Chicken sausage guts are usually of natural origin, that is, they enhance the taste and appearance of meat, are edible, and can withstand high temperatures - essential if the sausage is cooked. The choice of what to use for the sausage skin, also known as the casing or belly, is up to you. Natural casings are made from the intestines or skin of animals, while artificial casings are made from collagen and cellulose.
The material is then molded by a continuous extrusion process, which produces a single sausage casing of indefinite length that is then cut to the desired lengths. The most popular natural casings are made from the intestines of pigs, sheep, and cows - usually 32-34 mm pig's belly. Collagen wraps are made from the same gelatinous material used to make gelatin desserts, which comes from the bones, cartilage, connective tissue, and skin of animals - traditionally cows.
Chicken sausages are foods made from ground chicken that is filled in a cylindrical edible skin wrapper. These sausages include other ingredients and fillers chosen by the chef, as well as preservatives if the sausages are not organic and sold commercially. Compared to traditional sausages that contain a pork base, chicken sausages are lower in fat and calories.
People can eat these sausages alone or mixed with other dishes with which the taste of chicken is compatible. Artificial sausage casings may be made of materials such as collagen, cellulose, and plastic and may not always be edible. Collagen casings have existed longer and are produced from animal collagen, mainly from the skins of cows and pigs. Bones and tendons are sometimes included, and guts can also be made from poultry and fish.
Collagen casings are an economical option as they provide better control over the weight and size of the sausage. They protect the flavor without adding any unpleasant flavor and help the sausages stay tender and juicy. Regardless of which recipe the chef decides to use, the basic preparation of a sausage made with chicken is the same - all sausages have one thing in common: a gut that holds the raw matrix together until it is cooked.
Polyamide (nylon) plastic wrappers are most commonly used in the production of sausages and cooked hams such as meat for lunch and mortadella. The consumer can use the sausage alone or mixed or supplemented with foods such as rice, cabbage salad, pancakes or pasta. It's great because chicken sausages have all the health benefits of chicken but come in a variety of flavors that chicken doesn't have.
Sheep, lamb, and pork are also available loose in brine in a vacuum-sealed plastic package; commonly known as vacuum packaging, they are mainly used by small to medium sized sausage manufacturers who use less than 100 skeins per month of gut.
The appeal of vacuum packers is their ease of use, their shorter thread length for hand filling (all sausage manufacturers who don't use automatic sausage filling and joining machines) and their lifespan; they only need to be opened when needed so the sausage maker doesn't have to worry not to use your open bag wraps before a decline in quality.
Beef casings have a larger diameter and tend to be thicker than pork and sheep guts; therefore they are used for firmer sausages such as mortadella and salami. Natural sausage casings are made from the submucosa of the small intestine of meat animals - a layer consisting mainly of natural collagen.
