Protein Type: Sausage

Smoked Sausage naan Quesadilla

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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20

minutes

Serves
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4

Portions

Smoked Sausage Naan Quesadilla

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 4Maple Leaf® Natural Original Smoked
    Sausage, Sliced
  • ½medium Yellow Onion, diced
  • 1cup Red peppers, diced
  • 1cup Green peppers, diced
  • 4cups Mozzarella, shredded
  • 8Naan, cooked
  • 1tbsp olive oil
  • 1Jalapeno, sliced (optional)
  1. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add the diced vegetables to the pan and sauté for three minutes.
  2. Stir the sausage into the skillet and continue to sauté over medium heat for another ten minutes or until lightly browned. Remove sausage from pan.
  3. Reduce heat to medium. Place one naan in the pan. Top with ¼ each of cheese and sausage mixture on one end and fold. Cook quesadilla for 1-2 minutes or until the bottom is crisp and lightly browned and cheese is melted.
  4. Remove quesadilla from pan and repeat with remaining naan.
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Can replace mozzarella with shredded cottage cheese or shredded cheddar.

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Sausage and Potato Breakfast Enchiladas

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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40

minutes

Serves
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6

Portions

Sausage and Potato Breakfast Enchiladas

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1375 g pkg Maple Leaf® Natural Original Smoked Sausage, diced.
  • 88-inch flour tortilla
  • 1Medium red onion finely diced.
  • 1Russet potato, diced
  • 1Red pepper, diced
  • 10medium eggs
  • 1cup Half and half
  • ¼cup olive oil
  • 1teaspoon Salt
  • 1Tsp Salt
  • 1teaspoon pepper
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In large skillet, sauté sausage, diced potato and red onions until sausage is fully cooked and brown.
  3. Place 1/4 cup of sausage filling inside each tortilla and roll up.
  4. Spray 9*13 Inch baking dish with non- stick spray and place the tortilla in the baking dish seam side down.
  5. In a bowl, combine eggs, half and half, salt, pepper and pour over stuffed tortillas. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
  6. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and spread the shredded cheese over the tortillas and continue to bake until eggs have full cooked and the cheese is melted.
  7. Serve with Tomato salsa.
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Use Red Thai chili or jalapeno peppers to spice up the dish.

Serve with Tomato salsa.

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Prime RWA Whole Chicken Gumbo

Preparation
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15

Minutes

Total Time
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60

minutes

Serves
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4

Portions

Prime RWA Whole Chicken Gumbo
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  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray roasting dish with cooking oil and set aside.
  2. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place chicken into roasting dish and drizzle 3 tablespoon of olive oil over top.
  3. Roast chicken on center rack of the oven for 45 minutes until deep golden brown and cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F.
  4. Meanwhile, melt butter in a Dutch oven or Stockpot and whisk in the flour and mix until a nutty aroma is achieved. (Do not stop whisking or the mixture will burn).
  5. Add the red onion, red pepper, celery, and tomato and continue cooking until the vegetables begin to soften.
  6. Add the sausage and stir for 1 minute to combine.
  7. Stir in garlic, paprika, cajun seasoning and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly and scrapping any brown bits on the bottom of the pot.
  8. Slowly add the chicken stock and stir to combine. Simmer for 10 minutes until the sauce thickens. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired.
  9. Remove the chicken from the pan and serve with the sauce.
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Garnish with parsley and serve with rice. Add Okra to the sauce for a true gumbo taste!

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Sausage and Bacon Pita Quesadillas

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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15

minutes

Serves
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4

Portions

Sausage and Bacon Pita Quesadillas

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1(375g pkg) Maple Leaf® Natural Original Smoked Sausage, diced
  • 4slices Maple Leaf® Original Natural Bacon, diced
  • 4pita breads
  • 1cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1cup lettuce
  • 1medium red onion, diced
  • 1cucumber, diced
  • ¼cup parsley
  • 4tbsp hummus
  1. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat.
  2. Add bacon and sausage to skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 4 to 5 minutes until crispy. Set aside.
  3. Gently cut open the pita and coat with a thin layer of cheese.
  4. Top the cheese with lettuce, red onions, bacon and sausage.
  5. Add more shredded cheese on top and fold the pita over to enclose.
  6. Carefully place the pita quesadilla in a pan and cook over medium heat until cheese begins to melt and tortilla is golden brown.
  7. Carefully flip the quesadilla and cook for 1- 2 more minutes. Transfer to a plate.
  8. Slice into quarters and serve.

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Sausage and Ham Turkish Pide

Preparation
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7

Minutes

Total Time
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22

minutes

Serves
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8

Portions

Sausage and Ham Turkish Pide

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  1. Scramble and cook 4 medium eggs, set aside.
  2. Add a tablespoon of oil into a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  3. Fry Maple Leaf® Natural Top Dogs™ for about 1 to 1 ½ minutes, turning frequently.
  4. Toast hot dog buns and spread ketchup and mayonnaise onto either side of the bun. Add spinach and sliced tomatoes if desired.
  5. Slice Maple Leaf® Natural Top Dogs™ vertically. Lay open face on one half of toasted bun.
  6. Spoon scrambled eggs onto bun and sprinkle cheese over top. Top with other half of bun.
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Try using your favourite toppings that are in season and dipping in Marinara sauce.

