Caramelized Fennel & Date Chicken Sausage
on Feb 22, 2017, Updated May 14, 2024
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I am so pumped to shared this Caramelized Fennel & Date Chicken Sausage recipe with you! As you probably know we have been obsessed with chicken apple sausage for the last year because it is a naturally sweet breakfast meat that is too good to ever get sick of. And for some reason I have not attempted to make my own breakfast sausage! I think I was under the impression that NOTHING could taste better than my beloved chicken apple, but I am SO pumped I finally gave it a shot. For these babies I decided to caramelize chopped fresh fennel and dates! Fennel is my go to when I want to make something sausagey, which is why we add ground fennel to our meatballs all the time. It has a sweet flavor so when you combine it with dates that are naturally super sweet too, this breakfast sausage completely transforms! The only other thing in this ground chicken is some dried sage which I find to be so comforting and tasty especially at breakfast. And that is it! 4 simple ingredients that will totally change your breakfast game. I made these this weekend and passed some along to my fam who absolutely died over them! These will also make kiddos reach for the protein – hello natural sweeteners for the win!!
First – Make Caramelized Fennel & Date Chicken Sausage, Second – Buy a Couch
So after I made all this goodness I went down a Pinterest/ interior design RABBIT HOLE. Ya know the feeling? We have been in our house for about a month and a half and have been obviously VERY focused on the kitchen! We have bee using my parents old brown couch which has been fabulous but I have been dying to get our living room looking more like our own. So we bought a couch!!! I have been on the lookout for a big gray sectional for under a grand for months and this last weekend I looked at Living Spaces to see if they had any sales. Then I saw they had a new couch I had never seen and it was in budget!! Monday we went to the store to test it out and LOVE it!! Win win win. We now have to wait for 2 weeks for it to arrive! And as much as i am now already dying to get a rug for under it, I am embracing living in the moment and joy that we will soon have this super comfy couch that is contributing to our new home!
I can’t wait to show you pictures of the whole whole renovation soon, but for now, just follow along on instagram to see the progress!
If you have some leftover Dates for this recipe we have a few treats for you to try with them:
Grain Free Date and Chocolate Chip Muffins
Cashew Cookies with Salted Date Caramel Filling
Date Caramel & Peanut Butter Chocolates
Pair this Caramelized Fennel & Date Chicken Sausage recipe with a fried egg and you have a protein packed breakfast of champs!
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Caramelized Fennel & Date Chicken Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil or coconut oil
- ½ cup chopped fresh fennel, the white part
- ¼ cup chopped pitted dates
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place a pan over medium high heat and add oil to the pan. Add chopped fennel to the pan and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally until they start to brown. Then add chopped dates to the pan and stir to combine then cook for an additional minute. Remove pan from heat and transfer mixture to a plate or bowl to let cool for a few minutes.
- In a medium sized bowl combine ground chicken, dried sage, fennel & date mixture and salt. Stir or mix with hands until fully combined.
- Bring a pan over medium high heat and spray with oil spray or a little drizzle of oil. Scoop chicken into small patties and press them down in the pan with the back of a spatula. Cook for about 2 1/2 -3 minutes per side. Enjoy!
Wow!! What a Yummy Delicious Chicken Recipe….
Really looks so tasty….
Thanks!! It is so tasty, you will love it!
These were so yummy. I know you said they were sweet in your post, but they are such a great savory sweet, that it was hard to stop eating them!! Great Job!
YAHOO!!!
I am SO making this!!!
Yay!!! You will love it!!!
Hi Lady!!
Do you think this would work with regular sausage from the butcher that is ground?
Looks like a yummy one to try!!!
I’m sure that would be extra delish!!
This sounds delicious! It’s tough to find sausage recipes that are Whole30 – I can’t wait to try this out during my March W30!
Thanks so much!! I hope you love it!
Kelsey, do you think these would freeze well? Looking for snacks that I can make ahead of time… What do you think?
Oh yes definitely!!!
Are these dried dates or fresh?
Fresh! I don’t believe they come dried actually! The medjool dates you see in the produce section that seem dried are actually fresh fruit!
How do you prepare the fresh fennel? Do you use the bulb part or just the green parts? What about the stalks too? Thank you!
Good question! You cut off the green part and the root and just use the white part!
Thank you so much! I just made this last night and it was so fantastic and easy. It will definitely be in the dinner rotation.
YAY!!
I saw your recipe a couple of weeks ago and have made it twice. Yum! I always have some kind of turkey patties around for breakfasts/lunches, and this is a great addition to the rotation. Thanks!
Awesome!! So glad you like them!!
Wow! Jeannie this looks really yum. Not really used to having chicken as part of my breakfast but this sounds good and something I will try and let you know what I think. The blog is really good.
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it!