One of the first things you learn to cook as a kid growing up on the islands is Vienna sausages for breakfast or a snack. I don’t recall when I first started making this but I ‘v gone and passed this simple recipe on to my cousins and now our daughters. Kieana was in love with this, since it was something she could cook all on her own. She would pretend she was the host of her own cooking show (like you see on the food network), but that all stopped when Caron and I thought we’d encourage her budding love for the kitchen and got her a personalized apron and chef’s hat. She still make it occasionally, but she’s now moved on to cooking corned beef, but without the cabbage.
* If you don’t have Vienna sausages, you can use hot dogs or chicken wieners. I’ve never tried vegetarian hot dogs, but I sure they’re just as tasty as a substitute.
You’ll need…
1 can Vienna sausage (cut in half)
1/2 tomato diced
1/4 onion diced
1 scallion (optional)
1 teaspoon (heaping) ketchup
black pepper (to taste)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
Open the can of Vienna sausages and rinse under cool water, then slice each sausage in half (of whatever size you like). Now dice the tomato, onion and scallion.
In a small saucepan or frying pan, add the oil and place on medium heat. When the oil is hot add the ingredients we diced, including the sausage. Then add the ketchup, butter (or margarine) and black pepper. Cover and let simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes. Until the tomato is starting to melt and onion is soft.
This is very good with toast and eggs as part of a good Caribbean breakfast or as a light snack for the kids after school with sliced bread. Don’t be fooled with the simplicity of this dish as it’s full or flavour and texture.
Speaking about breakfast, if you had hot fry bake or sada roti, that sauce you see in the picture above makes for great dipping.
I don’t believe we have tinned Vienna sausages in Australia, but I make a similar dish with Rookwurst. Delicious.
Thank you for sharing this recipe! This was one of my favourite go-to easy comfort meals when I started living on my own!
I also done it with bake beans ackee cabbage and Callaloo.it goes with any of these
Always include this in my breakfast here at home family love it.
For some reason I thought only my parents made this for me growing up. I still eat this Vienna sausages to this day. I eat it with crackers, with bake, on a wheat bread sandwich. Love this easy to make dish.
I never liked Vienna sausages so I will have to use either beef hotdogs or smoked sausage. I will try this recipe because it is so easy and can be used with different things already mentioned.
hi chris, I usually make this recipe and use smoked sausage, minus the green onions and its equally as delicious. I never tried Vienna sausage but it looks so good I am going to give it a try. thanks Chris, keep the recipes coming.
Great recipe Chris…Its a bajan way too..used with salt bread or
cornmeal bakes..Delish!
Chris, You never ceases to amaze me with your recipes which needless to say, I will try. I ate Vienna sausages (Maple Leaf) when I lived in Guyana and again in Canada. I have always eaten it cold out of the can and sliced length wise on Toast garnished with Pepper Sauce, for a snack.
However, I just have to try your recipe. Cheers
Hylton
I used to do this for my kids. I think it’s time to revisit this recipe.
Sorry, Chris. Vienna sausages and hot dogs are faux food. There are real sausages out there, just find them!
I try the Vienna sausages and it was great thank chris
try it and love it but used lil beef hot dog thank you Chris
with some rice an lentils/red peas
one of my favorites i can remember growing up as a child.
I would have never thought of cooking vienna sausages like that. I tried it and it was delicious and my children seemed to enjoy it. It is very easy for them to make it. It tasted delicious with coconut bake.
As I'm not an egg lover and I don't eat pork or beef, I often make this for breakfast on the weekends. I use the CHICKEN Vienna Sausages and for a faster process I use an organic mied or hot chunky salsa (which has all the ingredients already chopped up) in water with ketchup. Add my own seasoning (depending on how hot the salsa is) and let it boil down to a nice thick gravy. Sometimes I cut the sausages lengthwise instead, that way it seems like more and makes it easier to eat inside of a toasted bagel. Just layer one side of the bagel, top it with the thick gravy filled with veggies from the salsa. it's REALLY good, and makes a hearty breakfast!!
Will try it this weekend.
Never tried the viennas this way except cut up with pork n beans or fried in with leftover white rice and egg. This sounds delish Chris and you always have the best recipes!!
I'm a newcomer to your site and had to smile when I saw this……brings back fond memories. Anyone who can make canned sausages look like a gourmet meal in a five star restaurant is a winner in my book. Keep up the good work. You're my go-to guy for authentic Caribbean Pot.
Sausages are a no no in my family, tuna works well for us.
Hello Chris,
I really like to print out your recipies and make a cook book that I can go back to when I need to make something. The videoes are great but I prefer this myself. Please enter me for the spices. Thanks and have a great day! Keep up the good work.
My dad and I do this with canned Salmon and corned beef. Just sub either for the Vienna sausage (which I never really had a taste for).
I like to add a pepper sauce like Tabasco plus Worcestershire sauce as I don't like black pepper…you can also scramble eggs into it…I have not made it for so long I forgot all about it till now….
Ahhhhhhh this reminds me of when grand mom were alive and a good breakfast before going to school to hit the books. Tasty.
My mom used to make this for us back in Trinidad and i still make it .Alittle different but will try it this way it looks great!!
Love the vienna sausages!!
As Cheri say the butter makes it even better.I never tried the butter before.Thanks.
Tried it last night but I used hot dogs, sweet peppers and some seasoning peppers – it was wonderful that bit of butter is what carries it to the next level.
good breakfast usally I add a can of bake beans and hot pepper to spice it up. I like my food spicy very spicy use a lot of west indian peppers. Serve it with toast and eggs over easy or just toast. If eating it for dinner try it on mash potatoes its awesome and or garlic bread.
Hi this is Kathy,my twist to this recipe is that i use the brine that the sausage come in,since the sausage is cooked in it it gives the dish more flavor. I also add a little ketchup and hot pepper for taste.My son loves it.
thanks for sharing that tip
Hi Kathy, I still do that up tyo this day my grandchildren loves it I am getting a bit fed up of cooking it very time thery visit…I thing i will have to cook plenty and freeze it so next itme is just defrost and eat…
this brought me back to my memories of Saturdays evenings at my parents home, when all the kids and grands came for movie nights, and we had this with home made bread,I will dice some olives (not too much) and mix in to it as well
yea, is real memories with this one for sure. Seems we all have a fond memory or 2 with this.
Made this last night for a light dinner and had it with a piece of leftover coconut bake. Delicious! I don’t like onion much so I used a small cut up shallot and it was much milder. Also, I used real Matouk’s ketchup, so it added a sweet dimension to the dish. Before meeting me my husband never tasted “real ketchup” like we get in Trinidad. Almost 20 years later it’s the only ketchup he eats!
Tribagonians and their Matouks ketchup.
Chris: This reminds me of my fun summer days vacationing at Mayaro Beach oh so many years ago. Thanks for posting the coconut sweet bread recipe on Facebook. Can’t wait to try it!! Pastelles are in the plans for Christmas, hope you are planning the same.
Cheers
Janice
djoy1972, “ketchup loving days”… had a good chuckle with that one. Ketchup and Trinbagonians.. we were on the islands 4 weeks ago and it still amazes me that pizza and ketchup are a norm.
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I still make this sometimes, I remember growing up, in my ketchup loving days, I used to also add ketchup to it.