Pork – Sausage | Thailand 1 Dollar Meals

January 13, 2016 Lee

Bangers & Mash Rolls

I do love a good plate of Bangers & Mash with a side peas and a bowl of onion gravy. Here is a twist on the common sausage roll to include mash as well. Bangers being thick pork sausages and mash being mashed potatoes. This is a must do for me, and I will take photos as well.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings people

Ingredients

4 thick pork sausages, aka Bangers
1 package puff pastry
1 egg, beaten
mashed potatoes, cold, can even be leftovers

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 190 C. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Brown the Sausages on all sides in a large skillet - until mostly cooked through. Set aside to cool slightly.
Unroll a sheet of puff pastry and cut into 4 pieces. Spread mash down the center of each pastry, top with cooked sausage and add additional mash to the top and sides. Roll up each sheet - pinch together to seal and trim off any excess. Place on the baking sheet - seam side down - and brush each roll with beaten egg.
Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes - until the pastry is golden and crispy on all sides and the meat has cooked through. Serve with a side of Onion Gravy as a dipping sauce. Enjoy!

Notes

Thick pork sausages, Bangers, run about 200-250 Baht for 10 sausages in Makro. 4 sausages (figured at 250 Baht) would be about 100 Baht, for 2 servings this is about $1.50 per person, more than reasonable.

Variants to this would be to add shredded Cheddar cheese to the top before rolling.

Adapted from an internet recipe.

* Fair Value $1.01 to $1.50 per Serving,5 Ingredients or Less,LEFTOVERS,Pork - Sausage

Breakfast Sausage

January 10, 2016 Lee

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Breakfast Sausage

Adapted from an internet recipe.

Easy to make, and very good, I have made this on several occasions, I need to make this more often. Keep in mind, the longer you refrigerate this, up to 24 hours before cooking, the flavors will blend together better. Sage is the key ingredient in breakfast sausage.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Ingredients

1 kilo minced pork, OR you can use chicken, (2 lbs)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground sage
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
pinch ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon parsley
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

Add the pork and all the other ingredients to a mixing bowl.
Mix everything together, use your hands and mix well. Refrigerate for 6 to 24 hours to allow the spices to blend well. The 24 hours is highly recommended.
I was going to stuff sheep casings to make links but could not find my small funnel, so I went with patties instead, and are equally as good. I made 8 patties, layered with parchment paper and froze this batch, simply take out the patties you wish to use the day before and thaw in the fridge overnight. (For patties I use a ½ cup measuring cup to measure and press in a 4¼ inch, 11 cm, patty press.)
Fry in a skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes per side or until juices run clear.
And in link form using cellulose casings. These casings will be removed after poaching.

Notes

Minced pork will run about 100 Baht/kilo, making this about 50 cents per person for 6 people, add some fresh homemade hash browns and a couple of eggs, you have a nice breakfast for under $1 per person.

Used in Recipes Listed on this Site:

Potato & Breakfast Sausage Skillet, mad it, GO-TO recipe.
Breakfast Sausage Casserole.
Sausage & Scrambled Egg Burritos.
Country Gravy & Biscuits, made it, GO-TO recipe.
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Crescent Rolls, made it.
Crustless Quiche, made it, GO-TO recipe.
White Beans & Sausage, made it, GO-TO recipe.
Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole II.
Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole I, made it, GO-TO recipe.

#1 Go-To Recipes,* Best Value $1 or Less per Serving,BREAKFAST (for dinner!),Pork - Sausage

Slow Cooker Sausage & Veggies with Peppers

January 10, 2016 Lee

Slow Cooker Sausage & Veggies with Peppers

Lot of possibilities here with this one, I am looking forward to making this one! Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 10

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings people

Ingredients

500 grams smoked sausage, cut into pieces
6 potatoes, washed and cut in half
1 onion, large, sliced or chopped
1 carrot, large, cut into pieces
1 green bell pepper, cut into pieces
1 red bell pepper, cut into pieces
2 cups beef stock
1 packet onion soup powder mix, OR make from a shortcut
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon basil
3 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon Worcherstershire sauce

Instructions

Place sausage and vegetables in slow cooker.
Mix together the broth, onion soup, spices, and Worcestershire sauce and pour into the slow cooker.
Cook on Low setting for 5 or 6 hours or High setting for 3 to 4 hours until the potatoes and carrots are done. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Enjoy!

