Ground Italian Sausage

Chef's Rating:

 5/5

About This Recipe...

Most sausage has preservatives, additives, flavoring and sugar added! YES! Sugar! Not to mention it can be expensive. It’s so easy to make your own at home! Grab 1lb of any ground meat: pork, chicken, turkey or even a combination of any of these. Add the spices listed. For the best results let the spices and meat marinate for a few hours or overnight. Use it in spaghetti sauce, on pizza, in stuffed peppers, omelettes, make sausage patties, etc.

Ingredients ↓ Directions ↓ Chef’s Notes ↓

Nutritional Facts:

GROUND PORK per 4oz

300 calories
24g fat
0 carbs
18g protein

GROUND CHICKEN per 4oz

180 calories
3 g fat
0 carbs
24 g protein

GROUND TURKEY per 4oz

167 Calories
9g fat
22 g protein

Ingredients:

1 pound of ground meat: pork or chicken or turkey (or a combination)

1T dried minced garlic

2 tsp of dried parsley, Italian spice, and sea salt (for added flavor use Applewood Smoked Sea Salt)

1 tsp ground white pepper (black pepper works too)

1 tsp dried minced onion, dried fennel seed, smoked paprika

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients and mix well.

Allow to set in the fridge for a couple hours (or overnight) to allow the meat to absorb all the spices.

Store in an air tight container for up to a week.

Chef's Notes:

This recipe is so quick, easy and cheap to make. Plus you avoid all the “extra” preservatives, additives, flavorings, etc. And here’s some time saving tips:

1 – measure out all the spices and put into zip lock snack bags. Store in a dry place, like the pantry and when you need to make a batch of sausage, you have all the spices ready to go.

2 – If your ground meat is frozen, put it in an air tight container or zip lock bag and submerge in hot tap water for 20 min to thaw out quickly.

3 – double the recipe! Then take the extra and freeze!

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