Thai Chicken Sausage (with Pics)

[Kevin A]

I thought I'd try something a little different this time instead of the ol' stand-bys of pork & beef.
I decided to try a chicken sausage using Thai spices.

The fairly extensive list of ingredients:


I de-boned five pound of chicken thighs, keeping fat, lean & skins. Just under 4 pounds & nearly frozen before the grind:


Using a 4.5mm plate, I ground the chicken with the peanuts & sticky rice:


In goes the first batch of ingredients: salt, chopped green onions & the coconut milk:


Then added the rest of stuff (brown sugar, galangal, sesame oil, garlic, chili paste, black pepper & cilantro)
The fragrance coming off this mix is excellent!  ;D


Well-mixed & ready to stuff into 24mm sheep casings....


Five pounds of fresh Thai chicken sausage:


Sample time: Very tasty combination of garlic, coconut, cilantro, hint of sesame & peanut—all those things ones associates with good Thai cooking!
Not as much heat as expected using the chili paste, as it is very subtle. My wife gave it 5-stars! It'd go great with some noodles & stir-fry greens...

[mikecorn.1]

Thai Chicken Snausage. Looks good to me. Nice pictorial. ;D

[KyNola]

Wow! That looks awesome.

[ghost9mm]

Kevin...I really like the color, well done...would like to try that with some good grown rice...

[OU812]

That looks and sounds most excellent!

[squirtthecat]

WOW!

What is galangal?   Off to tha Google now...

[Kevin A]

WOW!

What is galangal?   Off to tha Google now...

It's really an interesting little spice to use. Not too overpowering as ginger can be tastes very similar, more 'flowery.'
To my nose, it smells a little like fresh-cut pine lumber, but the taste is pretty unique.

[Bigbirdoffroad]

Looks AWSOME Kevin. Your a sausage making machine.

[Keymaster]

I'm Impressed, Thats some good lookin sausage!!! Off the hook and top of the charts kinda sausage, uh huhhhhh :)

[pikeman_95]

Great pics and great looking sausage. Where did you come up with this idea?? The sausages are very colorfull did they taste as good as they looked. When I first started reading this post I didn't look who did it. I am looking at nuts and rice and  chicken and thinking is this guy drinking his bath water. But the sausages look so great.

Kirby

[Keymaster]

Great pics and great looking sausage. Where did you come up with this idea?? The sausages are very colorfull did they taste as good as they looked. When I first started reading this post I didn't look who did it. I am looking at nuts and rice and  chicken and thinking is this guy drinking his bath water. But the sausages look so great.

Kirby

Is bath water equivelent to A whiskey + coke, I could save tons of money. never heard that phrase before, Lmao ;D

[Kevin A]

When I first started reading this post I didn't look who did it. I am looking at nuts and rice and  chicken and thinking is this guy drinking his bath water. But the sausages look so great.

Kirby

Kirby—
It's a Len Poli (sonoma sausage co) recipe that I tried to stay fairly true to.
Hey, you gotta try sumpthin' new sometimes & the flavor profile for these guys is 'spot on' if you're a fan of Thai cuisine.
I like the the texture of these— uniform with a bit of crunch from the peanut. And yes, I'm happy to report that as tasty as they look, the aroma of these things AND the taste is killer.

Only change I would make is to add more chili paste as I do like my thai food spicy!

—Kevin

[Caribou]

Those look fantastic!
Great pics, too :)
Carolyn

[Bigbirdoffroad]

Great pics and great looking sausage. Where did you come up with this idea?? The sausages are very colorfull did they taste as good as they looked. When I first started reading this post I didn't look who did it. I am looking at nuts and rice and  chicken and thinking is this guy drinking his bath water. But the sausages look so great.

Kirby

Drinking his bath water....LOL I shot my beer out my nose when I read your post!!!

[Tenpoint5]

Them is some great looking Snausages Kevin!!