Homemade Breakfast Sausage

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.

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.

Breakfast Sausage before cooking on a plate

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, or sausage 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

Cook Time 10 minutes

Chill Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes

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.

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.

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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