Homemade Italian Chicken Sausage
You only need a food processor to start making homemade chicken Italian sausage! Season to your liking using Italian seasoning and some aromatic herbs and spices.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6
Ingredients
1 ¼ lb boneless skinless chicken thighs and/or breasts
¼ white onion (or 1 tsp onion powder)
3 cloves garlic (or 1 tsp garlic powder)
1 tsp fennel
½ tsp paprika
½ tsp crushed red pepper
1 ½ tsp Italian seasoning
2 tsp parsley
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
Instructions
- Pat the chicken dry with a paper towel and season with half the salt (1/2 tsp) and half the pepper (1/4 tsp).
- *If you're using garlic powder and onion powder, skip step 2.
- In a food processor, add a roughly chopped onion along with the garlic cloves. Blend until the onions are coarsely chopped.
- Add the fennel seeds and blend until they are roughly minced.
- Place the chicken in the food processor and drizzle with olive oil. Using the "pulse" setting, roughly grind the chicken without overgrinding it. You want the chicken to be in small pieces.
- Evenly distribute the seasonings over the chicken and continue to pulse the food processor until the chicken is finely ground.
- Using a rubber scraper, carefully transfer the chicken sausage to a bowl or freezer bag.
- For immediate use: The sausage is ready to cook.
- For storage: Transfer the sausage to a freezer bag and shape it into a log or flatten it for easier freezing. Press out as much air as possible before sealing to prevent freezer burn.
Notes
Chicken sausage will keep in the refrigerator up until the sell-by or expiration date of the chicken thighs or breasts.
Always cook chicken to an internal temperature of 165º.
Find it online: https://fedandfancy.com/homemade-chicken-italian-sausage/