Description
This juicy and flavorful beef sausage is so tasty and filling. You can make several of them ahead of time and quickly reheat them each morning.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound lean ground beef (85/15 ground beef ratio is most preferable as it cooks into juicy and cohesive patties.
- 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt (or ½ tsp any other salt like Morton’s kosher salt or fine sea salt will also do,
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika (add this towards the end for flavor to make the dish better and don’t skip it.
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp dried sage
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes (if you like some heat you can add them, but otherwise it is optional. )
- 2 tbsp olive oil, for cooking
Instructions
- Place the ground beef, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, dried thyme, dried sage, and red pepper flakes in a medium bowl.
- Use clean hands to combine these ingredients into a uniform mixture. Don’t over-mix.
- Divide the mixture into four ½-inch thick patties. You can also divide it into eight small patties if you wish.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the patties and cook them until browned and cooked through, for about 4-5 minutes per side.
- Serve immediately. I like to serve them with fried eggs.
Notes
- You can form the mixture into eight small patties instead of four larger ones. If you do, they’ll be ready faster – you’ll need to cook them for about 3 minutes per side over medium heat.
- When combining the meat with the spices, try not to over-mix (over-mixing will result in dense sausage), but make sure the mixture is uniform and the spices are distributed throughout.
- You can easily double the recipe, cook the patties in batches (or use a double-burner griddle), and keep the leftovers in the fridge for a few days. They also freeze well.
- You can keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. They keep quite well. You can reheat them in the microwave at 50% power.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sausage patty
- Calories: 277 kcal
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Carbohydrates: 1.5 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 21 g