🇦🇺 Australian Cuisine

Democracy Sausage

Election Day Sausage Sizzle

Prep Time 5 min

Servings 8

Difficulty Easy

Calories 348 kcal

A grilled beef sausage nestled in a folded slice of white bread with caramelised onions and your choice of tomato sauce or mustard — the unofficial taste of Australian democracy.

Ingredients

8 beef sausages
8 slices white bread
2 large brown onions, sliced
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Tomato sauce (ketchup)
American-style mustard

Instructions

1 Heat barbecue or flat grill to medium-high heat.
2 Cook onions in oil on one side of the grill, stirring occasionally, until deeply caramelised (15-20 min).
3 Grill sausages, turning frequently, for 10-12 min until cooked through and evenly browned.
4 Place one sausage diagonally across a slice of bread.
5 Top with a generous spoonful of caramelised onions.
6 Add tomato sauce, mustard, or both. Fold the bread around the sausage and serve.

Did You Know?

Australia has an official "Democracy Sausage" website that maps every polling station sausage sizzle on election day, helping voters locate their nearest snag.