I love the flavor of breakfast sausage and it’s even better when it’s homemade!
These homemade breakfast sausage patties have a savory blend of spices and add lots of delicious flavor to your morning plate!
Casing-free, they can be shaped like patties or even cooked in a pan to add to breakfast casseroles.
Homemade Breakfast Sausage
- Great Flavor: These homemade sausages are full of flavor
- Make It Your Way: Adjust the spices to suit your taste. Make it mild, spicy, or even sweet by adding a tablespoon of brown sugar or maple syrup.
- Any Time of Day: Sausage isn’t just for breakfast, it’s great in casseroles or even for appetizers.
- Make it Lean: Use ground turkey or lean ground beef if you’d like.
What Gives Breakfast Sausage Its Flavor?
Pork has a little bit of fat and a mild flavor that pairs well with seasonings and spices. A blend of fennel, sage, and smoked paprika adds flavor to this homemade breakfast sausage.
How to Make Breakfast Sausages from Scratch
- Using your hands, combine all of the seasonings with ground pork in a large bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Divide the mixture into 6 equal patties and fry in a hot skillet.
Time Saving Tip
We like to make the spice blend in advance and store it in a jar so it’s always ready to add to meat for a quick sausage! This is perfect to use in all kinds of recipes that call for sausage from breakfast strata to an omelette, orsausage breakfast casserole!
Recipe Tips
- For an even flavor, combine the seasonings first, and then add them to the ground pork.
- Be sure to let the sausage mixture rest before cooking.
- Cook sausage in the oven, air fryer or in a skillet.
- Double the batch and freeze, this homemade breakfast sausage recipe is great for breakfast sandwiches.
Storage and Reheating
Keep cooked sausage in the fridge for up to 4 days, reheat in the microwave just until heated through.
Patties are easy to freeze in zippered bags with the date labeled on the outside and they will keep about 2 months.
Ways to Use Breakfast Sausage
Homemade sausage patties are great alongside fried eggs or in breakfast sandwiches. It can also be browned in a skillet and added to casseroles or breakfast burritos.
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Homemade Breakfast Sausages
These breakfast sausages are perfectly seasoned and so savory!
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Chill Time 2 hours hours
Total Time 2 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Servings 6 patties
Author Holly Nilsson
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
Seasoning Mixture
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon fennel seeds crushed
- ½ teaspoon dried ground sage
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon poultry seasoning
- ⅛ teaspoon thyme leaves
- ⅛ teaspoon rosemary crushed
- ⅛ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
Combine pork and all seasonings in a medium bowl. Mix very well.
Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
Divide meat into 6 patties, ½" thick.
To Cook
Heat a skillet over medium heat.
Add patties (and a pat of butter if you'd like) and cook 4 minutes per side or until lightly browned.
Notes
For a sweeter sausage, add 1 to 2 teaspoons brown sugar.
For a spicy sausage, add 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper or extra chili flakes.
To crush spices place them in a small sandwich bag and crush them with a rolling pin or meat mallet.
Ground turkey can be substituted for some or all of the ground pork.
4.97 from 53 votes
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1patty | Calories: 201 | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 431mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 33IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Breakfast, Pork
Cuisine American
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Holly is a wine and cheese lover, recipe creator, shopping enthusiast and self appointed foodie. Her greatest passion is creating in the kitchen and making deliciously comforting recipes for the everyday home cook!
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