the smokies with a spoon or spatula.
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Top the slow cooker with the lid and cook under LOW (3 to 4 hours) or HIGH (1 1/2 to 2 hours) until the sausages are heated and the sauce is bubbling and somewhat thickened.
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When cooked, stir the smokies a bit to ensure that each piece is well covered in the dark and shiny glaze. Turn the slow cooker to the WARM option to serve so that they remain hot and saucy during your gathering.
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You can serve the beef smokies right out of the slow cooker using toothpicks or small forks. They should be stirred as they are cooking on WARM to ensure that the sauce is spread evenly around and does not stick to the edges.
Variations & Tips
To make it hotter, a smoky or chipotle barbecue sauce and a dash of crushed red pepper flakes or a dash of hot sauce to the barbecue-jelly mixture can be used before pouring it on top of the sausages. In case you want slightly less sweet appetizer, go on with a tangy vinear-based barbecue and use a vinear-based barbecue sauce or you can use the grape jelly and cut the quantity in half and test the sauce prior to adding it to the slow cooker. To add a little more flavor, add 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce or a small spoonful of Dijon mustard to the mixture of sauce. To serve a smaller party, you can cut the recipe into half and use approximately 1 1/2 pounds of beef cocktail wieners, 3/4 cup of the barbecue sauce, 1/2 cup of the grape jelly; keep the bottom time on the same scale, but check it a minute early. To make it ahead, combine the barbecue sauce and jelly and refrigerate up to 3 days ahead and then on day of your party simply pour it over the sausages in the slow cooker and then cook according to instructions. In case you want a slightly stickier glaze, to serve buffet-style, take the lid off the last 20 to 30 min on HIGH, give it a single or two stirs to allow some moisture to evaporate, and concentrate the sauce.
