I wonder if chicken sausage is any healthier than pork sausage?  Somehow I doubt it.  But it does sound healthier, and that’s good enough for me.  I picked up a package of Brat Hans Chicken Sausage: Spicy Andouille flavor, a couple of days ago at where else, Whole Foods.  I don’t usually eat sausage because it is loaded with preservatives, nitrates, and a heaping dose of sodium.  However, this brand of sausage doesn’t contain nitrates and monosodium glutamate.  It also follows  the trend of listing “no antibiotics” on the packaging.

The directions call for grilling the sausages.  Since I don’t own a grill and I didn’t feel like busting out the stove-top cast iron grill, I cooked it in a stainless steel pan, with a bit of oil.

I didn’t have high hopes at first.  I envisioned the sausage to be bland and mushy.  To my surprise, it wasn’t so.  It definitely had that smoked sausage flavor, it  just wasn’t as strong as that of a pork sausage.  The texture was firm, and the bit of spiciness gave some depth.   All in all, not bad at all, in fact, it was good.

Sausage doesn’t have to be boring.  Set on a bed of guacamole, a perfect complement to the andouille flavor.

Brat Hans Chicken Sausage
$5.99 for a pack of 4 at Whole Foods