Chicken Sausage With Fennel

Ingredients

• 4 skinned and boned chicken breast halves
• 1 small onion, minced
• 3 tablespoons fine, dry breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 hoagie rolls, split
• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
• Purple onion slices
• Plum tomato slices
• Leaf lettuce

Preparation

1. Pulse chicken in a food processor 6 times or until ground. Add onion and next 7 ingredients; process 2 minutes. Shape into 8 patties.
2. Cook patties in a lightly greased nonstick skillet 5 minutes on each side or until done.
3. Spread cut sides of rolls evenly with mustard. Place onion and tomato on bottom halves; top each with 2 sausage patties and lettuce. Cover with top halves.
4. Note: To grill sausage, heat a grill rack coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat (300° to 350°). Grill patties, covered with grill lid, 5 minutes on each side or until done.