Sunday, May 1, 2011

Chicken Sausage and Green Beans

This is a great very quick solution to a lunch or dinner in a hurry. The juice from the Chicken Sausages make a “sauce” for the Green Beans that is complete. Maybe just a little salt is added sometimes.

Ingredients
5-6 oz raw Chicken Sausage, Frozen, then chopped into ¼ 1/3 inch rounds
2 – 10 oz cans of Green Beans. Drain off half the juice into a separate container.
Optional
Dollop of Thai Chili-Garlic Sauce (adds exciting fire, lol!)
Directions
Place the frozen Chicken Sausage in a medium sauce pan. Cook on medium-high heat until mostly cooked, 5-8 minutes. Lift the lid and stir occasionally. If the Sausage is sticking to the bottom, turn down the heat a little and add a drop or two of Green Bean juice. Once the meat is mostly gray, add the Green Beans. Mix well, recover and cook until Sausage is thoroughly cooked. At any point if the Chicken or Beans are sticking to the bottom turn down the heat a little and add some juice from “saved off” container. Serve Hot.
Discard any remaining juice.
Abstinent Measuring
Whole recipe = 2 vegetable and 1 protein
Notes
Any Chicken Sausage will work. There is a wide variety to choose from at the high qualitygrocery stores such as Whole Foods. The Feta-Spinach or Italian flavors are my favorites.
Serving Suggestions:
This can also be a sort of soup. By leaving all juice, the whole dish becomes more juicy. Great on cold or damp days.

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