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Stack of country breakfast sausage patties in a white serving bowl in red and white napkin with silver tongs, white coffee mug and basket of fresh eggs in background
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Homemade Country Breakfast Sausage Recipe (Patties)

This homemade country breakfast sausage is one the whole family will love! This recipe makes 16- 2 oz. patties. You can make them slightly bigger, 2.5-3oz if you want them bigger for sandwiches. It's savory, flavorful and so satisfying. Make a big batch if you want to freeze some for future weekend breakfasts. The patties can be made to fit English muffin breakfast sandwiches for easy grab and go breakfasts!
We grind our own Pork (See Link), but we realize it's not feasible for everyone.
The base recipe is written for 2 pounds of pork so you can easily scale it up. For example if you're wanting to make 6 pounds of country breakfast sausage, 3X the recipe.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast Side
Cuisine: American
Keyword: breakfast, pork, sausage
Servings: 8
Calories: 312kcal
Author: Josh

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 lb Ground Pork
  • 2 Tbsp Ground Sage
  • 3 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 2 tsp Fine Ground Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Marjoram
  • 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1.5 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar

Instructions

**If you're Grinding your own Pork, the Link is here. If not, you can skip to the Seasoning.

    Make Your Country Breakfast Sausage Seasoning

    • Add all dry spices to a small bowl and mix together. This includes Ground Sage, Kosher Salt, Ground Pepper, Marjoram and Red Pepper Flakes.
      Breakfast sausage spices mixed in a small bowl
    • Add ground pork, apple cider vinegar and sausage seasoning mixture to a medium to large sized bowl (depending on how many pounds you are making) and mix till fully incorporated.
      Breakfast sausage Spices added to white bowl of ground pork

    Making the Patties (Patty size varies upon your preference)

    • Weigh (2 oz. for breakfast patties, 2.5-3oz. for breakfast sandwich patties) or eye ball appropriate amount of sausage mixture and shape into a meatball.
      Balled up breakfast sausage mixture after being weighed.
    • Place ball onto one half of a small sheet of wax or parchment paper, then fold the other half of the paper atop the ball.
      sausage ball mixture placed on wax paper to smash
    • Use a small skillet or other 5-6" flat object to smash the ball to about a 1/4" patty.
    • Place smashed patties on parchment paper lined sheet pan in a single layer till you are ready to cook
      Sausage smashed into about 1/4" patty up close view

    Cooking the Patties

    • Pre-heat skillet or griddle to medium/medium high heat.
    • Carefully unpeel patty from sheet pan and toss patty onto hot griddle.
    • Cook patty on 1st side until the color around the edges changes from pink to a whitish gray color. This usually takes 3 to 4 minutes depending on your heat.
      Half raw Breakfast sausage on blackstone about ready to flip
    • Flip patties as they are ready and cook another 2 to 3 minutes or until they are fully cooked. The time it takes to fully cooks depends on the thickness of your patties and the heat so you will have to judge for yourself when they are done.
      Sausage patties flipped and cooking on the 2nd side on the blackstone griddle
    • Place cooked patties on a small baking sheet or plate that is oven safe in case you need to keep them warm.

    Notes

     Store your cooked breakfast sausage patties in an airtight container and enjoy within 5 days.  If you make a big batch of sausage that's uncooked, you can store small batches of the raw pork (1-1.5 lb ) in freezer bags or vacuum seal bags and freeze for up to 6 months.  Defrost overnight in preparation for a weekend breakfast. 
     

     

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2patties | Calories: 312kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.4g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 961mg | Potassium: 346mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.02g | Vitamin A: 51IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg