Simple Fresh Chipotle Chicken Sausage Tacos

Easiest Chipotle Chicken Sausage Tacos

This meal kind of got pieced together but it came out fantastic with great flavor.  For these tacos it really is the super fresh salsa and guacamole that made it all come together.  Again trying to choose healthier protein options I brought home a package of chipotle chicken sausage.  And yet again I got skeptical looks from my meat loving husband.  Earlier in the day I have been out in the vegetable garden and besides a huge bounty of eggplant (which I will have to find recipes to use it all up) there were a few small red bell peppers and a couple more big tomatoes.  Knowing we were going for tacos this evening I decided to try my hand at a homemade salsa.  A quick trip the grocery store for some cilantro (sadly that did not want to grow in our garden) and a jalapeno pepper and we were set.  A few pulses of the food processor later and our kitchen smelt great!

This started after picking a few more tomatoes and a few little bell peppers from the garden probably some of the last ones for this season.  

Salsa:

Two big tomatoes roughly chopped

1 bell pepper

1/2 or 1 jalapeno pepper (depending how spicy you like it)

1 yellow onion roughly chopped

1 handful of cilantro

1 juice of a lime

2 teaspoons of honey

2 teaspoons of cumin

salt and pepper to taste

Quite simply put all ingredients into the food processor and pulse until desired consistency.

Fresh Guacamole: 

One ripe hass avocado pitted and roughly chopped

1/2 lime juiced

approximately tablespoon chopped cilantro

salt and pepper to taste

In a bowl mash the avocado.  Blend the rest of the ingredients.

Chipotle Chicken Sausage Tacos:

1 package of chipotle chicken sausage chopped(from Fresco or Johnsonville)

1/2 bell pepper cut into thin strips

1/2 scallion finely chopped

1 teaspoon cumin

Crispy taco shells

shredded cheese

In a heated pan of little olive oil cooked chopped chicken sausage until it starts to brown and crisp.  Add cumin and let cook about a minute.  Next add the scallion and bell pepper and cook another 2 minutes.  Heat taco shells on a cookie sheet in a 325 degree oven for about 5-7 minutes.  Place chicken sausage mixture into taco shells, top with fresh salsa, guacamole, and shredded cheese.  

**Easy side: I served my tacos with a side of canned black beans and frozen corn I cooked in a small pot with a sprinkle of cumin and some of the leftover scallion and bell pepper I can chopped for the tacos.  Easy and delish!