Chicken Apple Sausage

By sheilaolim

It’s easy to make your own patty sausage with just a few healthy ingredients like ground chicken, apples, onion and savory spices like sage and fennel. You can use ground turkey instead of ground chicken if you prefer.

NutritionPer patty: 112 calories; 6 g fat ( 1 g sat , 3 g mono ); 49 mg cholesterol; 5 g carbohydrates; 2 g added sugars; 10 g protein; 0 g fiber; 253 mg sodium; 332 mg potassium.

Tips & Notes
Make Ahead Tip: Freeze the cooked sausage in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 medium sweet apple, such as Gala or Honeycrisp, peeled and diced
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh sage
• 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel fennel seed, chopped
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1.Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Add apples and cook, stirring, 2 more minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and cool for 5 minutes. Wipe out the pan.
2.Add chicken, sage, sugar, fennel, salt and pepper to the bowl with the apples and onions. Gently mix to combine. .
3.Generously coat the pan with cooking spray and heat over medium. Using a 1/3-cup measure, scoop 4 portions of the sausage mixture into pan, flattening each into a 3-inch patty. Cook until the patties are browned and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side, adjusting the heat as necessary to prevent burning. Coat the pan with cooking spray again and repeat with remaining sausage mixture.