Enjoy this delicious Chicken and Apple Breakfast Sausage on weekend mornings or for easy meal prep! Pair with your favorite breakfast foods, like scrambled eggs, hash browns, and toast or serve on a breakfast sandwich for a quick breakfast in under 30 minutes!
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Why You'll Love This Chicken and Apple Breakfast Sausage
- Protein-packed healthy breakfast! These chicken and apple breakfast sausages are a nutritious addition to your favorite breakfast. The lean protein will help to keep you full longer during the day without all of the saturated fats found in other breakfast meats.
- So quick and easy! Make these homemade breakfast sausages in just about 30 minutes. You only need one bowl and a skillet! Pair with some delicious muffins, yogurt, or eggs, or you can even add them to english muffins for easy breakfast sandwiches.
- Perfect for meal prep! This chicken sausage will keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days and can easily be reheated in the microwave. You can also freeze extra homemade chicken sausages for later!
Ingredients
A few notes about the ingredients:
- Ground Chicken: Ground chicken is the base of this recipe. I personally prefer ground chicken, but ground turkey would work just as well! If your raw chicken is watery, dab it lightly with a paper towel to soak up some of the excess moisture.
- Honey Crisp Apples: The apples add a bright fall flavor to these homemade sausages. I like honey crisp, but pretty much any variety of apple should work.
- Pure Maple Syrup: Maple syrup adds a touch of sweetness for a more breakfasty flavor. You can omit it if you prefer, but I love it in combination with the apples and other seasonings.
- Marjoram: Marjoram is a dried herb, similar to oregano. It gives the ground chicken a sausage-like flavor. It can be found in your grocery store's dried herbs and spices aisle.
- Sage and Cinnamon: Both sage and cinnamon, combined with the dried marjoram, bring a fall-focused flavor to the sausage. They're warm, comforting, and incredibly flavorful!
⭐️ See recipe card below for descriptions and quantities of each ingredient. Then, watch this brief tutorial on Instagram!
Instructions
- Step 1: Add all ingredients, besides olive oil, to a large mixing bowl. Mix to combine.
- Step 2: Form ground chicken mixture into 8 medium patties and place on a baking sheet or plate.
- Step 3: Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot, transfer the chicken sausage patties into the skillet, leaving some space between each one. You may need to cook the patties in batches, depending on the size of your skillet.
- Step 4: Cook each patty for 3 to 5 minutes, then flip and cook another 3 to 5 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Step 5: Serve apple chicken breakfast sausage warm as a side to eggs, toast, potatoes, or any of your favorite breakfast foods. You can also serve them on English muffins with eggs and bacon for a breakfast sandwich.
⭐️ Tip: If your honey crisp apple is large, you may only need half. If you have too many apples in the mixture, your patties will fall apart.
Substitutions and Alterations
- Ground Chicken - Ground turkey would work just as well!
- Honey Crisp Apple - Pretty much any variety of apples should work instead of honey crisp.
- Seasonings - This combination of seasonings gives the chicken sausages a fall breakfast flavor, but you can experiment with different combinations and flavors as you'd like.
How to Store Chicken and Apple Breakfast Sausage
To store: Store Chicken and Apple Breakfast Sausage in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
To freeze: Allow sausage to cool completely. Then, freeze in a zip top bag or freezer safe container for up to 6 months.
To reheat: Defrost breakfast sausage in the refrigerator overnight. Warm in a 350 degrees F oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until warmed through. You can also microwave in 30 second intervals until warm.
Top tip!
Dice the apples pretty small. If they're too large, the chicken patties might fall apart or the apples may not soften enough while cooking.
Recipe FAQs
This chicken and apple breakfast sausage is better for you because it's made with lean protein (the ground chicken) and fresh, simple ingredients.
Store-bought kinds often have added preservatives and other complicated ingredients. When you make your own breakfast sausage at home, you can remain in control of what goes into it.
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Chicken and Apple Breakfast Sausage
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 ¼ cups finely diced honeycrisp apples (about 1 medium apple)
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried marjoram
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon dried sage
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Add all ingredients, besides olive oil, to a large mixing bowl. Mix to combine.
- Form ground chicken mixture into 8 medium patties and place on a baking sheet or plate.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot, transfer the chicken sausage patties into the skillet, leaving some space between each one. You may need to cook the patties in batches, depending on the size of your skillet.
- Cook each patty for 3 to 5 minutes, then flip and cook another 3 to 5 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Serve apple chicken breakfast sausage warm as a side to eggs, toast, potatoes, or any of your favorite breakfast foods. You can also serve them on an English muffin with eggs and bacon for a breakfast sandwich.
Notes
- Dice the apples pretty small so they cook quickly in the sausage patties.
- If your raw ground chicken is watery, use a paper towel to dab out some of the excess moisture prior to adding the apples and seasonings.
Nutrition
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