Italian sausage patties are great for breakfast or dinner. Juicy, flavorful, freezer friendly and ready in no time.
Next time try this sausage stuffing skillet, so tasty.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- Great on an outdoor grill or cooked on a skillet.
- Loaded with fresh vegetables that no one will notice.
- Few ingredients and about 20 minutes of your time.
- One of the best recipes to use cauliflower.
📝 Ingredients
- Italian sausage, use whatever you like hot or sweet Italian sausage.
- Cauliflower, we will need half a small head.
- Fresh parsley.
- Jalapeno pepper of bell pepper.
- Cumin.
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Sprinkle cauliflower with some ground cumin and spread them onto a baking sheet lightly oiled. Roast in a 400F oven for 35 minutes. Dice and set aside.
- In a deep bowl combine diced cauliflower, parsley, Italian sausage and green pepper if using.
- Mix everything well together then divide into 4 equal parts.
- Lightly oil your hands and form into 4 rounded patties. Place patties on a large skillet with a little extra virgin olive oil and cook over medium heat or grill on an outdoor grill until done.
💡 Expert Tips
- These Italian sausage burgers can be made with any type of sausage you like, I usually use hot Italian chicken sausage. You can also use homemade sausage.
- Ground turkey or ground pork sausages can also be used.
- I roasted the cauliflower first just to make sure it is not too crunchy and would not draw the kids' attention.
- It is traditional to use cumin when making cauliflower to make it easier to digest.
⏱️ Time Saving Tip
I like to roast cauliflower so they are less crisp, hence less noticeable so kids won't give us hard time eating these. To save time, you can use store bought cauliflower rice (2 cups) and cook them on a skillet to soften.
🧺 Storage
Keep leftovers in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 3 days.
⌛ Make Ahead
Make and shape patties the place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper then freeze until hard. Keep in an airtight container separated by parchment paper or wrap individually in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 3 months.
📣 Related Recipes
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Italian sausage patties
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian sausage . hot, mild, or sweet
- ½ head of cauliflower.
- ½ - 1 teaspoon ground cumin.
- ⅓ cup fresh parsley chopped.
- optional: 1 finely sliced jalapeño pepper for extra spiciness.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Remove the outer leaves from the cauliflower, then cut it into small florets.
- Sprinkle cumin on the florets. Spread the florets over a baking sheet covered in foil and lightly oiled.
- Roast the cauliflower in the preheated oven for 35-45 minutes or until they’re tender and browned.
- Finely chop the cauliflower into very tiny small pieces.
- In a deep bowl , add the cauliflower pieces with all the other ingredients.
- Mix all together very well.
- With an oiled hands form into 4 patties.
- Place a nonstick skillet, or a cast iron skillet, over medium-high heat. Cook patties in hot skillet until burgers are browned, about 3 minutes per side.
- Serve immediately with your favorite burger additions.
Notes
- You can use any sausage you like, I usually use hot Italian chicken sausage. You can also use homemade sausage.
- It is traditional to use cumin when making cauliflower to make it easier to digest.
- Time Saving Tip:
- I like to roast cauliflower so they are less crisp, hence less noticeable so kids won't give us hard time eating these. To save time, you can use store bought cauliflower rice (2 cups) and cook them on a skillet to soften.
- Storage:
- Keep leftovers in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 3 days.
- Make Ahead:
- Make and shape patties the place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper then freeze until hard. Keep in an airtight container separated by parchment paper or wrap individually in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 3 months.
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First published Sep 17, 2015 . Last updated Aug 16, 2023 with important tips, clear step by step instructions and readability.
👩🏫 My Personal Experience
Try this sausage and cauliflower recipe. Chicken sausage meat paired with roasted cauliflower and parsley, a healthy burger with a veggie twist. Make ahead, freeze for a super easy dinner.
Between three boys, school and soccer season in full swing, I can hardly find time to cook dinner and sometimes we go for take outs or processed meats which I know not good for any of us.
I've been catching myself cheating A LOT lately on what I feed my kids and this recipe is no exception, I've cheated in this one too and thought of adding some veggies to these patties to satisfy my " mom wants to give her kids something healthy" inner voice. I thought of adding broccoli but was afraid the green color will pop and make the whole burger green, I have a kid who is obsessed with broccoli and another one who wouldn't even touch it for a million dollar- just kidding, give me the million and I will make him touch it 😉 .
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John / Kitchen Riffs
Fun dish -- Italian sausage has so much flavor, doesn't it? Love these burgers -- really creative idea. Healthy, too. Thanks!
Amira
Thanks John, it is really very flavorful and tasty. Hope you'll try it soon.