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Spiced sausage salad

Spiced sausage salad

You won't be left hungry after this filling salad and it's full of flavour thanks to the spicy chorizo sausage!

Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves: 4

What you need:

  • 1 (160g) bag Bistro salad leaves
  • 450g/1lb baby new potatoes, halved
  • 150g/5oz chorizo sausage, sliced
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 1 green chilli, deseeded and sliced
  • 30ml/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • Pinch of caster sugar
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

What you do:

  1. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 10-15mins or until tender. Drain, rinse in cold water and leave to cool.
  2. Heat a non-stick frying pan add the chorizo and sauté for 3mins or until the sausage is golden. Remove the pan from the heat, lift out the sausages with a slotted spoon.
  3. Return the pan to the heat add the onion and chilli and sauté for 2 mins. Add the balsamic and sugar and sizzle for 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and season to taste.
  4. Empty the salad leaves in a large bowl, add the potatoes, chorizo, onion and chilli mix and toss well. Serve with crusty bread.

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