Devilled sausages(spicy sausasges)
A Sri Lankan devilled sausage recipe. A quick and easy sausage recipe you can even cook right now if you have a frozen pack of sausages in your refrigerator. This one-pot sausage fry only takes 30 minutes to make and will not disappoint you with the flavors.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- The ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
- Water as needed
- 500 g pack of frozen chicken sausages(you can also use beef sausages)
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp minced ginger(1″piece minced)
- 2 tbsp minced garlic(about 3 cloves)
- 2 medium-sized onions cut into wedges
- 250 g banana peppers also known as capsicum(substitute with bell peppers)
- 4 green chilies sliced in two(reduce if you need to reduce spice or remove completely)
- 2 medium-sized tomatoes cut into thick wedges
- 1-2 tsp red chili flakes(increase or reduce as per your need).
- 1 tsp curry powder(any regular curry powder will do)
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 3 tbsp soy sauce(you can use sweet soy sauce as well. if you are using a smaller pack of sausage reduce the soy sauce to 1 and 1/2 tablespoon).
- 1/4 cup tomato ketchup also known as tomato sauce(not tomato paste, can substitute with hoisin sauce as well ).
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Salt to season(please keep in mind soy sauce has high sodium levels unless you choose a low sodium variety, so make sure you use salt carefully to season this spicy sausage curry).
- 1 tbsp black pepper(reduce to 1 teaspoon if needed).
- 1/4 cup coconut milk or even water(optional, only used if you want to stretch the stir-fry for a larger family by making extra sauce).
Instructions
- 1
Cut the onions, capsicum, tomatoes, green chilies as well as other ingredients needed to make the devilled sausages.
- 2
Defrost frozen chicken sausages(500g, can use beef sausage as well)by submerging the pack in lukewarm water.
- 3
Once defrosted, cook the sausages in a pan of boiling water for 3-5 minutes.
- 4
Drain and set aside to cool.
- 5
Cut the boiled sausages into 1-inch or slightly larger pieces.
- 6
Place a wok or large frying over medium fire.
- 7
Pour in the oil(3 tbsp oil)and add the ginger(1 tsp, 1″ piece minced), followed by garlic(2 tbsp, 3 cloves minced).Cook for 2 minutes.
- 8
Add the onions( 2medium, cut into wedges), capsicums(250g, substitute with bell peppers), and green chilies(4, reduce if you need to reduce spice or remove completely.
- 9
Continue to cook the ingredients until capsicums become slightly soft.
- 10
Reduce heat to low medium, add the tomatoes(2 medium, cut into wedges), chilies flakes(1-2 tsp), turmeric(1/2 a tsp), curry powder(1 tsp), soy sauce(3 tbsp of soy sauce, you can use sweet soy sauce as well. if you are using a smaller pack of sausage reduce the soy sauce to 1 and 1/2 tablespoon).
- 11
Tomato sauce(1/4 cup, not tomato paste, you can also substitute with 3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce)to the pan.
- 12
Cook for 2-3 minutes, check for seasoning(keep in mind soy sauce is salty as well), and season with salt.
- 13
Add sugar(1 tbsp)and continue to cook.
- 14
Stir the ingredient for a minute or two.
- 15
Then add the sausage slices to the wok and combine all ingredients together for 3 minutes.
- 16
Add the black pepper(1 tbsp) just before your remove the sausage stir-fry from the stove and combine
- 17
Taste and season as per your need(mainly, salt or a little more sweetness by adding more sugar).
- 18
Transfer to a bowl.
- 19
Don’t wash away the leftover sauce once you transfer the sausage fry to a bowl.
- 20
Add coconut milk or water, cook it over a stovetop until you have a thick sauce of 1/2 cup, and mix with the cooked spicy sausage stir-fry.