Grilled Chicken Sausage Sandwiches with Spanish Chickpea Salsa
Point(s)
Total Time: 15 min
Prep:10 min
Cook:5 min
Serves:4
Easy
Chicken sausage cooks quickly on the grill to make an easy and delicious weeknight meal. We placed the chicken sausage on a bun and topped it with a chickpea salsa that's a vibrant mix of flavors that includes chickpea, pimiento, paprika, red onion, sherry vinegar and oregano. The chickpea salsa can be made ahead.
Ingredients
4 sprays cooking spray
3 oz canned pimentos, chopped, drained
⅓ cup canned drained chickpeas, rinsed and coarsely chopped
1 tbsp uncooked red onions, minced, finely chopped
2 tsp sherry vinegar
½ tsp dried oregano
½ tsp paprika, mild smoked variety
12 oz cooked chicken sausages, 4 (3-oz) sausages, chorizo or spicy chicken flavor
4 reduced calorie hot dog buns, whole-grain variety
Instructions
Off heat, coat the grill rack or grill pan with nonstick spray. Preheat a gas grill or grill pan to medium-high, or prepare a medium-high fire in a charcoal grill.
In a small bowl, mix pimientos, chickpeas, onion, vinegar, oregano, and paprika for salsa.
Grill sausages, turning occasionally, until charred in spots and heated through, about 5 minutes. Grill buns, cut-side down, until lightly toasted, about 1 minute. Arrange sausages in buns and top each with 21⁄2 tbsp chickpea salsa.
