Homemade Breakfast Sausage-Make Your Own!
Breakfast sausage has always been my hands down favorite of the breakfast meats. Patties, links, gravy, in a biscuit, on the side, in my omelet, it's my favorite. Bacon is better later in the day. When something is your favorite, when it brings you comfort and joy, you're usually pretty picky about how it tastes. Breakfast sausage NEEDS to be the following:
- A little sweet-Maple must be involved
- A little spicy-I need those little red chili flecks dispersed throughout the meat bringing that little bit of heat
- A little savory-comforting sage flavors
- A little salty-because it has to taste good
We received a meat grinder as a wedding gift from one of my dearest friends who always gets me the best gifts, and we decided that for this Christmas wouldn't it be nice to make our families breakfast sausage and give it out to them on Christmas Eve and Day. So we made a bunch of links one night using chicken thighs and pork belly. I made a quick spice blend of what I would want my breakfast sausage to taste like, and we were kind of blown away when we cooked off a sample. I mean, it was chicken thighs and pork belly-how bad could it be?
Our Process:
Everyone enjoyed our sausage, so I wanted to perfect the breakfast sausage spice blend. I bought a pack of ground chicken meat and came up with the perfect amount of seasoning for one pack of meat (AKA 1 pound). I mixed it into the meat, brushed some oil onto the patties, cooked them in a pan and we loved them. I thought about how easy this would be for someone to do at home. I provide the seasoning mix, you buy a pack of the ground meat of your choice, and now you have homemade breakfast sausage! One pack can make 8 regular sized patties, and you are feeding yourself or your loved ones fresh breakfast sausage. You have complete knowledge and control over what you are eating. No preservatives, no hard to pronounce ingredients, no pesky fillers like gluten, etc...
I made these cute little jars of my Maple Sage Breakfast Sausage Blend and they are now available on Etsy for you to purchase. This can be a fun project with your kids, your spouse or with yourself-when you take a bite of these patties you will feel like you just accomplished something great, and it's only the morning! (although this would be awesome to make for 'Breakfast for Dinner'). This also makes a great unique hostess gift, or if you are staying over someone's house you can bring this along for the morning breakfast session.
Maple and Sage Breakfast Sausage: One Jar per Pound of Meat
The listing on my Etsy Shop : Maple Sage Breakfast Sausage