Chicken Faggots

I rarely hear that people actually eat faggots these day; years ago they were so popular. It could be the fact that the branded ones in England are called 'Brains Faggots' and possibly people thought they actually contain brains (they don't). Or because offal is considered not a good part of the animal. Either way I just put liver in mine.

I normally make these with pork belly, pork shoulder and pigs liver (recipe here), but the other day I decided to try and lower the fat content and make them with chicken. They were delicious!

Ingredients:

350g chicken sausages
1 chicken breast
120g chicken livers
1 small onion, chopped
1 tsp. thyme
1 cup dried breadcrumbs
salt & pepper
8 rashers streaky bacon

Method:

Set the oven to 170 C. Remove the casings of the sausages and put the meat into a bowl. Put the onion, chicken breast and liver into a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add to the bowl with the sausage meat. Add the seasoning, breadcrumbs and mix well. Put in the fridge to firm up. (If the mixture too loose, add some more breadcrumbs).

Take a bacon rasher onto a chopping board and use the back of a knife to stretch it to lengthen it, then cut in half. Do the same with the rest of the bacon.

Roll about a golf ball size of the meat in your hands and wrap a piece of bacon around it. Put into a baking sheet. Continue until all mixture used up and cook for 35-40 minutes.

Serve with chicken gravy and vegetables. Delicious!