Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies

These party-ready Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies can be made made entirely in your slow cooker or on the stovetop, when you're pressed for time. Serve them with attractive toothpicks for any occasion when snacks and appetizers are on the menu.

Easy Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies Recipe

I'm often asked, what I do with the food I create for my website. It's a great question, and the short answer is, I give much of it away. Once I've developed a recipe, be it for a Brand or to add to the MSSK recipe index, I often gift the dish to neighbors, friends, family, our local fire station or the teachers at my son's school. Especially, the desserts. On the day I worked on these honey teriyaki little smokies, I had several recipe "irons in the fire" and our dinner was covered. So, I gifted these to a good friend and her family. While I serve these most often as an appetizer, she made rice and they ate these for dinner to rave reviews. I thought that was brilliant!

How to Make the Best Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies Recipe

Slow cookers are ideal for parties, potlucks and entertaining. This entire dish is cooked and served directly from your slow cooker much like my sweet and spicy kielbasa bites. Little smokies are consummate party food and we love my everything pigs in a blanket and bacon wrapped brown sugar smokies for snacking, too.

• Ingredients you'll need to make homemade Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies: Three 14 ounce packages lil' smokies (i.e. Hillshire Farms or similar) Pineapple chunks, honey teriyaki marinade (i.e. KC Masterpiece) one bottle Asian sweet chili sauce and toasted sesame seeds and fresh chives for garnishing.
• Kitchen gadgets you'll need: A 6 quart slow cooker or similar, a small mixing bowl and a whisk to mix the cornstarch together to thicken the sauce at the end of cooking.
• Before you start, cover the slow cooker with a slow cooker liner or spritz the crock with cooking spray for easy cleanup. Either will prevent the sweet sauce from sticking to the sides.
• Know your slow cooker and how it performs. Older slow cookers sometimes cook more slowly than more recent models, due to food cooking temperature regulations. Just like ovens, cooking times can vary due to age and from brand to brand.
• For a time saver, these smokies can be completely mixed together one day in advance and chilled. Allow the crock to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes or so to warm then place into the slow cooker to simmer while you attend to other things.
• Are you a pineapple fan? Add another can to the mix.
• See the Cook's note in the recipe template for stovetop instructions.
• Serve these smokies as an appetizer or a main dish over a generous helping of rice.
• Store leftover Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

More Southern Style Slow Cooker and Crockpot Recipes to Make

The terms slow cooker and crockpot are used interchangeably, Both refer to a style of cooking foods low and slow. More slow cooking recipes you may also like to make:

• You can throwdown a shrimp boil any night of the week with this Slow Cooker Shrimp Boil recipe.
• Slow Cooker Party Meatballs simmer in the sauce while you go about your day.
• Crockpot Chicken and Rice is topped with shredded cheese for a cheesy slow cooker casserole.
• Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Baby Back Ribs melt in your mouth.
• Crockpot Pulled Chicken Tacos are perfect for a busy Taco Tuesday.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• 6 Quart Oval Crock- Pot
• Food Chopper
• Bamboo Forks
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Honey Teriyaki Little Smokies

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time2 hrs

Total Time2 hrs 5 mins

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American, Asian Inspired

Keyword: easy-appetizers, easy-crockpot-little-smokies, honey-teriyaki-little-smokies

Servings: 16 servings (Varies)

Calories: 380kcal

Ingredients

• 3 14 oz packages little smokies smoked sausages drained
• 1 20 oz can pineapple chunks drained, reserve juice
• 1 16 oz bottle honey teriyaki marinade and sauce i.e. Sweet Baby Rays or KC Masterpiece
• 1 12 oz bottle sweet Asian chili sauce medium or hot, your preference
• 4 tablespoon cornstarch more or less as needed
• sesame seeds and fresh chives for garnishing

Instructions

• Spray the crock of a 6 quart slow cooker with cooking spray. (May use any size)
• Arrange little smokies and pineapple chunks over the bottom.
• Add honey teriyaki marinade and Asian chili sauce. Mix until blended and smokies are coated.
• Cook on high for 2 hours.
• To thicken sauce at the end of cooking: Dissolve cornstarch in just enough reserved pineapple juice to dissolve. Add to crockpot, stirring until thickened. May use more or less cornstarch adjusting to your personal taste.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds and fresh chives. Keep warm until serving.

Notes

Stovetop method: Place smokies, pineapple, marinade and chili sauce into a deep 3 quart or similar size, saucepan. Simmer over medium for 15-20 minutes or until fully heated through. Garnish with sesame seeds and chives. Keep warm until serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 380kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 1635mg | Potassium: 482mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg

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