An Italian sausage sandwich. |
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| Alternative name(s) | Sausage butty |
| Place of origin | Europe, North America |
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| Main ingredient(s) | Bread, sausage |
A sausage sandwich is a sandwich containing cooked sausage. It generally consists of an oblong bread roll such as a baguette or ciabatta roll, and sliced or whole links of sausage, such as hot or sweet Italian sausage, Polish sausage, German sausage (knackwurst, weisswurst, bratwurst, bockwurst), Mediterranean merguez, American andouille or Spanish chorizo. Popular toppings include mustard, brown sauce/steak sauce, peppers, onions, sauerkraut, chili, salsa, and tomato sauce.
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In the UK, sausage sandwiches (Sausage sarnie or butty in UK slang) can typically be found in greasy spoons (workers' cafés) and many roadside food stalls. They are also made at home, as a classic post-hangover pick-me-up.
It is a breakfast favourite although it may be purchased and consumed at any time of the day. It is typically served between two pieces of white bread with red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all (see steak sauce, HP sauce). Popular combinations are sausage and bacon, sausage and egg, sausage and fried onions and sausage and tomato.
Sausages served in a bread roll or hot dog bun in the UK, especially at barbecues are usually known as hot dogs.
In Scotland, a lorne sausage may be substituted and is usually served in a morning roll or bap.
A vegetarian sausage may be substituted for pork sausage.
In Australia and New Zealand, a variety is frequently sold at school fetes and other fundraising activities. In this context, the sausage is cooked on a barbecue grill in an outdoor area and served with grilled onions on a single, diagonally folded slice of bread with tomato ketchup or barbecue sauce. The sandwich is colloquially shortened to sausage sanger or "snag", and the activity termed a "sausage sizzle". As well as fetes, fundraisers and markets, in recent years it has become very common for "sausage sizzles" to be regularly held outside major retailers on weekends (often for charitable causes) such as Bunnings, The Warehouse or Harvey Norman.
In South Africa, a common variety is known as a boerewors roll or, colloquially, a "boerie". Similar to the Oceanic variety, the sausage is cooked on a braai (barbecue) grill, and usually served with grilled onions on a hot dog-style bread roll with tomato ketchup, barbecue sauce, chutney or sweet chili sauce.
In the United States, sausage sandwiches are widely popular, particularly at sporting events, carnivals, beaches, and fairs.[1][2] They are also sold in many delis as well as food stands on street corners of large cities such as New York and Philadelphia. Many American hot dog vendors also serve Polish, Italian, Mexican, and German sausage sandwiches in addition to their regular fare. In the US, sausage sandwiches that come on toast, a bagel, an english muffin, a biscuit, or kaiser roll, and include eggs are generally referred to as breakfast sandwiches.