Today’s Sample: Mango Chicken Sausages

Trader Joe's Mango Chicken Sausages

Yes, the samples got us again….

You could smell the food cooking as soon as you walked into the store. We tried to act as if we did not care and gathered up our bananas, apples, cheese  and bread–all the while our mouths are watering as we work our way back to the sample area.

The sample today was scrambled eggs with these Mango Chicken Sausages  and sprinkled with cheese. This was served with a slice of sourdough toast. A delicious way to keep up our strength while shopping on an otherwise cold  day. Of course we usually eat the samples to be polite…. but WOW was it good today. I grabbed one of the package from the display to take them home even before I finished eating.

The sausages came 5 in a package the perfect amount to have a couple of meals and then to have one sausage left over to make our own scrambled eggs and cheese, just like the sample today.

Interesting, while we were trying to balance our sample plates, forks and sample coffee on a nearby display, we observed other customers taking there first bites. It seemed that everyone agreed that these sausages were just fabulous!

One of these customers walked over to where we were watching and told us that she has purchased these sausages before. She liked to serve them sliced up with pasta, diced tomatoes and artichoke hearts.  She said the sweetness in the artichoke hearts matched up with the sweetness in the mangoes.  (I just love that about shopping at Trader Joes! The fact that folks are excited about products and will just start to tell you how they are cooking them up)

When we tried them for the first time, we just browned them up in a pan for a few minutes (they are fully cooked). We served them with mustard, a nice salad, and some crusty bread. When you cut up the sausages, you can see LARGE chunks of mango inside. These chunks also give each bite a different degree of sweetness.

So check out this product the next time you are shopping at your local Trader Joe’s. Let us know what you think and how you are using it.

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