Breakfast Sausage Seasoning Blend

While it is definitely pretty easy to just buy pre-made breakfast sausage, sometimes you find yourself needing some, and all you have to hand is ground pork. On the other hand, you may want to buy a whole pork loin and grind it up yourself to save money. Or you could have some game meat you want to grind up and make into sausage. Either way – this recipe for Breakfast Sausage Seasoning Blend is one you are going to want to bookmark for use later.

There are lots of blends out there, but I like this one the most. It has an unexpected ingredient in the mix that really makes it special. And that ingredient is – NUTMEG! Yep, toss in a little nutmeg, and you will get that little something something you may have been missing when you tried to make breakfast sausage before.

Substitutes and Variations:

This can be useful to turn just about any type of ground meat into breakfast sausage. If you want to go with a poultry open like chicken or turkey (or wild turkey), just be sure to add a little fat to the pan when you fry it up. You can use it for mutton, venison, goat – lots of the game meats.

Suggestions for Sides:

This is great to season up your meat for sausage gravy for Biscuits & Gravy, sausage patties for breakfast sandwiches or sausage crumbles for breakfast burritos or skillets.

Tools that may make this recipe easier:

I like to use small half pint mason jars to mix up smaller blends like this. If you are going to make a large batch or use it frequently, you could use a larger jar. But keep in mind that the brown sugar will clump with the moisture in the air, so break it up if you see clumping.

Now Let’s Get Cookin’!