Grilled Chicken Sausage Sandwiches with Spanish Chickpea Salsa

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Total Time: 15 min

Prep: 10 min

Cook: 5 min

Serves: 4

Easy

Chicken sausage cooks quickly on the grill to make an easy and delicious weeknight meal. We placed the chicken sausage on a bun and topped it with a chickpea salsa that's a vibrant mix of flavors that includes chickpea, pimiento, paprika, red onion, sherry vinegar and oregano. The chickpea salsa can be made ahead.

Ingredients:

• 4 sprays cooking spray
• 3 oz canned pimentos, chopped, drained
• ⅓ cup canned drained chickpeas, rinsed and coarsely chopped
• 1 tbsp red onions, minced, finely chopped
• 2 tsp sherry vinegar
• ½ tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp paprika, mild smoked variety
• 12 oz cooked chicken sausages, 4 (3-oz) sausages, chorizo or spicy chicken flavor
• 4 reduced calorie hot dog buns, whole-grain variety

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.
2. In small bowl, mix pimientos, chickpeas, onion, vinegar, oregano, and paprika for salsa.
3. Grill sausages, turning occasionally, until charred in spots and heated through, about 5 minutes. Grill buns, cut-side down, until lightly toasted, about 1 minute. Arrange sausages in buns and top each with 21⁄2 tbsp chickpea salsa.
4. Serving Size: 1 Grilled Chicken Sausage Sandwiches with Spanish Chickpea Salsa.
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