Be forewarned this is another one of my not-really-a-recipe recipes. I think sausage taste really depends on how each individual family likes it. For my sausage I added 4 t. salt, 1 t. garlic powder, and 1/2 t. onion powder. We aren't really fans of too spicy sausage and I wanted mine to taste something like jerky.
Put patties on the cookie sheet separated by layers of wax paper. Flash freeze.
Once frozen through you can place into one large freezer bag or divide into meal portion freezer bags.
When ready to cook, just toss into a frying pan like you would any ready-made sausage product. Make sure the meat is thouroughly cooking through before serving.
I love this idea since we don't eat any nitrate meats and organic meats are very expensive. I used 3lbs of grass fed beef for this recipe which cost me $9. Since the cost of the spices was minimal I only paid the $9 for 25 sausage patties that will last us several meals!
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I never thought of using beef for sausage. What a great idea!
No pork? I’ve been thinking about trying my own sausage, but I figured I would have to mix with pork for sure and some fat as well. They guys on the cooking shows always talk about fat content.
It doesn’t end up tasting like hamburgers for breakfast?
I;m actually allergic to pork and that’s why I came up with this beef recipe. (Although I’m guessing it would be ok with pork but maybe more greasy) It doesn’t taste like a hamburger, if anything it tastes a little like beef jerky since the salt helps cure the meat and give it a special flavor.
If you are ever looking for your sausage parties to taste more like breakfast sausage, try adding safe and fennel. A trick I learned from Rachael Ray
That’s “patties” and “sage”…
if i dont have onion powder could I use minced onion in its place? if so how much do you think?
Yes, I think that would work fine.
By 4 t do you mean 4 Tablespoons or teaspoons? I was assuming teaspoons since it’s lower case but looking at the quantities now I’m not too sure.
Teaspoons:)
Ground chicken or turkey works great too. And depending on the seasonings used, it can be breakfast sausage, sweet italian or hot italian. You don’t even have to make into patties. Just mix in the seasonings, crumble and fry in a pan, and add eggs, or beans or whatever as a base to a meal. Makes especially good beans and greens soups.
we’ve been making our own sausage forever and we use a mixture of ground beef, ground pork and ground bacon. It’s awesome!
and, no MSG added
What spices do you add the next day?
We are not spice people so I only add onion and garlic powder.