A combination of ground turkey and pork is my favorite and with a little maple syrup, fresh herbs and spices, you can have Homemade Breakfast Sausage in mere minutes.
I’ve been tinkering around with this recipe for a while now and think it’s time to share what I think is a fantastic and super easy to make homemade breakfast sausage.
I used to just use ground pork and felt it needed a little lightening up and found ground turkey to be a great way to do this. With real maple syrup to kiss the sausage with a tad bit of sweetness, red pepper flakes to offset with a little heat, and fresh herbs to bring it all together. This is a winner.
I like to make about 12 patties with this recipe and usually will end up cooking 4 right off the bat and place the other 8 on a sheet of wax paper and freeze them straight on the tray. After they’re partially frozen I place them all in a plastic freezer bag for future breakfast use.
Feel free to cook it all up at once or mix up with onions and potatoes to feed a crowd.
Whether you like your breakfast sausage in patty form to brown in a hot skillet, or break it up and mix with your eggs in a scramble, or even better yet, made into breakfast sausage sandwiches, this will do the trick.
The other day before we went hiking I cooked up four of the homemade breakfast sausage patties and toasted up some English muffins. A few slices of cheddar cheese to melt on top and we were out the door, breakfast in hand. So easy.
For other breakfast recipes, try my Crustless Spinach Quiche with Ham or these Cheesy Bacon Buttermilk Biscuits. If maple is a favorite flavor of yours, try my Maple Glazed Apple Oatmeal Cookies or another sausage favorite is my Savory Stuffed Acorn Squash. Enjoy!
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Homemade Breakfast Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tbsp fresh chopped sage leaves
- 1 tbsp fresh chopped thyme
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp ground fennel seed
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients and mix by hand until well blended.
- Shape into 12-16 patties.
- Heat skillet over medium high heat and add some oil to pan. Cook sausage patties 2-3 minutes per side depending on thickness. Add a tablespoon of water to the pan and cover. Cook 1 minute more to steam.
- Serve immediately or allow to cool and freeze for future use. (See Note 1)
Notes
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist's advice.
I have got to try this Kevin! We are big breakfast sausage fans at our house, my son Casey especially! I’d love to grab that breakfast sammie in that top photo!
I ate two myself photographing them to get that perfect bite and then I couldn’t just let them go to waste! 🙂 Thanks Mary Ann!
I never thought of making my own sausage mix. What a great idea. I love that you put them on muffins with nothing but a piece of cheese. Austere. I also like how thick they are. I’m going to have some company in a week or so, and I was wondering what to feed them for breakfast. Now I know!
Perfect, glad I could assist. 🙂
I love the idea of mixing turkey with the pork for a somewhat lighter breakfast meat – nothing worse than a heavy breakfast weighing you down all day. Thanks for the fun breakfast recipe!
I agree with you Kevin and one of these is just great! Hope your summer is going well. 🙂
Holy moly, Kevin!!! Store bought breakfast sausage (and b.fast sammies) ain’t got NOTHING on you!!! These patties look just INCREDIBLE! Like, I know EXACTLY what I’m making this weekend! Pinning and sharing all over the place. 😉 Cheers, buddy!
What I love about these too is having the balance of them frozen for easy breakfast snaking. A quick pop in the microwave to defrost and fry ’em up! Thanks Cheyanne! 🙂
Hey Kevin. I like making sausage because I know what is and isn’t in it. I get ground pork on sale regularly and I make Italian sausage regularly. I could never find a breakfast sausage recipe that I was happy with, so now I have one. Gary likes the good ole Southern favorite sausage gravy and biscuits. I also make your chorizo sausage often.
Mmmmmm sausage gravy and biscuits! I haven’t made that in a while. Hope you guys are cooling off down there. I think we got your humidity Dorothy! 🙂