Addicting Appetizer: Mushroom Bites

Ingredients

1/2 pound lump sausage, browned and thoroughly drained
2 cups mushrooms, chopped
1 can cannellini beans, drained
1/2 diced sweet onion 

1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder

2 Tbsp dried parsley flakes
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp soy sauce

1 cup chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste (feel free to taste the mixture)
2-3 tablespoon peanut oil

Directions
Combine all the spices in a large mixing bowl.


Stir in all of the remaining ingredients except the bread crumbs.

Mash the contents of the bowl with a potato masher.

Add the bread crumbs one tablespoon at a time and thoroughly stir the mixture until it is the desired consistency, a moist beany consistency.


Heat about 2-3 tablespoons of peanut oil in a saute pan.

Using oiled hands roll mixture into golf ball size balls.  Roll in flour. When oil is hot, place the balls in the pan and saute until browned.  


Place on a paper towel to let oil drain. Serve hot.