Homemade breakfast turkey sausage patties
Store bought turkey sausage is loaded with preservatives and is higher in fat than you think. Why not make your own at home with no additives and almost no fat? Recipe from Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Blog (www.BurnTheFatBlog.com)
Servings: 8 patties
Calories: 74kcal
Equipment
- Large skillet
- Small spatula
Ingredients
- 1 spray Nonstick cooking spray
- 16 oz 99% fat free ground turkey
- 1 tsp sage
- .5 tsp majoram
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp applesauce
- 2 tsp light brown sugar (Truvia, etc)
Instructions
- Add 99% lean ground turkey to mixing bowl
- Add all seasonings and applesauce to mixing bowl
- Thoroughly mix together with hands
- Form turkey and seasoning mixture into 8 small patties (about 1/4 cup each)
- Heat a large skillet on medium high or between medium and medium high and coat with nonstick spray
- Cook patties for 4 to 5 minutes
- Flip patties over and cook other side for 4 minutes or until cooked through (starting to brown in spots, but not burn)
Notes
Note: For ease of macro calculations I listed 1 serving as 1 patty. For a complete muscle-building dose of protein, 2 to 4 patties will be a practical serving in a meal.
Nutrition
Serving: 1patty | Calories: 74kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.7g | Protein: 13.7g | Fat: 1.3g