These Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites are perfect party food and couldn't be easier to make. To make them, arrange sliced kielbasa in a crockpot and pour the kicked-up sauce on top. The rest is up to the slow cooker. Serve these kielbasa bites straight from the slow cooker with toothpicks for casual eating on game day or, any day, that bite size morsels are on the menu.
Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites
There are certain types of food that have earned the name "party food" at our house. Things like wings, subs, queso and tortilla chips, crudité, dips and chips and the list goes on and on. These kielbasa bites are perfect party food and are ever-so-simple to put together. I tend to serve these as an alternative to meatballs, which are on the top of the list of hot favorites for snacking. In fact, this same sauce would work well with meatballs, too.
Kielbasa Bites Make for No-Fuss Entertaining
Kielbasa bites are the epitome of easy stress free entertaining. The sweet and spicy sauce is the perfect crowning touch and can be easily adapted if you need to make a larger or a smaller batch. If you consider yourself saucy, feel free to double the ingredients. Regardless, you can't go wrong.
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Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites
Ingredients
- 3 lb smoked kielbasa ⅓ inch slices
- 1 12 oz chili sauce (i.e. Heinz)
- 1 10 oz jar pineapple preserves
- 1 cup thick smoky barbecue sauce I.e. Sweet Baby Rays
- 1-2 teaspoon red pepper flakes Adjust to your taste
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions
- Spray the inside of a 6-quart oval crockpot with cooking spray. Fill with the sliced kielbasa.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together rhe chili sauce, pineapple preserves, barbecue sauce, pepper flakes, vinegar, garlic salt, onion powder and cumin.
- Pour the sauce evenly over the kielbasa.
- Cook on high for 2 hours or on low for 4 hours.
- Keep warm until serving.
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Holly Stevens
Do not have access to Pineapple Preserves. What else will work? I have Apricot Preserves but not sure that would be a good substitute?? Can I thicken crushed pineapple?? Or, would it be best to just skip the preserve part?
Melissa
Apricot preserves or peach preserves will work well. That is, if you enjoy those flavors. You could certainly adapt using crushed pineapple as you've already thought of, cooked with some granulated sugar and thickened with a little cornstarch (mixed with cold water or pineapple juice) it will work too.
Marilyn
Transporting this at Christmas- any reason i couldn’t make when get there and put in oven at 350 for 30 minutes?
Melissa
You could make this on the stovetop, too, sure.
Julie Hill
I love this sauce over the Kielbasa and was wondering if this would work poured over little smokies or meatballs?
Melissa
Yes, it could be.
Kelly
Could I use a can of crushed pineapple and it’s juices in place of the pineapple preserves? I can’t find pineapple preserves and I don’t care for peach or mango preserves. Thank you!
Melissa
Hi Kelly, it would work but, not be quite the same. Pineapple preserves have a fair amount of sugar obviously, and it melts forming a thicker sauce. In a pinch, you could use crushed pineapple, I just wanted to make you aware it will be different.
Laurie
Great recipe! Making for the second time. This time for the Super Bowl. Thanks for sharing.
Melissa
Awesome, Laurie, thank you!
kirstin
Can this be made without the pineapple preserves it looks good but i have a severe intolerance to pineapples
Melissa
I can be made with another flavor such as peach or mango.
Fitoru keto
We made this yesterday and it was so good! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Donna
Thanks for the great looking recipe! Are these pretty sweet? Is 1 tsp vinegar enough to cut through the sweetness of the preserves? Thanks again
Melissa
In my opinion yes, but adapt to your taste.
donna
Thanks. Making this for the game on Sun! Go Falcons!
Joe
Boooo lol
Deb
Yum! I love the use of pineapple preserves! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Melissa!
Melissa
My pleasure, Deb!