Name: Easy Pork Breakfast Sausage
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 18 min
Ingredients: 1 pound ground pork; 1/2 teaspoon thyme (dried); 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage (dried); 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

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Here is an easy to make your own breakfast sausage using a good quality ground pork. Mix some good seasonings with ground pork, form it into links or patties and pan fry it. You could buy casings and stuff sausages if you want, but this is the “easy” way. This seasoning mix mimics a traditional English banger.

Horizontal image of two homemade pork links with sweet potato and greens on a white plate.

Easy Pork Breakfast Sausage

Nutrivore Score: 188

Prep Time 6

Cook Time 12

Total Time 18

Servings

Calories 300kcal

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Ingredients

1 pound ground pork
1/2 teaspoon thyme dried
1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage dried
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

Measure herbs in a small bowl.
Add ground pork to the bowl and mix everything together with your hands. Form eight links or patties.
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add a small amount of cooking fat to skillet (if needed). Add sausage patties to skillet.
Cook on the first side for approximately 6 minutes, until you can see the meat cooking on the edges and the underneath looks a little browned. Turn.
Cover and cook on the second side for 6 minutes, or until cooked through.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Easy Pork Breakfast Sausage

Serving Size

4 g

Amount per Serving

Calories

300

% Daily Value*

Fat

Saturated Fat

Polyunsaturated Fat

Monounsaturated Fat

Cholesterol

Sodium

Potassium

332

Carbohydrates

0.3

Fiber

0.1

Sugar

0.04

Protein

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Calcium

Iron

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.