Trader Joe's Chicken Breakfast Sausages
Mark Thorson
their Bavarian Bratwurst was going to be recalled,
I tried their Chicken Breakfast Sausages, and
they're great!
But I wanted something to use in soup, because
I avoid pan frying. The Bavarian Bratwurst is
precooked, so I only had to slice it and toss it
in toward the end of cooking. The Chicken Breakfast
Sausages are raw, so not easy to slice and probably
would not do well poached in a soup.
The day before yesterday, I got the idea of frying
the sausages, then cutting them up for soup. That
may seem like a trvial insight, but I went for
weeks lamenting I couldn't use them in soup like
the Bavarian Bratwurst. Yesterday, I fried up
a whole package of them, and used a third of the
package for soup. They were great, even better
than the Bavarian Bratwurst. I used another third
for a pot that I finished a few minutes ago.
Great again! In fact, it was hard to resist eating
them cold before putting them in the soup.
I fried them dark brown on all sides. I was
surprised how much fat is rendered off. Toward
the end of cooking, a sticky residue accumulates
in the pan, probably caramelized sugar. That
makes it a little difficult to keep them from
sticking, but it's manageable. I see a lot of
these sausages in my future.
Kent
"Mark Thorson" <nos...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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wrapped porcelein container for 3.33 minutes at a power level of 3. After
that I eat them, or use them in another dish. Trader Jose's chicken sausages
contain a lot of fat, and a lot of cholesterol. Don't think you're helping
your heart by eating them. Eat them because you like them. They're also
cheap!!!
Kent
sf
wrote:
Are you saying "Bavarian Bratwurst" is a chicken sausage? How
different is it from Aidells? I thought maybe you were talking about
a patty I could use for breakfast.
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
sf
wrote:
> Trader Jose's chicken sausages
> contain a lot of fat, and a lot of cholesterol. Don't think you're helping
> your heart by eating them. Eat them because you like them. They're also
> cheap!!!
Here's the thing I never understand about the "fat" argument.... when
the fat is cooked out of it, what's the problem? I'm not going to put
a straw into the fat and suck it up. My issue is when the fat is
cooked out, what's left is a lot less in volume.
Kent
"sf" <s...@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:38:49 -0800, "Kent" <keh...@anal.yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Trader Jose's chicken sausages
>> contain a lot of fat, and a lot of cholesterol. Don't think you're
>> helping
>> your heart by eating them. Eat them because you like them. They're also
>> cheap!!!
>
> Here's the thing I never understand about the "fat" argument.... when
> the fat is cooked out of it, what's the problem? I'm not going to put
> a straw into the fat and suck it up. My issue is when the fat is
> cooked out, what's left is a lot less in volume.
>
>
recall, a "portion" of 3 Trader Joe's chicken breakfast sausages has 60mg
cholesterol, almost 1/3 of your daily allotment, if you're trying to stay
below 200mg. I'd guess half of that stays behind after cooking, though I'm
no expert regarding that.
If you haven't tried them, and wish to microwave them take into account that
microwave energy "blasts" fat much more than water. I use a low power level
of 3.
Kent
sf
wrote:
> If you haven't tried them
I haven't, but I'll look for them the next time I'm there. Thanks for
the head's up.
Bryan
ridiculous.
>
> Kent
--Bryan
David Harmon
<swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote,
>On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:12:36 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> I fried them dark brown on all sides. I was
>> surprised how much fat is rendered off.
>
Julie wanted it for her cat. Several likely sausage ingredients,
like onion, are toxic to cats. I wouldn't want to give sausage
grease to my cat even after I read the ingredients, lest I made a
mistake. Uncontaminated chicken fat is plentiful.
Bryan
Since when do cats eat sausage grease?
--Bryan
sf
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since when do cats eat sausage grease?
Probably since they've been allowed to jump on the counters.
Mark Thorson
>
> Are you saying "Bavarian Bratwurst" is a chicken sausage? How
> different is it from Aidells? I thought maybe you were talking about
> a patty I could use for breakfast.
How did you leap to that conclusion?
Bavarian Bratwurst is pork, but having
similar length and diameter to Chicken
Breakfast Sausages. Nothing I said implies
that Bavarian Bratwurst is chicken.