Packer Football Party Food: Mini Sausages Wrapped in Bacon with Beer Cheese Sauce

Packer football party food needs to be hearty, rich in flavor and worthy of the Green Bay Packers. Can you picture Clay Mathews eating hummus or finger sandwiches? Nope, I didn't think so. Clay would much rather have some sausages wrapped in bacon with beer cheese sauce. If you've ever had bacon wrapped anything at a party you know how fast people eat it, but add some beer cheese sauce and you might have to go to the store for more ingredients to make another batch. I also discovered that one package of bacon is EXACTLY enough to wrap one package of mini sausages. Coincidence? I think not. I bet someone from Wisconsin thought of it. Continue reading to find the recipe.

Mini Sausages Wrapped in Bacon with Beer Cheese Sauce

Serves 8 to 10

Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens

1 package (14-16oz) mini sausages, like Lil' Smokies

1 package (1lb.) bacon, I recommend Nueske Applewood Smoked Bacon

2 tablespoons of butter

1 onion, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 cup of beer

1 can cheese soup

1 teaspoon hot sauce

1 teaspoon chili powder

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil.

3. Cut the bacon strips in to thirds. Tightly wrap each sausage in bacon and secure with a toothpick and place the sausages on the baking sheet.

4. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until bacon is crispy.

5. Take the sheet out of the oven and let the weenies cool while you make the sauce.

6. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a medium sauce pan and cook the onion and garlic for about 5 minutes or until the onion is tender.

7. Add the beer and cook down for a minute or two, then stir in the cheese soup, hot sauce and chili powder.

8. If you sausages are cooled, go ahead and remove the toothpicks. Put the sausages (toothpicks removed) into a crock pot, then add the cheese. Give it a good stir.

9. Let guests serve themselves from the crockpot (on warm) with a spoon. Leave out some fresh toothpicks fo them to eat the sausages with.

 

 If cooking isn't your thing, find more Packer football party foods at Wisconsinmade.com.

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Amanda and Linda]

Hi Steven,

So glad you liked the recipe! I thought about trying to use real cheese but decided to go with the cheese soup since it was easier, but your version sounds awesome. I'll have to try it next time! Thanks so much for making my recipe and coming back to comment, that's a big compliment for a food blogger!

Amanda

[Steven Gordon]

I "adjusted" this recipe somewhat. It is not too hard to find good cheese in Texas, but it is a challenge to find WISCONSIN products. So I bought three two-pound bricks of Colby and mild cheddar cheeses, along with a brick of our store brand Velveeta. followed the recipe except I did not add the hot sauce. Chili powder provided enough kick. Did find a good apple wood bacon, and the rest of the recipe was easy. I allowed the cheeses to melt in the crockpot, and did brown off a rather large white onion in the butter, and added (SUPRISE!) some Leinie! Our local chain, H-E-B (short for H.E. Butt, which does give some jokesters some fodder...) does carry, obviously, a lot of Texas products, but looking around, I am able to locate, from time to time, some genuine WISCONSIN fare.

Thank you for a WONDERFUL recipe! My "adjustments" worked out just fine! Can't find the game now (11-3, GB vs. Arizona; our local FOX channel is carrying the Washington game...GRRRRR!), but keeping up on the Internet.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PACK!

Steven Gorodn
GB Packer Backer in San Antonio, Texas

[Steven Gordon]

As a native Wisconsinite who misses the land of beer, cheese and brats, this sounds absolutely YUMMY! I live in San Antonio, which, unfortunately for me, is heavily Tex-Mex (and a lot of fans to that team up in the northern part of the state...something to do with Cowpies...). So I clamor for anything Wisconsin I can find. Fortunately there is a local store which does carry fresh Wisconsin cheese curds from time to time, and same store just got a shipment of Leinie Red, which I dearly love!

Cheers to my Dad Roger in Brown Deer (Milwaukee)!