Homemade Breakfast Sausage

One day I needed a way to use up some ground beef before it went bad so I decided to make some sausage for breakfast. I have made these many times using ground pork (for pork sausage), beef (for beef sausage), and turkey (for turkey sausage). They all come out tasty and much cheaper than buying name brand sausage filled with MSG and other unhealthy additives. Once you see how easy this is to make you’ll wonder why you haven’t tried this before.

 
 

Homemade Breakfast Sausage

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground pork, turkey, beef, or chicken (can use any ground meat of your liking)
1 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. ground sage
1 tsp. smoky paprika
2 tsp. brown sugar (or Maple Syrup- see note below)
3/4 tsp. thyme
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. ground fennel seed
1/4 tsp. marjoram
1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes (use more to make extra spicy if you’d like)
1 Tbsp. olive oil (if using chicken or turkey meat)



Directions:
Combine ingredients in a medium bowl. Flavors blend in better if you make this a few hours (or refrigerate overnight) then cover and chill before cooking. When ready to cook shape into 8 patties and cook in a little olive oil (if using chicken or turkey) heated in skillet about 4-5 minutes per side or until done. Serve with your breakfast or freeze cooked sausage in Ziploc bags for later use. These are good in biscuits!

Note: Other things you can add to the mix are 1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup (for a little sweetness), 1/4 tsp. allspice, or 1/8 tsp. nutmeg, and even diced green apple.

*Other ways to use this is to make breakfast burritos, casseroles, scrambled eggs and sausage, sausage gravy, pizza, or anything you like using sausage in.