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Sausage sizzle
Barbecued sausages in a slice of white bread with fried onions and tomato sauce
The sausage sizzle is how Australians raise money for school fetes, sports clubs and polling days, and it is the easiest food for a backyard birthday: thick sausages barbecued until browned, laid diagonally on a slice of soft white bread with a heap of sweet fried onions and a squiggle of tomato sauce. One slice, one sausage, eaten in the hand. It contains gluten from the bread (and often the sausages). Chef's tip: cook the onions slowly on the flat plate before the sausages, and push them to the cooler side to keep warm while the sausages cook.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
- 3 onionshalved and thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 8 slices soft white sliced bread
- 8 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp mild mustard (optional)
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Heat a barbecue flat plate or a large frying pan to medium. Toss 3 onions in 2 tbsp vegetable oil and cook for 12–15 minutes, turning often with tongs, until soft, golden and sweet. Push to one side or into a bowl to keep warm.
15 minStep 2: Cook 8 thick beef or pork sausages over a medium heat for 12–15 minutes, turning every few minutes, until browned all over and 160°F in the centre with no pink. The common mistake is blasting them on a high heat: they burn outside and stay raw in the middle.
15 minStep 3: Lay a sausage diagonally across each slice of 8 slices soft white sliced bread, top with onions and a squiggle of 8 tbsp tomato ketchup and 2 tbsp mild mustard, and fold the bread around it. Halve the sausage lengthwise for children under five.
Step 4: Serve straight away. Cool leftover sausages quickly and keep in the fridge for up to 2 days, reheating until piping hot.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does sausage sizzle take?
- About 30 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of onions?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of tomato ketchup?
- Tomato purée with a pinch of sugar and a dash of vinegar.
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