Name: Turkey Breakfast Sausage
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds ground turkey; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper; 1 ½ teaspoons ground sage; 1 ½ teaspoons ground thyme; ½ teaspoon dried marjoram; ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

You can use this recipe for chicken and pork as well.

Turkey Breakfast Sausage

turkey

brown sugar

salt

black pepper

sage

thyme

marjoram

red pepper flakes

Mix turkey, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, sage, thyme, marjoram, and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Shape turkey mixture into patties.


Fry patties in a large skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown and no longer pink in the center, 6 to 8 minutes.


This is exactly how I make my breakfast sausage from ground turkey only I do go a little lighter on the salt/pepper. My whole family loves this. NOTE: This can be used in just about any recipe that calls for sausage, just don't form the meat into patties. I like to use it in spaghetti sauce or egg bakes the most. My family honestly can't tell the difference between this and regular pork sausage.

I was looking for a good recipe to make my own sausage and this one is a GREAT starter recipe. I used all of the ingredients with the exception of the brown sugar. (Watching our sugar intake) However with that said, I replaced that with apple pie spice, dried fennel seed, and a touch of paprika. Those spices have natural sweetness to them. Since ground turkey can be dry due to the lack of fat, I patted the sausage out and allowed them to rest in the refrigerator over night to tenderize and soak up all of the flavors. The sausage came out great!!! I cooked them on a non-stick griddle with a touch of EVOO and they came out yummy!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!

Family loved it. Only used 1 tsp of salt as husband needs to watch sodium. Also added 1/4 tsp of ground ginger. Definitely will make again, and will mix it up the night before so the flavors can blend a bit more before cooking.

Absolutely spot on in the seasonings for this sausage. I didn't have marjaram so left that out but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. I made the Jimmy Dean Breakfast casserole with it and it was divine. Everyone who ate it thought the sausage was delicious.

This was absolutely wonderful. We only added less than a 1/2 tsp of salt and didn't put in the brown sugar. Also we included a teaspoon of McCormick Maple Smokehouse seasoning as well as their Cajun seasoning. Instead of pan frying we lightly spray greased a an oven sheet and baked them, flipping occasionally. 
Overall this recipe was terrific! For a large family who is transitioning to much healthier choices this was a recipe that satisfied everyone. I'm convinced that we won't be buying sausage anymore

I love this recipe! I've tried several versions of homemade turkey sausage over the years and this one is by FAR my favorite. I made it exactly as written.

Best turkey sausage recipe I have ever tried only thing I did diffrent was add a couple of minced cloves of garlic. Only because in my opinion galic goes with everything!

Made this twice and tweaked it just a bit. I added 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, 1/4 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp onion powder. This has great flavor. Keeper!

My family flipped out, it was sooooooooo freaking delish!  I will never settle for the bland, premade turkey patties that you find at the supermarket.  I made this recipe last night as an alternate lower fat breakfast option that I could eat this coming week, as I have begun diet number 42.  I choose to alter it a bit by doubling all of the spices, plus I added 1 teaspoon each of fennel and ginger just for kicks because I had them on-hand.  I went an extra step and ground all of the seasoning in my spice grinder (aka former coffee grinder) to help with combining.  I made them all two ounces to aid in portion control, but I guess that only works if you limit how many you eat at one meal, which is not easy my friend!  I went ahead and made another batch of the seasoning mix and bagged it up for a future use, which will be very soon!  Thanks for "my" new secret family recipe!

Flavor was great! However my turkey was super dry. Not sure what I did wrong. I will use this recipe again but will use ground pork instead.

Turkey Breakfast Sausage

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 8

Cost: $2.49 /serving

Author : mechanicmike

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