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  • Chicken, Orange and Ginger Sausage

    After watching what seems like endless food programs on tv where they add orange or lemon zest to a recipe I figured it was time to use some in sausage. There's not a whole lot of orange sausage recipes out there so I winged it with this, which came out pretty good, then the wife tweaked it to her liking and it's a solid hit.

    If anyone is interested there is a Greek sausage, Loukaniko that uses orange that sounds good, but this one is sort of asian-ish.




    Orange and Ginger Sausage


    Weight in grams

    Chicken thighs, skinless 1400
    Salt 25
    Orange zest 5
    Garlic, minced 4.2
    Ginger, ground 2.1
    Black Pepper 2.8
    Reduce orange juice 75ml

    After the test fry the better half requested ;

    Ginger paste 7.5
    Hot pepper 1.7
    Fennel 2.5
    Basil, fresh 8+/-

    Zest an orange to make 2 teaspoons of zest. Add the juice of 2 oranges to a pot and reduce to about half. ( I want the orange flavor but not the extra liquid).
    Grind chilled chicken with fine plate.
    Add seasoning to orange juice and mix with ground chicken until you get a good bind.
    These were stuffed into 24-26 sheep casing and linked into 7” hotdog's

    Note's;
    I used maybe half of the chicken fat and I think even less would be better.
    The orange was noticeable but next batch will have maybe half as much more.
    Fennel was added with the basil to give it a Thai basil flavor. ( that’s what wifey said, and she has taste buds)

    These were pretty colorful so I got carried away with pic's.;

    3 lb rope;


    Links.


    If ya look real hard you can see the orange.


    And lastly frying a few up for dinner;



    Still working on the homemade bun gig, they're getting better but I guess I wasn't meant to be a baker


    Thanks for looking.
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    Last edited by DanMcG; 08-12-2017, 06:59 AM. Reason: added minced to garlic
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    For thinking a bit outside the box there Dan....and for making your own buns!
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    • #3
      Looks great to me!! very nice!!
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      • #4
        Great looking sausage Dan, you have talents way beyond mine. Orange and ginger chicken? Wow.

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        • #5
          Sounds/looks like a winner.
          Bet the flavor rocks!
          Last edited by Fishawn; 02-17-2016, 09:39 AM.
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          • #6
            wow, this sounds awesome! Thanks for posting
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            • #7
              I'm liking the sound of those !

              the thing about ginger is the paste is very mild and really fruity, I get through loads of it.
              While the powder is pretty strong and very spicy.
              Both quite different flavours.

              Few years back I cold smoked and then dried some sliced ginger and ground it to make smoked ginger powder. Was a lot milder than the normal stuff.

              Tip for flavouring stuff with orange. I buy, no added sugar, double concentrate orange squash. You dilute it 1-9 to drink. Great stuff for adding to sauces etc, gives a really intense orange hit for very little liquid added.

              to yourself and the missus

              Also reminds me - need to order casing. think I got cleaned out at christmas.
              Last edited by curious aardvark; 02-17-2016, 02:14 PM.
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              • #8
                Great thinkin Dan!!! Freshly stolen!
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                • #9
                  Thanks for the comments and Points people, I'm glad you liked them.

                  Alex, thanks for the ginger lesson, it's not one of my go to spices but the wife loves the stuff. I never thought there would be a difference.

                  Thanks again,
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                  • #10
                    You got skills Dan
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                    • #11
                      Oh yeah, original ideas. The buns look good to me.

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                      • #12
                        Love the citrus idea with the sausage...and homemade buns too???
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                        • #13
                          Nice work, they look and sound incredible!!
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                          • #14
                            Wiener wiener chicken deenner!! Dan, you rock!!


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                            • #15
                              that hasta be quite tasty & the flavors!
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