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[NEW] Homemade Sausage Three Ways: Chorizo Sausage

Pork sausage brings amazing flavor to dishes from a wide variety of cuisines, and it's especially popular as chorizo or Italian sausage. By choosing lean meats and controlling the amount of added salt, you can enjoy delicious pork sausage as part of a nutritious meal. Tip: Double or triple the base: it freezes beautifully and packed flat (about ½ inch thick) in a quart-sized freezer bag, it thaws in no time. In fact, you can cut patties directly from the frozen flat sausage and fry them up straight away.
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Prep Time: 30 min.
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 30 mins
4 Servings
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[NEW] Homemade Sausage Three Ways: Chorizo Sausage

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients for the base with the seasoning ingredients for your desired sausage variety* in a large bowl. Gently mix the ingredients with your hands or two forks until it’s uniformly mixed.
  2. Cover and refrigerate the mixture to let flavors combine (1-2 hours).
  3. Use in any recipe that calls for sausage, or form into patties and fry up in a dry, nonstick skillet over medium heat until cooked through and lightly browned (4-5 minutes per inch of thickness per side). For thicker patties, test for an internal temperature of at least 165ºF.
*Nutrition Facts Panel and Guiding Stars rating are based on the additions for the Chorizo Seasonings.

Nutrition Facts

4 servings per container
Serving size 127 g
Amount per serving
Calories 213
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.6g 15%
Saturated Fat 4.1g 21%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 71.7mg 24%
Sodium 355mg 15%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.88g 3%
Total Sugars 0.3g
Includes 0g Added Sugars 0%
Protein 23.3g
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 44.2mg 4%
Iron 1.7mg 10%
Potassium 455.7mg 10%

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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