Linguica con Queso (Grilled Sausage With Cheese)
Recipe: #19285
May 25, 2015
Categories: Pork Sausage, Cheese, Appetizers, South American, 5 Ingredients Or Less 5-Minute Prep, Grilling (Outdoor), more
"A popular Brazilian appetizer. Adapted from Planet Barbecue. Try to find the straightest sausage links possible. Other cooked sausage may be substituted; kielbasa is a good alternative."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (106.4 g)
- Calories 332.4
- Total Fat - 28.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.8 g
- Cholesterol - 61.3 mg
- Sodium - 929.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 2.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 0.1 g
- Protein - 16 g
- Calcium - 202.6 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Slice the sausage in half lengthwise.
Step 2
Preheat grill to medium-high.
Step 3
Brush and oil grill grate.
Step 4
Grill sausage, cut side down, until sizzling and golden brown, 3-5 minutes.
Step 5
Turn sausage over.
Step 6
Thickly sprinkle cut side with cheese.
Step 7
Close grill lid and continue grilling until sausage is browned on uncut side and cheese is melted and bubbling, about 3 minutes more.
Step 8
Using a spatula, carefully transfer the linguica to a cutting board, keeping the cheese on top.
Step 9
Cut crosswise into 1" pieces.
Step 10
Serve on toothpicks.
Tips
- Toothpicks