Mexican Sausage Balls

Mexican Sausage Balls – our favorite sausage balls kicked up with taco seasoning and green chiles. Can make ahead of time and freeze unbaked for a quick snack later. Serve with some salsa or queso. SO GOOD! Sausage, cream cheese, green chiles, taco seasoning, and cheese. These things fly off the plate at parties! Also great for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. We love this easy Mexican appetizer recipe!

Easy Make-Ahead Party Appetizer

These Mexican Sausage Balls are a new favorite at our house. OMG! These are SO good! Sausage, cream cheese, Bisquick, cheddar cheese, taco seasoning, and green chiles. I ate WAY too many of these! I just loved the flavor combination!! These are great for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and parties! Whip up a batch ASAP! I promise you won’t be disappointed.

How to Make Mexican Sausage Balls

These sausage balls are super simple to make. My secret is to mix all the ingredients in your stand mixer. Put the sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, taco seasoning, green chiles, and Bisquick in the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment and let the mixer do all the work. It will take a few minutes for everything to get incorporated. Make sure to scrape down the bowl if necessary.

Once the mixture is ready, roll into approximately 50 to 60 balls and bake. Be sure not to overbake the sausage balls. Cook them just until they start to brown. Overbaking the sausage balls will make them dry.

• I used Jimmy Dean Hot Sausage.
• You can substitute turkey sausage for the pork sausage.
• Need a gluten-free snack? Use gluten-free Bisquick.
• You can use any shredded cheese that you enjoy. Pepper Jack or a Mexican cheese blend work great.
• Want spicier sausage balls? Add some diced jalepeños.
• Here is our recipe for Homemade Taco Seasoning: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-taco-seasoning/
• If you don’t have a heavy-duty stand mixer, you can mix the sausage mixture by hand.
• Can sausage balls be made in advance? Yes! You can form the sausage mixture into balls and refrigerate them overnight.
• Can sausage balls be frozen? Yes! You can form the sausage mixture into balls and freeze them unbaked. Just pop them in the oven frozen and add a couple of minutes to the baking time. I always have a batch of sausage balls in the freezer for a quick snack.

What to Serve with Sausage Balls

These sausage balls taste great hot out of the oven or at room temperature. I like to serve them with a side of salsa, jalapeno ranch, or some queso. Sometimes I mix together some salsa and ranch dressing for a quick salsa ranch dipping sauce. YUM!

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Mexican Sausage Balls

Author: Plain Chicken

Yield: 5 dozen

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Mexican Sausage Balls – our favorite sausage balls kicked up with taco seasoning and green chiles. Can make ahead of time and freeze unbaked for a quick snack later. Serve with some salsa or a mixture of salsa and ranch. SO GOOD! Sausage, cream cheese, green chiles, taco seasoning, and cheese. These things fly off the plate at parties! Also great for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacking. We love this easy Mexican appetizer recipe!

Equipment:

• Kitchen-Aid Mixer
• Cookie Sheet
• Parchment Paper

Ingredients:

• 1 (16-oz) package hot pork sausage
• 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 1½ cups Bisquick
• 1 (1-oz) package taco seasoning
• 1 (4-oz) can diced green chiles, undrained
• 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Mix all ingredients until well combined. (I use my KitchenAid mixer with the dough hook attachment) Roll into 1-inch balls.
• Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until brown.
• Sausage balls may be frozen uncooked. If baking frozen, add a few minutes to the baking time.

Notes:

• I used Jimmy Dean Hot Sausage.
• You can substitute turkey sausage for the pork sausage.
• Need a gluten-free snack? Use gluten-free Bisquick.
• Here is our recipe for Homemade Taco Seasoning: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-taco-seasoning/
• If you don’t have a heavy-duty stand mixer, you can mix the sausage mixture by hand.
• Can sausage balls be made in advance? Yes! You can form the sausage mixture into balls and refrigerate them overnight.
• Can sausage balls be frozen? Yes! You can form the sausage mixture into balls and freeze them unbaked. Just pop them in the oven frozen and add a couple of minutes to the baking time. I always have a batch of sausage balls in the freezer for a quick snack.

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