Q&A for How to Cook Sausages

If your sausages are drying out in your pan as you cook them, you have the heat up too high. Sausages should be cooked on medium heat and turned regularly for even cooking throughout.

Prick the sausage with a fork during the boiling or steaming process; this will allow the extra fat and water to escape.

Yes. Just be sure there's a way for the moisture to escape so the sausage doesn't explode.

No. They will most likely fall apart.

Fry them first, this will prevent them falling apart in the slow cooker/crock pot, then let them cool. Once they are cool, slice them to the desired thickness. Then you can add them to the slow cooker with the rest of your ingredients.

You can fry them, grill them, or boil them -- just make sure they're done.

Most sausages are pork, unless otherwise labeled.

No, but depending on the type of sausage and what you like, you may want to add condiments after cooking.

It depends on the quality and the compactness of the sausages. If they are loose and don't have as much filling, they would fall apart easily. But with most, they won't

Frying is best; by baking, the sausage loses its fat.