My Mom raises pigs and recently we were fortunate enough to get a half of a hog from her. When we asked the butcher about their seasonings, we found out that they use MSG in their sausage seasoning. So, instead of getting their pre-made ground sausage, we decided to just get plain ground pork and experiment with some seasonings of our own to come up with a breakfast sausage recipe that we liked. To start we tried some recipes from a couple of our go-to paleo cookbooks – Make it Paleo II and Primal Cravings. These were both pretty good but not quite the “classic” breakfast sausage we were looking for.
We continued to experiment with a few batches and different seasonings to get the flavor we wanted. After some fine tuning, we came up with this recipe that we think you’ll really enjoy. It has a classic breakfast sausage flavor with simple, easy ingredients that you can pronounce. In our opinion, this homemade country breakfast sausage is better than the store version.
If you try out this recipe, let us know what you think by leaving a comment below and adding a rating. Also, take a picture and tag it on Instagram #realsimplegood so we can check it out!
Enjoy!
- 1 lb pasture raised ground pork
- 1.5 tsp ground sage
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp paprika (optional)
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Place the ground pork in a medium sized bowl.
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Mix the seasonings together in a separate bowl.
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Pour the seasonings in with the pork and mix it together well with your hands. Make sure the seasonings are evenly incorporated throughout the pork.
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Shape the sausage into 4-6 patties.
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Heat a pan over medium heat. Once the pan is hot, add in the sausage to cook.
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Cook about 5 minutes per side, until the sausage is cooked through the center.
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Serve and enjoy.
Mark says
Made this today, You nailed it, Very Good, not too much seasoning or salt
Store bought pork. Pasture raised pork is $12 pound here ,and that’s for the cheapest cuts.
Thanks
Mark
J+E | Real Simple Good says
So glad you enjoyed the recipe! We make this all the time, it’s such an easy (and cheap) way to have quality breakfast sausage.
Anonymous says
Perfect! And, no sugar. Thank you, thank you.
J+E | Real Simple Good says
You’re welcome! We’re so glad you found us! Enjoy! 🙂
Nicole M Foster says
This is really good! It will be my go to breakfast sausage recipe.
J+E | Real Simple Good says
So happy to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for trying our recipe and coming back to share! 🙂
Candi Straub says
AMAZING! We just bought a commercial meat grinder and saved a lot by grinding ourselves. Fantastic recipe! Better than anything in the store.
J+E | Real Simple Good says
We’re so glad you enjoyed the recipe! And that’s impressive – grinding your own meat! Justin’s mom has a meat grinder out on the farm, and it’s always nice to get fresh made sausage from her! Thanks for trying our recipe and coming back to share! 🙂
ALEX STUESSEL says
Just butchered my own back yard pig did 25 lbs of your recipe useing most of the trimming froze it and It turned out amazing. best and easiest sausage recipe i have used. Will be my go to breakfast sausage for sure
J+E | Real Simple Good says
Alex – Simple and easy, that’s what we’re all about. Very happy to hear that you enjoyed the recipe.