Chicken Sausage Patties

By pattie_d

Ingredients

• Serves 12 patties or up to 6 servings
• 1 * 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 * 1 green apple, finely chopped
• 1 * 1 small onion, finely chopped
• * Salt and pepper
• 1 * 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken breast
• 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning, (half a palmful)
• 1 * 1 teaspoon allspice, (1/3 palmful)
• 1 * 1 teaspoon sweet paprika, (1/3 palmful)
• * Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), for drizzling

Preparation

Step 1

Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add butter and melt. Add apples and onions and season with a little salt, pepper and fennel seeds. Gently saut�he mixture 5 minutes to soften and remove from heat to cool.

Heat a griddle pan or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

Place chicken in a bowl and season with salt and pepper, poultry seasoning, allspice, paprika and a healthy drizzle of EVOO. Add in the apples, onions and fennel and mix the sausage. Score meat into 4 sections and form 3 small, thin patties from each section, 2 1/2 inches across, 12 small patties total. Cook patties 3-4 minutes on each side and serve warm.