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Potato and Chorizo Breakfast Hash

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Ingredients

2 8-oz. russet potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice
Salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, seeded, cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 package Chorizo
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro

Preparation

1. Place potatoes in a pot, cover with 1 inch of water, stir in 1/2 tsp. salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer
until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain.
2. Warm oil in a 10-inch ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until
tender, about 3 minutes. Add bell pepper and chorizo and cook, stirring often, until pepper is softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
Stir in potatoes, season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes begin to brown, about 5 minutes.
3. Press lightly on mixture so it forms a cake. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook until golden and crisp on
bottom, 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Preheat broiler to high. Carefully break eggs onto potato cake, then place pan under broiler and cook until whites are
set, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

Prep Time: 10 minutes – Cook Time: 20 minutes – Total Time: 30 minutes – Yield: Serves 6-8

Sausage French Toast Cups

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Sausage French Toast Cups

Ingredients

6 cups cinnamon bread, cubed

14 oz. BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Breakfast Sausage

6 eggs

1 1/2 cups whole milk

3 tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Preparation

  1. Brown sausage in large skillet over medium heat. Drain and set aside.
  2. Whisk eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl.
  3. Grease 12-cup muffin tin or line with muffin cups. Mix cooked sausage and bread cubes together lightly.
  4. Scoop slightly less than 1 cup of mixture evenly into muffin tins.
  5. Pour egg mixture over each bread and sausage-filled cup, making sure not to let them overflow.
  6. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  7. Preheat oven to 350°F and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve with fresh berries, powdered sugar, and/or maple syrup. Enjoy!

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 160 minutes  –  Total Time: 170 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 6-8

Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

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Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Ingredients

1 pack BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Ground Breakfast Sausage

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

3 1/2 cups milk

Biscuits, warmed

Salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation

  1. Cook sausage over medium-high heat until all pink is gone. Reduce heat to medium-low.
  2. Add flour to sausage, little by little. Continue cooking for 1 minute.
  3. Stir in milk. Continue cooking as gravy thickens, stirring often.
  4. Add salt and pepper and continue cooking until gravy reaches desired consistency.
  5. Serve gravy over warmed biscuits and enjoy immediately!

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 10 minutes  –  Total Time: 20 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 6-8

Italian Sausage with Bow-tie Pasta

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The employees here at BOULDER SAUSAGE want to share this delicious recipe with you. At our recent sausage potluck someone brought this tasty dish using our BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Hot Italian Sausage, and we couldn’t resist passing recipe cards around!

 Italian Sausage with Bow-tie Pasta

Ingredients

1 lb. bow-tie pasta

1 cup olive oil

½ head garlic

½ red onion

½ bunch fresh basil

½ can yellow corn

1 pack BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausage (hot or mild)

Salt and Pepper

Fresh Parmesan cheese

Preparation

  1. Pre-cook the Italian sausage (Pan-fry, bake, etc.) cut into circles or semi-circles.
  2. Chop garlic; put into a small bowl. Chop basil and add to garlic. Chop red onion; add to the garlic/basil. Add a little salt and pepper before covering the garlic basil & red onion with olive oil. Put bowl into the refrigerator and let sit.
  3. Boil pasta, rinse and drain. Toss pasta with sausage and oil/garlic mixture. Salt and pepper to taste.
  4. If pasta is too dry, add more olive oil.  Stir in Parmesan cheese and enjoy.

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 20 minutes  –  Total Time: 30 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 4-6

Hot Italian Sausage with Shrimp and Kale Salad

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Amanda from South Dakota sends in this recipe to us with a raving review. “I LOVE BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausages! But what I think a lot of people don’t realize is you can mix it up with other meats, too. I like to add it to a shrimp and kale salad and love the zing from yellow cherry tomatoes that burst in your mouth with the shrimp and sausage bites. Go BOULDER SAUSAGE!”

Hot Italian Sausage with Shrimp and Kale Salad

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

½ pack of yellow tomatoes (cut in half)

2 large, chopped garlic cloves

1 pack BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausage, casings removed

1 ¼ lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 bunches of kale, chopped roughly into large pieces

Finely grated parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper

Preparation

1. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat 1T butter. Add 2 large, finely chopped garlic cloves sauté and stir for a minute, until the garlic is fragrant. 

2. Mix in sausage and cook until brown, 5-6 minutes, Add 1 1/4 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined. Cook, tossing occasionally, until the shrimp is just cooked through – about 4 minutes.

3. Add 1 bunch of chopped kale and toss until it starts to wilt. Then add 1 more bunch of chopped kale, toss until that starts to wilt, and remove from the heat. Top with grated parmesan and yellow halved tomatoes and enjoy!

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 25 minutes  –  Total Time: 35 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 4

Hot Italian Sausage with Wild Rice and Basmati Pilaf

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Stacey from Colorado sent us this recipe. “I have picky children who don’t want to eat healthy food, ever. Getting them to eat something like wild rice that looks different is hard, but when I have BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausages cooked with the meal, they love every single bite and are willing to try new things when it means they get BOULDER SAUSAGE brand sausages with it.”

Hot Italian Sausage with Wild Rice and Basmati Pilaf

Ingredients

Kosher salt

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

6 links BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausages, sliced

1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

¾ cup basmati rice

¾ cup wild rice

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Freshly ground pepper

Preparation

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add the wild rice and cook until just tender, about 40 minutes; drain. Set aside and cover to keep warm.

