Ken's Chicken Sausage...tweaked a bit

[Hoser]

I made Ken's chicken sausage today (the spinach, feta and mushroom version) and was very pleased.

I had in mind what I wanted to do so I'll start with the tweaks, which were actually quite minor. I used Ken's recipe verbatim, and added 1 cup of ice cold white wine, 2 tablespoons of dehydrated minced onion, and 2.5 teaspoons ( thanks Fishawn!) of special meat binder.

Started out by measuring out the spices...clockwise from 12 o'clock..Black pepper, Kosher salt, Dried Basil, Granulated garlic, special meat binder and dehydrated minced onion.



Then drained and minced one package of frozen spinach and 4 ounces of fresh mushrooms.



Made a slurry with the ice cold wine and spices, then added the rest and mixed the begeesus out of it.




Stuffed em all up with my 5 pounder Grizzly (I love that thing!) and did a fry pan test with the leftovers. It received an overwelming "oh yeah!



put then in the fridge to get happy, and then pulled some oput to test drive for supper.



I put them on a medium-hot grill and took them up to 165°. The special meat binder certainly did it's job...even though this is a very lean sausage, it didn't even come close to drying out. They stayed firm, juicy and plump throughout, and made a very nice supper with a tossed salad and some mashed taters.




I am an instant fan of special meat binder, and will be using it every time I make a lean sausage, or one that may be in the smoker for an extended period.

Thanks Ken, for giving me the inspiration, and a great recipe to start with.

Thanks for looking folks!

[Richtee]

Nice work! Yeah the binders do help. I used my phosphate brine once on chicken sausage for extra moisture and it came out TOO moist! I have not been back to play with it to see if I could tweak it tho.

I have yet to try the SMB, using milled oats, powdered dried milk and other things, but I guess I'll give it a run.

[DanMcG]

Only two on the grill? they seem so lonely. I do a few for a good taste test.
Look great in the pic's, nice job!

[Fishawn]

Looks great and tasty!.... Chicken sausage rocks.

[Squirrel]

Awesome Hoser! Man you sure have been contributing alot of great stuff here lately! We sure do appreciate too, thanks a bunch!

[MossyMO]

Awesome Hoser! Man you sure have been contributing alot of great stuff here lately! We sure do appreciate too, thanks a bunch!

X's 2

I have been wanting to try this, yours looks great and thanks for the reminder!

[Fire it up]

Definitely some wonderful flavors going on there, I really gotta try Ken's recipe.

[lynsey123]

I must try chicken sausage soon,
They look great.

[Scarbelly]

Those look mighty good. Likke Dan said, 2 do look a bit lonely though. Thanks for the info on the meat binder Gonna give that a try

[GOT14U]

From what I have seen from Dave over the years I knew he would be a great contributor when he showed up...Rock on bud, and you have been a busy fella lately.......I did about 7lbs of this sausage in Oklahoma but didn't get pics, the only thing I added was garlic to it and wow what a flavor this stuff has. My Dad and Mom loved it along with the other 15lbs we made of other flavor profiles.
for all you have been posting lately.

Awesome Hoser! Man you sure have been contributing alot of great stuff here lately! We sure do appreciate too, thanks a bunch!

[Pandemonium]

Looks great man, I have to see the secret binder thread.

[Slanted88]

Real nice! Gotta get after some of that!

[Hoser]

Hey,
Thanks folks for all the kind words...I sure am glad Jerod and Ron invited me over here, cause I'm having a ton of fun with all the wonderful people here on "the island".

It's really refreshing to be a contributor at a forum where everyone really gets along.

At least as far as I can see.

[Uncle Sauce]

Looks awesome - I do need to try some sausage with chicken!

[Texas-Hunter]

Hey,
Thanks folks for all the kind words...I sure am glad Jerod and Ron invited me over here, cause I'm having a ton of fun with all the wonderful people here on "the island".

It's really refreshing to be a contributor at a forum where everyone really gets along.

At least as far as I can see.

We try.... Even tho we stub our toe every now and then..

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