Chicken Sausage Bruschetta

By kayjayjohnson

Ingredients

• 1 package of Gourmet Creations Chicken Apple with Gouda Cheese sausages from Hillshire Farm
• 1 tbs of butter, spread or olive oil, plus more for basting bread
• 1 sweet onion quartered and sliced
• 1/2 an orange habanero pepper minced
• 2 tbs. capers (diced green olive can be substituted)
• 1 1/2 tsp. brown sugar
• 2 tbs. apple cider vinegar
• crusty bread, such as a French
• 3-4 slices of smoked Gouda cheese

Details

Adapted from blommi.com

Preparation

Step 1

Put the butter/oil in a saute pan over med-high heat.

Slice the Gourmet Creations sausages into 1/4″ wide slices.

Add the onions to the hot pan, saute until they just start to caramelize around the edges, then add sausages and habanero. Stir frequently.

Once sausage has started to brown, add capers. Saute for about a minute, then add chicken sausage with onions, capers and habanero, brown sugar and vinegar. Stir. This will loosen all those yummy browned bits from the pan.

Once the smell of the vinegar cooking off has dissipated, take the pan off burner.

Baste some hearty slices of crusty bread with butter or oil, and broil until golden and crispy.

Top the bread with the sausage saute. Then top with smoked Gouda, if the cheese doesn’t readily melt, pop it in the broiler for a few seconds.