Grilled Chicken Sausage and Onion Salad with Figs
13
Points®
Total time: 25 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Grilled onion and sausage make the of this flavourful salad that also contains mint, pine nuts, figs, radicchio and mint. Pomegranate molasses, a key ingredient in the dressing, is traditionally found in Middle Eastern dishes, and can be store-bought or homemade. It's basically pomegranate juice that has been reduced to a syrup with an intense flavour that's not too sweet.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Onion
1 medium
Chicken apple sausage
12 oz
Extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp(s)
Fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp(s)
Pomegranate molasses
2 tbsp(s)
Table salt
0.75 tsp(s)
Black pepper
0.5 tsp(s)
Uncooked radicchio
4 oz
Baby spinach
4 cup(s)
Fresh mint leaves
0.5 cup(s)
Figs
8 medium
Pine nuts
4 tsp(s)
Instructions
1
Off heat, coat grill rack or grill pan with nonstick spray. Preheat gas grill or grill pan to medium-high, or prepare medium-high fire in charcoal grill. Grill onion and sausages, turning onion once and sausages occasionally, until onion is tender and sausages are heated through, 6 to 8 minutes.
2
Meanwhile, in large bowl, whisk oil, lemon juice, molasses, salt, and black pepper for dressing.
3
Cut each sausage crosswise on angle into 3 pieces. Add radicchio, spinach, and mint to bowl with dressing and toss to coat. Divide salad among 4 plates. Top each with sausage, onion, figs, and pine nuts.
4
Serving size: 3 sausage pieces, 2 figs, and about 2 cups onion and salad
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