There is not a meat-eating or Paleo enthusiast alive, who does not adore sausages; it just cannot be so. Sausages are the perfect food for eating on their own, next to a loaded sweet potato, or served with freshly chopped onions and bell peppers.
More recently, as we have just found out, sausages are also fabulous when cooked in a hot skillet with onions, mushrooms, and seared apples with a little chicken stock and white wine vinegar to boot.
It is a dish that will be made time and time again, for the flavor is as superior, as the kind of sausage you include in the pan. Sausage and apples are kid-friendly as well - keep that in mind for any cave baby invited to lunch or dinner.
The big dilemma about sausages is not in the ground meat that goes into them, rather, it is in the preservatives and fillers - the bulking agents that make up many modern foods. If you aren't able to make them on your own (how many of us have time for that anyway?), you'll have to read labels carefully and find the closest to the natural possible.
Start your search for sausages with natural casings, avoiding plastic at all costs. You'll find that the best-tasting sausages do not contain any gums, wheat, or vegetable protein as filler.
If you're following an Autoimmune Protocol, sausages can still be on your plate! Look for the spices added, or make your own with some ground meat and seasonings, like these breakfast pork sausages - minus the paprika.
This meal will not disappoint for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Skillet Sausages with Pan-Seared Apples Recipe
Serves: 4 Prep: 15 min Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
- 4 large sausages of your choosing
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 cup cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 4 small apples, sliced in half
- ¼ cup chicken stock
- 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- Cooking fat
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Heat the cooking fat in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the apples cut side down. Pan sear, occasionally turning until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes.
- Add the sausages, onion, and mushrooms to the skillet with the apples. Cook, occasionally turning, for about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Pour in the chicken stock and white wine vinegar, and whisk while making sure to scrape the bottom of the skillet. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add the spinach and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until wilted, and serve immediately.
📖 Recipe
Skillet Sausages with Pan-Seared Apples Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 large sausages of your choosing
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 cup cremini mushrooms sliced
- 1 onion sliced
- 4 small apples sliced in half
- ¼ cup chicken stock
- 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- Cooking fat
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the cooking fat in a skillet over medium-high heat.Cooking fat
- Add the apples cut side down. Pan sear, occasionally turning until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes.4 small apples
- Add the sausages, onion, and mushrooms to the skillet with the apples. Cook, occasionally turning, for about 8 to 10 minutes.4 large sausages of your choosing, 1 onion, 1 cup cremini mushrooms
- Pour in the chicken stock and white wine vinegar, and whisk while making sure to scrape the bottom of the skillet. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes.¼ cup chicken stock, 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Add the spinach and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until wilted, and serve immediately.2 cups baby spinach
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