Friday, May 17, 2024

Trader Joe's Chicken Breakfast Sausage Patties


Long before we met, growing up over 2500 miles away from one another, Sonia and I both decided we weren't huge fans of traditional pork breakfast sausage. I know many of you are fans of pork sausage, so I won't ramble on about it too long. I mean, "you do you," as they say. I get it that we're the oddballs. We're the weirdos, not you. I just want to establish that before I get inundated with comments about how this chicken sausage tastes nothing like classically-seasoned breakfast meat.


And that's why we like it. It's a distinctly chicken flavor with a nice subtle spice blend that complements the patty. It has a "lighter" taste than traditional sausage, if that makes sense. The sausage is perfectly palatable on its own, but it blends well with English muffins, eggs, cheese, and other breakfast sandwich type ingredients. I'm usually the ketchup fiend, but Sonia found the sausage paired well with the tomato-based condiment, while I threw a bit of mayo on mine. Pretty sure mustard, hot sauce, or any other common topping would work here as well.

Despite there being air fryer instructions on the bag, I opted to heat these on the skillet. Sonia even let me use her super expensive Gordon Ramsay HexClad pan for the first time. That's just eggs on the pan, by the way. They were cooked immediately before these sausage patties. I don't want people to think we don't wash our cookware. Anyway, the patties darkened nicely and had a great taste and texture right from the get-go.


There are six of 'em in the resealable bag. Three bucks for the whole thing. That's 50¢ per patty. What can you get for 50¢ these days? Not much. Not a whole lot of delectable breakfast items, that's for sure. Good value, I'd say.

Would buy again. Antibiotic free. Hormone free. Gluten free. Sonia's score: 9/10. Nathan's score 8/10 for Trader Joe's Chicken Breakfast Sausage Patties.



Bottom line: 8.5 out of 10.

6 comments:

  1. Maybe it's a good thing they are dropping the more fatty pork component. After all I have heard Oscar Mayer is being dropped by its parent company because it does not represent their new, healthy line. My kids also liked this one. They are. not a fan of the pork sausage breakfast sandwiches at places like Bojangles, citing the sausage as too spicy. They like this more mild taste. No surprise, since they are chicken nugget fiends!

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    1. I never tried the breakfast sandwich from Bojangles, but I loved their cinnamon biscuits!

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  2. I prefer chicken or turkey sausage too - these are really good

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  3. Each Sunday with the eggs and fruit my husband heats this up for our breakfast. He loves them.

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