Italian Sausage Dressing Cups

Prep Time - 20 minutes
Cook time - 55 minutes

Servings - 6

Ingredients:

Cooking spray
8 oz. mild Italian sausage, thawed and casings removed
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 onions, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
2 tbs of celery, diced
14 oz canned chicken broth
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. iodized salt
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
12 oz brown and serve rolls, diced
2 large eggs, beaten

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F.  Lightly spray a 12 cup muffin pan with nonstick spray.

In a large saute pan, brown and crumble Italian sausage over medium high heat, about 10 minutes.

Remove sausage and set aside, add vegetable oil.  Reduce heat to medium; add onions, carrots and celery.  Saute until vegetables are clear and soft.

Add chicken broth and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.  Transfer vegetables to a large bowl to cool.

Add black pepper, salt and Italian seasoning.  Taste, adjust seasoning if necessary.

Toast diced rolls on a baking sheet until crisp, about 10 minutes.

Add rolls, Italian sausage and beaten eggs to the vegetable mixture, stir to combine.

Place 1/2 cup of roll mixture into each muffin tin.

Bake for 30 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean and dressing cups and lightly browned.

Courtesy of ALDI Test Kitchen.