Turkey Breakfast Sausage
If any of my former employees knew that I made a recipe for turkey breakfast sausage, I would never hear the end of it. Why? Because I used to be the biggest hater on the planet of anything using ground poultry. Major shit talking. I hated the texture. I hated grinding it. I hated people using it as a substitute for pork and beef. But, like everything in life, things change. While pork is always king in my book, this turkey breakfast sausage is pretty damn good all considering. It is the same seasoning I use for a pork breakfast sausage. There a couple key components to making turkey sausage right. The first is to always use ground turkey thigh. If you use turkey breast, your sausage will be dry and shitty. You are already using poultry instead of meat. It’s lean enough. Keep your miserable ground turkey breast out of sausage. The other factor is making good turkey sausage is to use freshly ground turkey thigh and not pre-packed turkey in a tube. The stuff in the tubes is full of sodium and other preservatives. If you buy your ground turkey freshly ground, the quality of your sausage will be drastically better.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey thigh
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp ground sage
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil for sautéing
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients together.
- Form into small patties. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before cooking.
- Heat up the vegetable oil on a griddle over medium high heat. Add the patties to the griddle.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes a side.
