Glazed Kielbasa Bites
These Glazed Kielbasa Bites are the perfect make ahead, bite-sized appetizer. It has a sweet and salty flavor that people can’t stop eating!
I don’t know about you, but I am SO ready for football season to start. I love spending the weekends with my family and our friends. I’m not into college football so much, but the Cowboys are on every Sunday at our house. (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas out of the girl.) We everyone comes over, I like to put out a big spread of munchie foods so we can graze all day and a pitcher cocktail like my Strawberry & Lime Moscato Punch. One of my most requested appetizers are these Glazed Kielbasa Bites. I make them practically every other week during the fall and they’re always the first thing to disappear.
GLAZED KIELBASA BITES
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One of my favorite things about this appetizer is how easy it is to make. Once you cut the kielbasa and pineapple all you have to do is assemble the bites, mix up the glaze and bake. My boys love helping me in the kitchen so once the knife work is done, we all grab the toothpicks and start making the bites. Since they helped, they also get first dibs on the finished product once it cools down enough to eat. We like to call it quality control.
While these kielbasa bites are great for game day, I like to serve them all year long. At our summer backyard BBQs, for Christmas and New Years, and my husband may have even requested them for a birthday dinner appetizer. There’s really no wrong time to make these Glazed Kielbasa Bites. One bite of their sweet and salty flavor and you’ll be hooked!
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Tools used to make this Glazed Kielbasa Bites recipe
Knives: A good set of kitchen knives is essential for any cook. This set is the best one I’ve owned so far and it comes with a knife block, steak knives, and an array of larger knives perfect for all your slicing, chopping, and cutting needs.
Cutting Board: A good-sized cutting board is a must for home cooks. This board is thick & sturdy and makes recipe prep a breeze.
Mixing Bowl: These mixing bowls are perfect for mixing and serving. I love the varied sizes so I always have to right size bowl for all my mixing needs.
Baking Sheet: A nice big baking sheet is a must have for any kitchen. This half pan sheet is large than a regular cookie and works great for anything you’re baking.
Glazed Kielbasa Bites
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. kielbasa sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
- 14 oz can pineapple slices in juice, quartered
- 3 T teriyaki sauce
- 1 T sweet chili sauce
- 1 T honey
- 1 T pineapple juice from can
Instructions
- preheat oven to 425 degrees
- place a piece of pineapple on top of a slice of kielbasa and stick a toothpick into them
- in a small bowl combine remaining ingredients
- line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray
- place kielbasa bites onto the baking sheet
- brush glaze over tops and sides of bites
- place in oven and cook for 15 to 20 min (keeping an eye on them)
- remove and enjoy hot!
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3/14/23 – Tried this for a family dinner. Came out excellent! Easy recipe to prepare cook & serve. Used a 1 lb package of smoked sausage so I cut the recipe in half. Will be adding to my favorites.
Loved by everyone!
Brought this to a Super Bowl Party last night and it was gone so fast! Lots of compliments and requests for the recipe. Thanks for an easy yet delicious recipe!
Very disappointing! To salvage this New Years Eve appetizer I had to supply jalapeño jelly, cream cheese and crackers. Will not make again!
Hi,
Could you use Chorizo for this recipe?
And when you say T in the recipe do you mean Tablespoon or Teaspoon?
Thanks
Kelly
Capital T will always mean Tablespoon. Lowercase t will always mean teaspoon. As for the Chorizo yes it could be used but keep in mind that it is considerably more greasy, but I believe it would still be a great flavor if that is the sausage you prefer.
Made this for a get together and it was a hit! So easy to make! I am going to add this to my recipe book and definitely make this again!
That’s why we like it! 🙂 So glad it was such a hit.
I can’t believe that in all my years on Pinterest, this is the first time I’m seeing this recipe. I can’t wait for football season, either!! I will definitely be adding these to my rotation as the look delicious. You can never go wrong with pineapple and teriyaki! Thanks for sharing!
Seriously so good, you won’t be disappointed!
Would like to take these to a picnic. Can they be served at room temp.? Or would they have to stay in a Crock-Pot ?
My personal preference is to keep them warm.
What is the serving size for nutrition facts?
Approximately 2 oz. Generally about 5-8 pieces.
These are delicious. And the leftovers were yummy right out of fridge.
After I assembled the sausage and pineapple , I placed toothpick in and swirled in bowl with the sauce and placed on cookie sheet. I have made three times now and they are so easy
Such a great treat!
Love these. So easy and sooo good The leftovers are yummy right from fridge
Make for such good snacks right! You can even put them over rice and have a yummy lunch!
These were absolutely delicious! Thank you.
Looks wonderful, will try them this weekend!!!! Thanks.
Ive done this recipe many many times my kids love it, i use brats instead of kielbasa & add peppers, i also cut teriyaki down to 2tbsp.
Not a big fan of Kielbasa – would a smoked sausage work just as well?
It won’t be quite the same flavor, but any similar sausagewould be fine…as long as you like it. 🙂
could you substitute soy sauce?
My friends mother used make keilbasa every Easter. It was delicious .one inch peices crunchy and sweet. I don’t know how she made them?????