Sausage Shorties with Pepper Bacon Ranch Dipping Sauce
February 8, 2013
Dubbed Sausage Shorties, these cheese stuffed sausage bites are a fan favorite around my house. With only five ingredients total including the bacon ranch dipping sauce, they couldn’t be simpler to make but they sure are packed with flavor!
Sausage Shorties
Ingredients:
- 1 lb package of regular breakfast sausage
- 1 individually wrapped stick of pepper jack cheese (approx. 8 ounces) cut into eight strips
- 2 tbsp. of your favorite dry rub seasoning
- ¾ cup bacon ranch dipping sauce (recipe follows)
Instructions:
Preheat the grill to medium-high. Divide sausage in to 8 2-ounce portions. Cover one strip of cheese with a single portion of sausage and roll into an oval shape making sure the cheese is fully encased (editor’s note: I like to pinch each end so they look like mini footballs).
Bacon Ranch Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® dressing
2 slices thick cut pepper bacon, pre-cooked and blended until finely ground
Instructions:
Mix both ingredients well and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Clint Cantwell, Grilling.com Editor
