Friday, September 12, 2014

Brown Sugar Kielbasa

Picture this:  It's Saturday night.  The kids have been bathed and are getting ready for bed.  You've got everyone's clothes picked out, ironed, and laying out for church tomorrow morning.  Everyone is getting to bed at a reasonable hour.  You've got your life together.  You might just win woman of the year.  At least in your own mind.  And then...things start to come crashing down all around you.  Your husband is casually walking through the living room on his way to bed and in all of his innocence goes, "Hey...it'll be nice to not come home and have to cook something!  There's lunch after church tomorrow!  Sweet!!!".  You panic.  All week long, you've forgotten all about this potluck event.  There is nothing in this house that is suitable to make for company!  I was going to have cereal for lunch!!!!  What do I do?!?!?!?  I'll tell you what you do.  You get on Pinterest and pray.  Pray that some poor soul has recently pinned something that's easy.  And that you miraculously have all of the ingredients for. 
This is a true story.  All of this recently happened to me.  And this is the beauty that was born out of that night.  It's 2 ingredients and literally the easiest recipe in my entire collection.
*Disclaimer...I apologize for the photo.  Google has nothing that was even close to what the finished product looks like.  Therefore, we have a random image, but it at least shows you what size to cut the kielbasa into.

3 pks. Kielbasa (roughly 3lbs...a little more is fine too)
1 lb. box dark brown sugar (I can never find the 1 lb. box, so I use half of a 2lb. bag.)

Cut the kielbasa into 1/2 inch chunks (refer to the picture).  Place the chunks into a 5qt. crock pot.  
 Dump the dark brown sugar over top.  Stir the kielbasa and sugar in a somewhat rapid fashion until it's combined and there is sugar sticking to every piece.
Cook on High for 2.5 hours or on Low for 5 hours.  I usually stir it 2 or 3 times throughout the cooking time to make sure they all get browned evenly.  Enjoy!

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