2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a deep skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, until browned, about 5-7 minutes. Pour off all but about 3 tablespoons of the drippings, set aside sausage and keep warm.

3. Add thyme. Stir in the basmati rice and cook until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 1 1/3 cup. Water and 1/4 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside, covered, 5 minutes.

4. Fluff the basmati rice with a fork, and then stir in the prepared wild rice and the parsley. Season with salt and pepper, once plated assemble sliced hot Italian sausage over top.

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 50 minutes   –  Total Time: 60 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 6-8

Italian Sausage with Ziti, Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes

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Linda from New Mexico – “I try to eat healthy, and the fact that BOULDER SAUSAGE makes its Italian Sausage with lean cuts of pork means I can eat a hearty meal without loading on the calories. When I want to splurge a little, I make this pasta dish with BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausage.”

Italian Sausage with Ziti, Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes

Ingredients

4 links BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Italian Sausage

4 ounces uncooked ziti

½ teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

¼ teaspoon salt

1 garlic clove, minced

1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper

6 tablespoons half-and-half

1 cup fresh spinach

Preparation

1. Place sausage in skillet over medium high heat for 5-7 minutes or until sausage is evenly brown, cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain.

2. Heat extra-virgin olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add cherry tomatoes, salt, crushed red pepper, and minced garlic to pan; cook 1 minute, stirring occasionally.

3. Stir in spinach and pasta; cook 1 minute or until spinach wilts, tossing occasionally.

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 25 minutes  –  Total Time: 35 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 4

Simple Bratwurst and Sauerkraut Recipe

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Coloradan Joe says this about our BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Bratwursts: “The guys and I love having these when it gets warmer and we can go out and grill. That weather is sketchy now but don’t worry, I stocked up already on all the brats I need for the summer! Everyone treats it as BYOB – Bring Your Own Brats – and we share, but everyone loves the BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Bratwursts the most. They have a juicy, tender flavor that explodes with each bite. Our favorite thing to do is cook them in beer with sauerkraut. I am no ‘recipe’ guy but I wrote this up pretty easily. Dang, now I am so hungry I will be firing up the grill in the snow to eat some tonight!”

Simple Bratwurst and Sauerkraut Recipe

Ingredients

4 links BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Bratwursts

1 (12 ounce) bottled beer

1 cup sauerkraut

4 pretzel Buns

Preparation

1. In a large saucepan, cover bratwursts with beer and bring to a boil.

2. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

3. To heat sauerkraut, place in sheet of foil and wrap tightly. Place on top rack above grill or use other source of indirect heat.

4. Place bratwursts on grill and cook for about 10 minutes, turning occasionally.

5. For toasted buns, place face-down on grill a couple minutes prior to finishing the bratwursts.

6. When finished, serve with heated sauerkraut and any additional condiments you prefer. Enjoy!

Prep Time: 10 minutes  –  Cook Time: 25 minutes  –  Total Time: 35 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 4

Classic German Sausage and Peppers

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Dave from Arizona says: “I’m a total dude and I hate cooking. BOULDER SAUSAGE comes every couple of weeks and the German Sausages are my favorite. I like to grill them up most of the time, but when I have a girl over for a date I go a little more complex with a dish made with red wine, which just adds tons of flavor to the German Sausages. If you like to eat hearty ‘dude food’ but don’t have extensive kitchen skills and want to impress the ladies, this is the dish.”

Classic German Sausage and Peppers

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 green and/or red bell peppers cut into strips

1 pack BOULDER SAUSAGE brand German Sausages

¾ cup red wine

salt and pepper to taste

Preferred cheese for topping

Sliced French roll (optional)

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.

2. Heat oil in large oven-proof skillet. Sauté green and red peppers for 2-3 minutes or until they are tender. Remove from skillet and set aside.

3. Add sausage links to skillet and brown on either side. Add wine and cover with foil. Bake for 25 minutes, or until there is no longer any pink.

4. Add the sautéed peppers, and bake for 5-10 minutes. Plate & sprinkle preferred shredded cheese over top and enjoy!

Prep Time: 15 minutes  –  Cook Time: 35 minutes  –  Total Time: 50 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 4

Cheese Ravioli Topped with Chorizo, Cherry Tomatoes and Basil

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Paula from New Mexico tells us – “I made this for dinner on Tuesday and I can’t tell you how much the kids loved it. They were eating tomatoes and they don’t even like them! The tender meat and heated flavor of the BOULDER SAUSAGE Chorizo really stood out to me and I think it made the meal twice as delicious compared to when I use store bought sausage. I love getting deliveries from BOULDER SAUSAGE. Definitely on my ‘Monthly Must Eats’ list for the fam!”

Cheese Ravioli Topped with Chorizo, Cherry Tomatoes and Basil

Ingredients

2 pints cherry tomatoes

1 lb. BOULDER SAUSAGE brand Chorizo

2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

1/4 tsp. kosher salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper

16 oz. cheese ravioli

2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut all the tomatoes in half, set aside. In a medium skillet cook chorizo till browned, about 5 minutes

2. Cook ravioli according to package directions. Drain ravioli and reserve 1/4 cup of cooking liquid. Plate ravioli add chorizo and top with tomatoes.

3. Garnish with chopped basil and or preferred shredded cheese.

Prep Time: 15 minutes  –  Cook Time: 25 minutes  –  Total Time: 35 minutes  –  Yield: Serves 4

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