Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Chicken Sausage & Peach Tacos


Sometimes one has to stray away from the normal taco.  Sometimes, you just have to be daring.  Sometimes you just have to challenge the pairings of the Flavor Bible and come up with your own (after all - those pairings didn't just show up out of no where - there had to be a first attempt somewhere!).

What was originally a salad, but due to lack of enough lettuce (I know, lame right?), and over abundance of tortillas - soon became one of the most unique tacos I've ever come to know.  And whether it be fate or just pure luck... these things were delicious.


Ingredients:


2 chicken sausages (ours were a sun-dried tomato & basil blend)
shredded lettuce
2 peaches, quartered
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon brown sugar
warm tortillas

In a small skillet, melt the butter under medium high heat.  Add peaches and top with brown sugar.  Cook until peaches are soft and slightly carmelized, "shaking" the pan every so often in order to mix the butter and brown sugar to provide a delicious coating for the peaches.

Ideally, I wanted to grill the sausages, but Mother Nature wasn't havin' it and decided to literally rain on my parade.  So just fry up the whole sausages in a skillet under high heat instead.  Heat until cooked throughout then let rest on a cutting board for about 2-3 minutes, then slice.

Assemble your tacos by placing a layer of lettuce in the middle of a tortilla.  Then top with a few slices of peaches and finally top with a few slices of sausage.  Fold and enjoy!

There was sweet.  There was savory.  And it was all purely delicious!  I can now mark chicken sausage and peaches as a match made in heaven for my Flavor Bible notes - so I dare ya to give it a go and tell me what you think!


And don't forget, I do a CSA round-up every Thursday afternoon - there's still time to submit your CSA/Farmer's Market/Garden pictures!  Just e-mail me at mtlabor85@yahoo.com and I'll put them in the post tomorrow!  See you guys tomorrow.

27 comments:

  1. The sausage and peach combo sounds like a TOTAL winner!

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  2. I love the beautiful summery colour of this dish.

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  3. I think peaches are a great compliment to meats!! I've seen them paired with pork a lot and I can totally see them with this chicken sausage. Glad you found a winning combination here :)

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  4. Love that combination of chicken and peaches! Great for outdoor dinners.

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  5. I love this idea..never had meat and peaches together but I would love to try it! Your pictures are mouthwatering!!

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  6. Love chicken sausage and peaches! I'm so ready for peach season. These tacos look delicious.

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  7. These look amazing. What a unique way to combine chicken and peaches. I love it!

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  8. I have never seen chicken sausages, interesting. Diane

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  9. Beautiful combo Peggy, particularly like the way the plain sausage has been transformed to a lovely looking one.

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  10. Chicken and peaches!! Wow!! I could imaginge how they would taste... a great combo indeed!! :-)

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  11. Love the peach and sausage combination!

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  12. A fun twist for taco night. These sound really delicious to me but I'm sure I might get a sideways glance from my guy. Yummy!

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  13. The combination is, as all of the comments say, really a winner! I loved your photographs. This is a wonderful way to eat sausages!!

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  14. Oh my, this is different! I've never had chicken sausage and peaches together... intriguing!

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  15. Interesting combination of flavors. Your pictures look great. I will have to try this. THanks for the recipe.

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  16. Wow this is such a unique pairing! I love the peaches with chicken sausage. A must try on my list!

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  17. I love the pairing of peaches with chicken sausages! Yummie! I am a huge taco lover, and this is something right up my alley. =]

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  18. Congrats on being daring! This is such a great idea. Nicely done!

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  19. Very interesting combo...sounds delicious though! :)

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  20. Hmmm! What a great finding! Peach and chicken sausage. I will also remember it. I like peaches!

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  21. This sounds like a delicious flavor combo! Sometimes the best meals come out of necessity!

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  22. Love the flavors in this one! Yummy... I should try this sometime... Thanks for sharing :)

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  23. Wow, these sound great~and nothing that I could have ever dreamed up! Thanks for sharing your delicious invention~

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  24. I love fruit mixed in with savoury food! I might try this with veggie-sausage. Tacos are a beautiful, beautiful food.

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  25. Oh Lord I am not sure I have the courage to stray away from my love of basic tacos but this chicken sausage does look awesome. I will have to work up the bravery to try this one!

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  26. This sounds like a wonderful combination! Great change from a normal taco!

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