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Homemade breakfast sausage patties are quick & easy to make at home, flavored with spices from your pantry. These patties are delicious using ground pork or your favorite vegan ground meat substitute.

Plate of homemade breakfast sausage patties.

Breakfast sausage patties are delicious served alongside your favorite breakfast dishes like pancakes, French toast, quiche, and frittata.

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🧡 Why we love this recipe
📝 Ingredients
✅ How to make this recipe
📌 Tips
💡 Serving ideas
📖 Recipe
💬 Comments

Platter of homemade breakfast sausage patties with one cut in half.

🧡 Why we love this recipe

It comes together quickly using spices from the pantry.
The sausage patties freeze well, making breakfast come together more quickly down the line.
You can easily scale this recipe to make a larger batch.
These breakfast sausage patties are delicious made with ground pork but are equally tasty made with your favorite vegan ground meat substitute.

📝 Ingredients

Here's everything you need to make your own batch of breakfast sausage patties (see recipe card below for ingredient amounts and full directions):

Avocado oil (or other high-heat cooking oil)
Ground pork (or vegan ground meat substitute)
Garlic cloves - this is a great time to break out your garlic press if you have one!
Dried marjoram
Dried oregano
Dried parsley
Ground paprika
Kosher salt
Dried savory
Red pepper flakes
Freshly ground black pepper

Adding minced garlic to a bowl of ground pork.

Adding ground paprika to a bowl of ground pork and spices.

A bowl of ground pork and spices ready to form into breakfast sausage patties.

✅ How to make this recipe

Add the garlic and seasonings into the ground meat and mix with your hands to combine.
Heat oil in a skillet on the stovetop.
Divide the mixture into 8 equal portions and flatten into patties.
Fry the patties until cooked through, flipping as needed.

See recipe card below for full instructions.

Mixing together a bowl of ground pork and spices to make breakfast sausage patties.

📌 Tips

There are some things you can do to help your breakfast sausage patty-making be more successful. Just a few pointers to help you out if you need a little guidance.

Mix with your hands! It's messy but it's really the easiest way to get everything evenly combined.
Be careful not to overmix the meat - this will make the patties a bit tough.
Making sure you have enough salt is key in making these taste like breakfast sausage. If you want to test your meat mixture for seasoning, you can pinch off a small piece and cook it in your skillet. If it needs more seasoning, add more to the mixture and try it again.

Dividing ground pork mixture to make breakfast sausage patties.

Forming a ground pork mixture into breakfast sausage patties.

I like to flatten the sausage meat mixture in the mixing bowl and then score it with my hand to make the portions. You can also use a tool like a cookie scoop if you want to get evenly sized patties.
The sausage patties swell up when cooking, so I usually make a bit of a divot in middle of the patty to help counteract that a bit.

Uncooked breakfast sausage patties on a baking sheet.

Flipping breakfast sausage patties in a skillet.

Using an instant read probe breakfast sausage patties.

Let your oil heat up in the pan before you put the sausage patties in to cook. You want that nice sizzle!
Depending on the size of your skillet, you may need to work in batches so you don't overcrowd the pan.
Use an instant-read thermometer to make sure your sausage patties are fully cooked. If using ground pork, you're looking for the temperature in the middle of each patty to reach 160°F.

Brunch spread with quiche, fruit salad, breakfast sausage patties, and bean salad

💡 Serving ideas

I love serving these homemade breakfast sausage patties with our favorite spinach and cheddar quiche, a simple fruit salad, and a quick and easy bean salad. They're also an incredible accompaniment to my chocolate chocolate chip pancakes with mint.