Notes

Smoked sausage that I have found and used from Makro, is very nice, much like Kielbasa, and right near this product is what is called Sausage scraps these are thick smoked sausage pieces that are left over from from cutting up and packaging the long sausages, these are also a variety pack, spicy smoked, some is garlic sausage, some is chili sausage. The sausage scraps would be ideal for this recipe. This fresh, packaged sausage, that is made in Thailand.

Sausage would be the most expensive part of this recipe, at about 250 Baht/kilo, you would need 500 grams for this recipe, 125 Baht, is about 65 cents per meal per person for 6 people, even less if serving 8 people.

Shortcut: Onion Soup Mix.

Adapted from an internet recipe.

* Best Value $1 or Less per Serving,Pork - Sausage

Spanish Chorizo

December 3, 2015 Lee

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Spanish Chorizo

Spanish Chorizo is a firm, drier sausage than Mexican Chorizo. A plate of Chorizo with a couple of sunny side up eggs on top, real hash browns on the side, makes me hungry! I made this on (cooked rather) the Chorizo on 19 Nov 2016, and it is excellent! Even got two thumbs up from my wife! I prepared the Chorizo on 17 Nov. Keep in mind this is not true Spanish Chorizo but a pretty good knock off in my opinion. The chorizo offered in some stores is Thailand will be of the Spanish type.

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Prep Time 1

Total Time 1

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Tex-Mex

Servings people

Ingredients

500 grams minced pork, (1 lb)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chili powder, (4 tablespoons US chili powder, 2 tablespoons Thai chili powder)
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon oregano
2 cloves garlic, pressed or finely minced
2 tablespoons white vinegar

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl, cover and place in the fridge overnight. This photo is after it had been in the fridge for 1 half days, the smell is wonderful.
Form into patties or just crumble and fry.
When the Chorizo is cooked, drop in a few eggs.
Served.

Notes

Minced pork is about 110 Baht per kilo, 500 grams would be 55 Baht. Can easily make 4 servings from this for a cost of 40 cents per serving.

Used in Recipe Listed on this Site:
Chorizo Burgers with Cucumber Slaw,
Gouda Chorizo Jalapeno Poppers.

Adapted from an internet recipe.

#1 Go-To Recipes,* Best Value $1 or Less per Serving,Pork - Sausage

Italian Sausage / Pork Sausage / Chicken Sausage

October 18, 2015 Lee

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Italian Sausage / Pork Sausage / Chicken Sausage

Adapted from many internet recipes.

I looked at a bunch of recipes online and got a general list together of the ingredients, and made my own, sausage patties, not links. A good general recipe that is nice for spaghetti sauces, sausage burgers, or served with pasta or potato. These are not going to win a blue ribbon prize in the culinary world, but I think they taste good. All spices are dried. To make this Italian Sausage, add the fennel seeds. To make this just a pork sausage, omit the fennel seeds. To make a nice chicken sausage, omit the fennel seeds. READ THE STEPS, I added a step at the beginning if you are using meat you are going to grind.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings

Ingredients

1½-2 kilos minced pork, or ground chicken, (3-4 lb)
2 teaspoons fennel seeds, heaping, OMIT for just pork or chicken sausage
2 teaspoons ground black pepper, heaping
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground cumin, heaping
2 teaspoons oregano, heaping
2 teaspoons thyme, heaping
2 teaspoons rosemary, heaping
2 teaspoons parsley, heaping

Instructions

NOTE: If you will be grinding the meat yourself (recommended) then prepare the meat by cutting into chunks that will fit the hopper of your grinder, remove an silver tendon from pork, then mix the spices into this, then grind on the medium size die, after it is ground then grind again on the smaller die.
If using store bought ground pork, just add the spices.
And mix with your hands really well. Now you can stuff into casings or simply make patties.
Stuffed into casings.
With clean hands, mix all this together well, form into patties sized to your liking. I keep a few to the side for dinner the day I make this, then freeze the rest with foil between the layers.
A good friend, Dave Williams, posted a comment on this but used ground chicken and made patties, which is a great alternative! Here is his photo and his comment is below.