How To Cook Breakfast Sausage Links
This handy guide for how to cook breakfast sausages quickly and easily will be your go-to when you’re making a hearty breakfast. Includes stovetop, oven, and air fryer instructions.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound uncooked breakfast sausage links (see note)
Instructions
- Stove: Heat a skillet over medium-low heat. Add sausage links and cook, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through (internal temperature of 165ºF), 10 to 12 minutes.
- Oven: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Add sausage to a rimmed baking sheet (line with foil for easy clean-up). Bake for 12 to 16 minutes or until browned and cooked through (internal temperature of 165ºF). If you want, you can turn the sausages at the halfway point for more even browning, but I usually don't.
- Air Fryer: Add sausage to air fryer in a single layer. Cook at 380ºF for 7 to 10 minutes or until browned and cooked through (internal temperature of 165ºF). Cooking time may vary depending on what type of air fryer you have. The sausages will brown evenly and don't need to be flipped.
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Notes
- Sausage: This recipe is for raw, uncooked sausage links, either pork or turkey, about ½ inch in diameter, 4 to 5 inches long. It is not for pre-cooked or fully-cooked sausage links. To prepare those, follow the directions on the package.
- Cooking frozen sausages: Raw sausage links that are frozen don't have to be thawed before cooking. The best method for cooking frozen links is baking them in the oven; increase baking time (20 to 25 minutes). If they are stuck together, bake them 10 minutes, remove from the oven and separate the sausages, then continue to bake until done. For best results, I recommend thawing frozen sausage links overnight in the fridge.
- Storage: Refrigerate or freeze leftover cooked breakfast sausages promptly. They'll keep in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to a month. Reheat breakfast sausages using any of the three cooking methods, or in a microwave. If they are still frozen, allow extra reheating time.
Nutrition
Serving: 4oz. | Calories: 345kcal | Protein: 17g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 721mg | Potassium: 281mg | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
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