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Quesadilla Wrapped Sausage Bites

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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20

minutes

Serves
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4 to 6

Portions

Quesadilla Wrapped Sausage Bites

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1 750g pkg Maple Leaf® Natural Smoked Sausages
  • 10small flour tortillas
  • 1cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1cup Tex Mex cheese
  • 3green onions, thinly sliced
  • ¼cup pickled jalapeno slices
  • ½cup nacho cheese
  • Sour cream
  • Guacamole
  • Salsa
  1. Preheat BBQ to 400F.
  2. Spread a thin layer of nacho cheese on a tortilla.
  3. Sprinkle with cheddar and Tex Mex cheese, jalapeno and green onion. Top with another tortilla.
  4. Spread the top of the tortilla with nacho cheese and set a sausage at one end. Roll the tortilla around the sausage. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
  5. Rub the grill grates with vegetable oil and place the tortilla rolls on the grill. Grill until lightly charred on all sides, approx. 3 minutes per side.
  6. Slice into 1” pieces and serve with sour cream, salsa, and guacamole.
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For added smokey flavour try adding Maple Leaf® Ready Crisp Fully Cooked Natural Bacon Bits in between the tortilla layers.

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Spanish Style Chicken and Sausage Paella

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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1

hour + 5 min to rest

Serves
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4 – 6

Servings

Spanish Style Chicken and Sausage Paella

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 8Maple Leaf Prime RWA Chicken Thighs
  • 3Maple Leaf Original Smokies, chopped
  • 1cup yellow saffron rice
  • 2cups chicken stock
  • 1Spanish onion, sliced
  • 1medium red pepper, sliced
  • 1389 ml can diced tomato with juices
  • 1tsp smoked paprika
  • 1cup frozen peas, thawed
  • ½tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2cloves garlic, minced
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Parsley – optional
  • Lemon – optional
  1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Brown chicken about 3 to 4 minutes per side and remove onto a platter. Remove all but 2 tbsp of rendered fat from skillet.
  2. Add peppers, onions and sausage to skillet and cook for about 5 minutes until browned.
  3. Add garlic, paprika and rice and cook 1 minute longer stirring well to coat.
  4. Add tomatoes, chicken stock and peas and mix well. Add chicken back to pan and cover with a tight fitting lid.
  5. Cook for 50 minutes or until rice is cooked through and chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
  6. Allow paella to stand for 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with parsley and lemon if using.
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Honey Garlic BBQ Sausage Dinner

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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30

Minutes

Serves
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4

Servings

Honey Garlic BBQ Sausage Dinner

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 6Maple Leaf Honey Garlic Smokies
  • 4corn cobbs, grilled and buttered
  • Potato Salad:
  • 1680 gram bag baby potatoes, boiled, cooled and quartered
  • 1bunch asparagus, grilled and chopped
  • 2tbsp green onions
  • Vinaigrette:
  • ¼cup olive oil
  • 1½tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 2cloves garlic, minced
  • 3tbsp apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
  • 1tbsp parmesan cheese, grated
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  1. Heat grill to medium high heat. Cook sausages per package directions. Remove from grill and keep warm
  2. Place potatoes, asparagus and green onion in a large bowl.
  3. Whisk all the ingredients for the vinaigrette in a small bowl and pour over potato salad. Toss well to coat and season with salt and pepper
  4. Serve sausages with potato salad and corn.
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Grilled Cheddar Smoked Sausage & Veggie Skewers

Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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18-20

Minutes

Serves
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4

servings – Makes 8 skewers

Grilled Cheddar Smoked Sausage Veggie Skewers

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 5Maple Leaf Cheddar Smoked Sausages, cut into 8 rounds
  • 812 inch skewers, soaked
  • 3 to 4medium sized zucchini, cut into 32 pieces
  • 1medium red or white onion, cut into 32 slices – double stacked if preferred
  • 2 to 3medium multi colored peppers, large dice
  • Butter
  • BBQ sauce
  1. Preheat grill to medium high heat.
  2. Assemble by piercing a slice of sausage on to skewer leaving about a 1 “inch space from the base. Continue by adding a slice of pepper followed by onion and zucchini. Repeat sequence 3 more times onto skewer. Continue with each skewer to make 8.
  3. Grill skewers turning frequently for about 8 minutes or until sausage is an internal temperature of 165 degrees and vegetables are cooked to al dente.
  4. Serve immediately with buttered baked potato and BBQ for dipping if desired.
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smoked sausage line up of flavors. Mix and match your favorite vegetables. Serve with BBQ baked potatoes for a complete meal.

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