Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages
This healthy breakfast sausage recipe for Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages are lightly sweetened with maple syrup and savory spices. Enjoy these with eggs, bacon, or a bagel for a protein packed breakfast.
If you love breakfast as much as I do, be sure to check out some of my other favorite recipes like Bone Broth Everything Bagels, Bone Broth Sausage Mushroom Frittata, Blueberry Cream Cheese Scones Without Eggs, Blackberry Sweet Potato Muffins With Streusel Topping, or Sourdough French Toast Sticks.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages
- Ready In: 15 minutes
- Makes: 6 sausage patties
- Main Ingredients: ground turkey, maple syrup, fennel seeds
- Flavor Profile: maple and spice
- Dietary Info: gluten free, dairy free, no seed oils, eggless
- Difficulty: Easy!
- Why You’ll Love It: healthier spin on breakfast sausage
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Sweet & Savory: The combination of savory and slightly sweet make an amazing breakfast sausage! This healthy breakfast sausage recipe uses maple syrup and more traditional breakfast sausage spices for the best of both worlds!
- Copycat Recipe: If you love the Applegate Chicken and Maple Breakfast Sausages, these taste exactly like them!
- Healthier Option: You will love this healthy breakfast sausage recipe as an every day alternative to pork sausage or bacon.
- Lightly Sweet: These Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages are lightly sweetened with a little maple syrup for a natural sweetness.
- Perfectly Spiced: They have classic breakfast sausage spices like fennel, sage, and marjoram. This healthy breakfast sausage recipe is one you can feel good about eating daily.
- Enjoy with Everything: I love enjoying these Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages with Homemade Sesame Bagels and Blueberry Butter Spread. Try them alongside Fluffy Scrambled Eggs With Sour Cream or Buttermilk Pumpkin Waffles!
Ingredients
- Ground Turkey: I use organic ground turkey. This is a lean meat and a great option if you want to eat breakfast meat daily (which I do!).
- Maple Syrup: I use real maple syrup for a little sweetener, use the good organic stuff for the best flavor!
- Fennel Seeds: I use organic fennel seeds for the iconic breakfast sausage flavor!
- Sage: I use organic dried sage for flavor, but ground sage also works well too.
- EVOO: This is optional, but if you are using a stainless steel pan or one that needs to be greased, then use a little bit of organic extra virgin olive oil to grease the pan.
*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Tips for Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages
- You can also use ground chicken or ground pork in place of turkey.
- If you want to form these into links, you can do that instead, they'll cook the same way.
- Easily freeze these after they made and cooled. Store in an airtight container in the freezer. You can reheat in your toaster oven or air fryer, just like frozen breakfast sausages!
How to Make Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages
- In a large bowl, add the ground turkey, maple syrup, sea salt, black pepper, fennel seeds, sage, and marjoram.
- Mix to combine completely.
- Form the turkey into 6 patties that are about 3-inches in diameter. If you want to weigh these you can, they’ll weigh about 75 grams each, or you can also eyeball them too.
- In a large skillet add the olive oil (if using) and put over medium heat. Cook the patties for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until golden brown. I like to sear the sides to help them cook a bit faster to ensure they stay moist and don't dry out.
Serving Ideas
This healthy breakfast sausage recipe is great to enjoy with eggs, toast, and fruit for a complete breakfast. Try them with Blackberry Honey Butter Toast, Blueberry Honey Almond Butter Toast, or Meyer Lemon French Toast. Enjoy with Iced Blueberry Latte and a big bowl of Maple Cinnamon Olive Oil Granola, Crispy Chocolate Olive Oil Granola, or Homemade Vanilla Granola with Cranberries.
Recipe FAQ's
Of course! I make these in advance all the time. Just store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can reheat in the microwave or even in the toaster oven on warm. You can also freeze these for even longer.
Yes, you can use ground chicken in place of turkey, they have a very similar taste here.
Yes, ground pork also works. If you use ground pork you'll have a richer, fattier breakfast sausage. If you want the pork flavor, but want a leaner option, you can do half pork and half turkey for a mixture of ground meat that has more flavor but isn't as fatty.
Fennel seed is an amazing spice that evokes a sweet and warm spice that is very nostalgic for a breakfast sausage.
Yes, you can use either. I always just use whatever I have on hand, you can substitute it equally.
I haven't tried these with honey, but honey has a tendency to burn easier than maple syrup. So, I would be hesitant to use honey as these could burn easier. Plus, the maple syrup provides that maple flavor that is nostalgic in breakfast sausages, so I wouldn't swap it.
Yes, you can make links instead of patties, either works!
The patties will cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side until golden brown. The center should reach 165°F and should no longer be pink. If you notice that the sides are taking longer to cook, it helps to sear them using some tongs.
Because turkey is a lean meat, if you over cook these they can become dry. That's why cooking for just a few minutes a side and searing the sides to help cook faster helps keep them moist.
You can, but I find that the sausage patties don't brown up as nicely when baked as they do when cooked in a skillet on the stove.
Store extra sausages in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can reheat in the microwave, cast iron skillet, or toaster oven.
You can easily freeze these Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages for meal prep. Just cook, cool, and place in an airtight container. Pop in the freezer and then you can remove anytime you are wanting breakfast sausage. You can reheat in your toaster oven or air fryer. The microwave also works, but I find the toaster oven is best straight from the freezer.
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Maple Turkey Breakfast Sausages
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Large Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¾ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- ½ teaspoon marjoram
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the ground turkey, maple syrup, sea salt, black pepper, fennel seeds, sage, and marjoram.
- Mix to combine completely.
- Form the turkey into 6 patties that are about 3-inches in diameter. If you want to weigh these you can, they’ll weigh about 75 grams each, or you can also eyeball them too.
- In a large skillet add the olive oil (if using) and put over medium heat. Cook the patties for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until golden brown. I like to sear the sides to help them cook a bit faster to ensure they stay moist and don't dry out.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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Notes
- You can also use ground chicken or ground pork in place of turkey.
- If you want to form these into links, you can do that instead, they'll cook the same way.
- Easily freeze these after they made and cooled. Store in an airtight container in the freezer. You can reheat in your toaster oven or air fryer, just like frozen breakfast sausages!
- High Altitude – Follow the recipe as noted.
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I eat these every single morning for breakfast! Love them so much!