Chicken sausages with bean-and-tomato salad
6
Points® value
Total Time
30 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This fresh take on chicken sausages pairs them with a colourful lemon-dressed salad of green beans, lima beans, and cherry tomatoes, all tossed with fresh chives and mint. Adding the lemon zest to the dressing gives it in an intense citrusy aroma. The easiest way to remove the zest from the lemon is to use a zester but if you don’t have one a fine grater will to work too. About one half of lemon will yield about ½ teaspoon of lemon zest—just be sure to zest your lemon before you juice it. For variation, try cannellini beans or chickpeas in the place of the lima beans.
Ingredients
Uncooked chicken sausage
1 pound(s), Italian or other variety
Cherry tomatoes
½ pound(s), halved
String beans
½ pound(s), trimmed and halved crosswise
Extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp(s)
Lemon zest
½ tsp(s), grated
Fresh lemon juice
2 tsp(s)
Dijon mustard
1 tsp(s)
Garlic
1 clove(s), large, crushed through a press
Table salt
¼ tsp(s), or to taste
Black pepper
¼ tsp(s)
Canned lima beans
15 oz, or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
Chives
2 tbsp(s), fresh, chopped
Fresh mint leaves
1 tbsp(s), chopped
Cooking spray
1 spray(s)