Homemade Maple Chicken Sausage Breakfast Patties
With clean ingredients like pure maple syrup, ground chicken, and a handful of spices, you’ll be making your own breakfast sausage in no time. The sweet and savory flavor combo will have you wanting to add these to your morning all the time. Pair with everything from Protein French Toast and Protein Pancakes to cheesy egg white bites.
This maple chicken breakfast sausage recipe is perfect for meal prep too. Make a bunch at once and freeze them. When the sausage urge strikes, you have homemade sausage patties ready to go.
If you love this, definitely try Blueberry Breakfast Sausage. Pork sausage with thyme and sweetened with fresh blueberries, it’s delicious.
Why you’ll love this recipe:
- These sausages use minimal ingredients.
- A perfect combination of sweet and savory.
- They freeze and defrost perfectly!
Ingredients and Substitutes:
These are the main ingredients and substitutions. See the recipe card below for the full ingredients list and instructions for maple chicken sausage.
- Ground Chicken: definitely try with ground pork, turkey and beef too!
- Maple Syrup: omit entirely for a savory sausage or you can substitute with honey.
- Olive Oil: use any preferred oil for cooking.
Variations
- Add blueberries like in Blueberry Breakfast Sausage.
Dietary Modifications
- This recipe is gluten-free and dairy-free as written.
How to make maple chicken sausage (a step-by-step visual guide):
Step 1: combine ingredients
In a mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken, spices and maple syrup (image 1).
Using your hands, mash the mixture until well combined (image 2).
Step 2: cook the patties
Heat a cast iron skillet or nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil to the pan. Using a 1.5 Tbsp. cookie scoop, scoop the chicken sausage into your hand and pat it into a round patty shape. Add to the hot pan (image 3).
Cook the sausages in batches if needed for 3-4 minutes on each side until cooked through and brown (image 4). The internal temperature should read 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
Expert Tip!
Make a double batch, they freeze great! Enjoy a batch this week and freeze a batch to enjoy later.
Recipe FAQ’s
Serve your maple chicken sausage with fried eggs, Protein French Toast Sticks, pancakes, sweet potatoes and eggs, air fryer breakfast potatoes or ricotta pancakes.
Refrigerator: store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Freezer: Layer between parchment paper in a freezer-safe ziplock or container to make it easy to remove individual patties. Enjoy within 3 months of freezing.
To reheat: either microwave on a microwave-safe plate or skillet cook to temperature from frozen. You can also let them defrost in the fridge overnight before heating.
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Homemade Maple Chicken Sausage
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. lean ground chicken 96/4
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp. paprika
- 2 Tbsp. maple syrup or sugar-free syrup 31g
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil for cooking
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken, spices and maple syrup. Using your hands, mash until well combined.
- Heat a cast iron skillet or nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil to the pan.
- Using a 1.5 Tbsp. cookie scoop, scoop the chicken sausage into your hand and pat into a round patty shape.
- Add to the hot oil and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until cooked through and brown. The internal temperature should read 165 degrees.
Notes
- All nutrition facts are an estimate and will change with any substitutions.
- When forming your patties, do so gently and only as needed. Over patting can result in tough sausage patties.
- Make sure olive oil is nice and hot before adding patties, this will ensure a perfect cook.
My family loves these! I made a double batch and froze some. Thanks for the great recipe
Hi! These have become a daily staple I am obsessed! Do you happen to know what a 1.5 cookie scoop is in grams?
Each is a 1 oz. chicken patty (give or take). I’d weigh your total bowl uncooked in grams and divide by 14 to get the exact grams per patty though to be the most accurate. 💗
Have you ever made them in the air fryer?
I haven’t!
This recipe is great! Made it with the Mushroom, Bacon, and Egg White Pizza. Yum!
Made these today for some meal prep easy options! SUPER EASY AND DELICIOUS
These are amazing. I made a double batch and froze.
Such a great idea, they’re so nice to have on hand! Thank you!
do you par cook them before freezing or did you freeze them raw?
You could technically do either you just obviously would not be able to microwave them if they’re raw. I always cook them and freeze to pull out and easily microwave or defrost overnight in the fridge and pan sear in the morning.