Kansas City Smoked Sausage

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb smoked pork sausage links
• ¾ cup barbecue sauce (Kansas City style)
• 1 medium onion, yellow
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 0 to taste salt and pepper

Instructions

1. 1

   Slice each sausage link diagonally into 1-inch-thick pieces, cutting at a 45-degree angle as if making oval coins.

2. 2

   Slice the onion lengthwise from root to tip, then cut crosswise into thin half-moons about 1/4 inch wide.

3. 3

   Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into a large skillet and place it over medium-high heat until the oil shimmers and slides quickly when you tilt the pan, about 90 seconds.

4. 4

   Add the sausage pieces to the hot skillet in a single layer and cook without stirring for 3 minutes until the bottoms turn golden brown.

5. 5

   Stir the sausage with a wooden spoon and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring once every 30 seconds, until most surfaces are golden.

6. 6

   Push the sausage to the edges of the skillet and pour the sliced onion into the center of the pan.

7. 7

   Stir the onion every 30 seconds for 3 minutes until it turns translucent (see-through) and softens, stirring the sausage in occasionally.

8. 8

   Pour 0.75 cup barbecue sauce over the sausage and onion, then stir gently for 1 minute until everything is coated in sauce.

9. 9

   Reduce heat to medium and simmer without stirring for 2 minutes until the sauce bubbles at the edges and coats the sausage with a glossy sheen.

10. 10

    Taste a piece of sausage and season lightly with salt and pepper if needed; remember the barbecue sauce is already salty and sweet.

Tools you’ll need

• 12-inch skillet or larger
• wooden spoon
• sharp knife
• cutting board

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