Fresh Breakfast Sausage - My Jimmy Dean "knock-off" recipe

[uncle eddie]

Picnic roast has been $1.08/lbs at Walmart. I bought several. By the time you trim the skin and debone, the actual cost is still around $2.15/lbs. But I think picnic roast makes fine sausage as well as being my fave for pulled pork...even better than Boston Butt.

It's a rainy Saturday - so sausage time! Today I ground 7 lbs of picnic roast, 3/16" plate - single grind, 2 pounds for my breakfast sausage and 5 pounds for some pork roasted-garlic sticks. From start to finish, the breakfast sausage prep-time took maybe 25 minutes. 2 pounds makes about 3 rolls for us...I use quart Ziploc storage bags to make the rolls. We eat it fast enough that I don't bother with shrink wrapping.

Here are the pics. Recipe at the bottom:

Grinding with my small-batch grinder attachment. It took about 15 minutes to grind 7 pounds of pre-cubed pork.

Two rolls and some sausage balls ready for the skillet:

Pop to pork sausage balls in the skillet, let them cook for a minute, flip them, and then smash them for easy patty making:

Done deal:

Here is the recipe for a 1 pound batch:

Knockoff - Jimmy Dean - Breakfast Sausage

• 16 ounces ground pork
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or 1/2 teaspoon, depending on how hot you want it)
  • 1/4 is about Jimmy Dean Regular, 1/2 is about Jimmy Dean Hot
• 1/4 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon msg
• 1/4 cup water

 

[yankee2bbq]

Thanks for sharing. I’m saving this one!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Good looking sausage.

 

[smokerjim]

Sure looks good!

 

[Steve H]

Saved! This looks very good!

 

[sawhorseray]

Some nice work there Eddie, Like! RAY

 

[SmokinEdge]

Looks great.

 

[uncle eddie]

Thanks guys, it is really good sausage. I don't think you will be disappointed.