Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2011

We enjoyed this and it was really easy! Crock pot recipes work perfectly for us!

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Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2011

Great on sandwiches!!! I followed others advice and cut the sugar. I used 1 cup loosely measured, to 3 lbs of kielbasa, 1 1/2 cups ketchup, 1 can unsweetened pineapple tidbits. I cut the kielbasa lengthwise in half and to size for the rolls I had. Put in all in the crock pot with 2 green and 1 yellow peppers on top. Heated for 3 hours and served at a picnic. I was shocked to see when I went back for seconds that the crock was wiped cleaned. Everyone enjoyed them. The meatballs that usually go were left. This made fantastic sandwiches, and I will be making this recipe again. Thanks for sharing.

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Sheri

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2011

RE-REVIEW. So this time around I am caring what I eat. So I skipped the brown sugar entirely, subbing agave nectar. I would suggest adding it to suit tastes. I would not sub 2 cups or even 1 cup! I added steamed carrots and green peppers. ORIGINAL REVIEW I did cut the ketchup and sugar down as suggested. I had 2 lbs of kielbasa and to my dismay, it was so tasty, between the two of us- 2 lbs was not enough! I made with white rice.

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aliciafig

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2011

My family loved this recipe idea. I made the changes the other reviewers suggested. I cut the ketchup down to 1/2 cup, cut the sugar down to 1/2 cup. I also added in half the pineapple juice and tossed in Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. I didn't measure these, just tasted as I went. I tossed in a whole can of pineapple chunks and two big bags of mixed stir fry veggies. Everyone ate huge servings of this over rice, very tasty and different! The all said this was a keeper which made me happy cause it's so simple to make! Thanks for sharing!

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CENOBIA

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2011

cooked this on the stove top in a wok pan, served over Jasmine rice, excellent!

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JanieC

Reviewed: May 23, 2011

This was an awesome delight. My family went to town and back for 2nds and then asked for more for a late night snack...cool by me. I took the orginial recipe and just converted it to healthier ingredients but staying true to what the ingredients were. I merely took Ketchup and used low-sugar Ketchup, I used a brown sugar sub in place of regular, and I used Pineapple sweetened with Splenda verses, the regular and I replaced the regular kielbasa with Turkey brand kielbasa. All in all it was totally delish, but I did find that in the slow cooking process, there was a ton of sauce. SO lucky for me I had extra packages of Turkey Kielbasa and I ended up using 2 more packages then requested in the orginal recipe. Which again was fine becuase my family loves leftovers. Then served it on top of rice. Will be making my modified healthier verison from now on.

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mis7up

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burkburnett, Texas, USA

Living In: Cave Junction, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2011

this was not nasty but really not something I'd make again. Even with the suggestions of lowering the brown sugar it was still WAAAAY too sweet (and this coming from someone with a sweet tooth). The ketchup was overwhelming also. I don't even get the name either... what's so "Island" about this dish? it was not a good dish for an appetizer or main with rice.

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Rose

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2011

I made this just as you see it. Then, I put it over plain rice It was very good, so good in fact that there wasn't enough left after dinner to take pictures of. My husband was a little worried when he saw the ingredients but he changed his mind after his 3rd bowl. I left it in the crock pot and warmed it up for lunch and now its gone. I think I am going to make one of the custom versions next time, just to see.

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BabyMakingMachine

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Mankato, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Twin Valley, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2011

This was a HUGE hit at a big family party - sweet, but not overwhelming. Great with rice!!

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JCNEWMAN

Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2011

I agree with most of the posts on this and was glad I followed everyone's advice... I had forgotten to plug in my crock pot- so I had 3 hrs and did it on high for 2 and low for 1- glad I reduced it, or my meat would have been mush. 5-6 hours would have been WAY too long- even on low. I used 1 1/2 cups ketchup and 1 cup brown sugar and that was PLENTY! I also used the juice from the pineapple in the rice- Im glad I didnt put the juice in the crockpot- would have been too sweet and too watery. I put the pineapple chunks in at the end, just long enough to heat. Overall, this was great and super easy with only a few ingredients. I called it sweet and sour hotdogs... my kids NEVER would have eaten "kielbasa"! LOL.

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