Chicken Apple Sausage Boats Recipes

Steps:

• In a small nonreactive saucepan, boil down the cider almost to a syrup, about 2 to 3 tablespoons. Cool and reserve.
• If using chicken thighs, coarsely grind the boned chicken and skin or chop coarsely in batches in a food processor. Add the apple cider and the remaining ingredients to the ground chicken in a large bowl or plastic tub and blend thoroughly with your hands. Fry a small patty until done and taste for salt, pepper, and other seasonings.
• Divide sausage into 7 or 8 portions (each about 1/2 pound), wrap tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil, and refrigerate or freeze for later use. Or, if desired, stuff the sausage into casings.

Steps:

• Cut bread into six 4-inch pieces. Hollow out an oval shape in the top of each piece; scoop out some of the bread inside with your fingers or a spoon and discard. Set bread "boats" aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and apple. Cook, breaking up sausage with a spoon, until crumbly and no longer pink, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle flour over the sausage mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until it has been absorbed by the fat, about 3 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and gradually pour in 2 cups milk and apple juice; bring to a simmer. Stir and simmer until gravy thickens, 5 to 7 minutes. If gravy is too thick, add more milk to thin it out to your desired consistency. Stir in Dijon and season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the sausage gravy into the bread boats, allowing some to spill over the sides.

Steps:

• In a non reactive saucepan, boil down the cider almost to a syrup(about 2-3 T.) Cool and reserve.
• Grind the dried apple or chop into small pieces.
• Grind chicken through KitchenAid grinder or food processor.
• Add the apple cider and remaining ingredient to the ground chicken in a large bowl.
• Blend thoroughly with clean hands.
• Divide the sausage into 7-8 portions(about 1/2 lb. each) place in freezer bags and freeze for later. May also stuff the sausage into casings if you desire to make 20 links.
• Use for breakfast or in salads.