Budget Tip
The chicken sausage can be expensive but I get it from Costco so it's not too bad: http://www.alfrescoallnatural.com/FlavorDetails.aspx?ID=9778
Are you remembering to save your chicken bones for stocks? I hope so! It's the cheapest way to get some GREAT flavor!
Suggested Ingredients
4 links of Alfresco Sundried Tomato & Basil Chicken Sausage
Olive Oil spray
Chicken Stock
sage, onion powder, celery salt to taste
Grits
Cornbread Pancakes (I'll post a seperate recipe for those)
Suggested Cooking Method
Cut up the links into sausage rounds
Coat a cast-iron skillet with olive oil spray
Saute the sausage rounds on med high heat until they have a light brown (i've just been pan sauteed) look to them
Add the spices and let that cook for just a minute or two.
Pour in the chicken stock and turn the heat down to medium, let this reduce for a while and i'll take a moment to talk about the stock
For this particular recipe I used chicken bones from a roasted chicken that I had stuffed with garlic cloves, lemons and rubbed with italian herbs like basil and oregano. I tossed all of this, lemons and garlic cloves included into a pot for about an hour or so and just let it simmer until all the yummy flavors were well developed. To be honest, I think that the quality of the stock is often what makes the flavor of the dish you are cooking. And, because stocks are rarely made the exact same way everytime you generally get a unique flavor to the dish. So if you aren't getting the robust flavor you want in your recipe, try adjusting your stock.
Once the stock has reduced a bit, you can thicken it up to make it a gravy by adding either a bit of flour water, cornstarch or a little bit of the corn pancake batter. If you choose the batter, just know you'll have some lumps in there that you'll need to stir around until they melt all the way. This is the way I chose :)
Cook up your grits according to the directions, feel free to add cheese. I did not only because I didn't have any on hand but Carter said the sauce was so good, it made up for not adding cheese.
When you serve this dish, put some grits on your place and make a little well to ladle the sausage and gravy. On the side, serve the corn pancakes.
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