Description
You can easily turn ground turkey into turkey sausage patties. This homemade mix is perfect for making breakfast sausages with no additives.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 2 tablespoons breakfast sausage seasoning (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon high heat cooking oil (if pan frying), or cooking spray (if air frying)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together ground meat and breakfast sausage seasoning with your hands, being careful not to overmix.
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, or preheat your air fryer to 400°F.
- While the oil is heating, form the sausage mixture into 12 patties (see notes below for tips).
- For pan frying: once the oil is hot, transfer patties to the skillet and fry, flipping as needed, until both sides are browned and the meat is cooked through, about 10-12 minutes total, depending on the thickness of your patties.
- For air frying: once the air fryer is preheated, spray the tray with cooking spray and place patties in a single layer, making sure there's empty space in between the patties so they don't stick together. Cook for 5 minutes, flip them over, and continue cooking until they're cooked through, about 3 minutes.
Notes
Ground turkey is cooked when it hits an internal temperature of 165°F (an instant-read thermometer is perfect for checking this).
If you don't have a batch of sausage seasoning, you can use the individual spices listed in my homemade breakfast sausage patties post (along with the 2 cloves of minced garlic) instead
Don't crowd the pan! You'll likely need to work in batches with this recipe to prevent the patties from sticking together.
When forming patties, wet your hands with cold water to help prevent the meat mixture from sticking to your hands.
Using a scoop will help make all of your patties a consistent size, which will help them cook evenly. I like using a #30 scoop.
The flatter you make the patties, the more quickly they'll cook.
