Grilled Chicken Sausage with Warm Chickpea Salad

Grilled Chicken Sausage with Warm Chickpea Salad

This is a simple but tasty meal, a recipe I got from Red Book Magazine.  Its the perfect recipe for a tasty meal when you really don't feel much like cooking!

Ingredients:

8 fully cooked chicken sausages, cut into 1” pieces

4 tbs olive oil

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 (15 oz) cans chick peas, rinsed

2 tsp fresh thyme

1 tsp kosher salt

½ tsp fresh ground pepper

4 jarred roasted red and yellow peppers, diced

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

16 pitted Kalamata olives

1 tsp lemon zest

2 tbs fresh lemon juice

4 cups arugula

½ cup shaved Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1)      Pre heat grill (or grill pan – or sauté pan if you don’t have one) Grill sausage pieces until browned – about 7 or 8 minutes.  I used a pan designed to grill small things on a gas grill – essentially a frying pan full of holes.

2)      As sausages cook,  in a large skillet, heat 2 tbs olive oil over med high heat, till shimmering.  Add garlic and cook till translucent.  Add chick peas, thyme, salt, and pepper, and stir till heated through – about 2 minutes.  Stir in peppers, tomatoes, olives, and heat through – about another 2 minutes.

3)      Pour chick pea mixture into a large bowl.  Stir in remaining 2 tbs oil, lemon zest, and the lemon juice.  Add arugula, tossing gently to combine. 

4)      Serve sausages with chickpea salad.  Top with cheese.