Sweet and Spicy Breakfast Sausage
You’ll love this recipe for sweet and spicy breakfast sausage!
It’s an easy to make recipe made with ground turkey and pork, maple syrup, red pepper flakes and classic sausage herbs and spices.
It’s the best ever homemade breakfast sausage!
How to make sweet and spicy breakfast sausage
Featured Ingredients
- Ground turkey and pork: a little lean and a little fat = perf
- Maple syrup: for that sweetness and maple flave
- Fennel, oregano, sage, salt and black pepper: to be sausage, you need it in my opinion
- Crushed red pepper flakes: for that heat
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Heat a large cast iron skillet to medium-high heat.
- Combine turkey, pork, maple syrup and seasonings in a medium bowl.
- Mix thoroughly, then form into small patties.
- Place patties into the hot skillet.
- Cook 4-5 minutes per side, until each side is browned and crispy and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
Recipe Substitutions and Alterations
- For the pork and turkey: Use all turkey, all pork or your favorite combination of ground meats.
- For the maple syrup: If you don’t want the sausage to be slightly sweet, skip the maple syrup. Or swap with brown sugar for a different flavor profile.
- For the salt: Use less or more, depending on how much salt you like or depending on your nutrition needs.
Storage Instructions
- For the refrigerator: Store cooked sausage patties in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 5 days.
- Reheat in the microwave 30-90 seconds or until heated through.
- For the freezer: Store cooked sausage patties in an airtight container in the freezer up to 2 months.
- Let thaw in the refrigerator, then reheat in the microwave 30-90 seconds or until heated through.
- To store uncooked: If you’d like to store raw sausage mix, place it in a sealed plastic bag and freeze up to 2 months.
- Let it thaw in the refrigerator, then form it into patties and cook it right away according to the recipe instructions.
Nutrition Considerations
- To make them gluten free: This recipe is gluten free. Be sure all ingredients are gluten free.
- To make them dairy free: This recipe is dairy free:
- To make them nut free: This recipe does not contain nuts. Be sure all ingredients are nut free.
- To make them egg free: This recipe does not contain eggs. Be sure all ingredients are egg free.
What makes this sausage a healthier alternative?
- This sausage has no nitrates/nitrites added, it’s just made with ground meat, spices, herbs and maple syrup.
- It has less salt per serving than most sausages – only 378mg for 2 patties!
- You are in control of what goes into the patties, and in this case it’s minimal ingredients – most of which you probably have at home or purchase regularly.
- It has less fat because it’s made with a mix of turkey and pork rather than just pork.
- It has a TON of flavor, so you won’t even be sad it’s healthier.
- Plus it’s homemade and insanely delicious.
Yummy breakfast foods to go along with it:
- Breakfast Oatmeal Yogurt Cookies
- Crispy Breakfast Potatoes
- Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
- Cheesy Cauliflower Waffles
- Breakfast Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Eggs
- Blueberry Glazed Donuts
Sweet and Spicy Breakfast Sausage
Easy homemade sausage patties made with ground turkey and pork, maple syrup, red pepper flakes and classic sausage herbs and spices.
- Prep Time: 5-10 mins
- Cook Time: 10-15 mins
- Total Time: 15-25 mins
- Yield: Makes 16 patties 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stove-Top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1-pound ground turkey
- 1-pound ground pork
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 ½ tablespoons fennel seeds, crushed
- 1 ½ tablespoons dried oregano leaves
- 1 ¼ teaspoons coarse salt
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼–½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Heat a large cast iron skillet to medium-high heat.
- Combine turkey, pork, maple syrup and seasonings in a medium bowl. Mix thoroughly, then form into small patties.
- Place patties into the hot skillet. Cook 4-5 minutes per side, until each side is browned and crispy and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
Notes
Storage Tip: Cooked breakfast sausage patties can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 2 months and reheated.
Prep Tip: To crush the fennel seeds, place them in a sealed Ziploc bag and crush them with a meat tenderizer or rolling pin.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 patties
- Calories: 222
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 378mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 19g
- Cholesterol: 76mg