Ready to add a little spice to your life? Spicy vegan breakfast sausage patties made with oats. Hearty, smoky, savory, spicy and gluten-free! The perfect addition to any breakfast.
I mentioned in my very first post on Shane & Simple, I’m a bit nostalgic. And, when fall rolls around it’s more intense. Fall means flannel shirts; football on Saturdays; a hot cup of coffee on a crisp, gray afternoon; and BREAKFAST!
Although my dietary habits were quite different back in the day, I still cherish the memories made around the breakfast table at my grandmother’s house in Mississippi. I loved waking up to the smell of homemade sausage and biscuits on a cold morning. So, I thought I should try and recreate that same feeling, vegan style.
It took me awhile to get this recipe just the way I wanted it, but it was definitely worth all the effort and wait. I suffer so you don’t have to. You’re welcome!
Sausage is all about spice and there’s no shortage of those here.
Oats, chia seeds and ground flaxseed make up the “meaty” part of this recipe. Is it exactly like meat? Well, no, because it’s not meat. But, is it hearty? Yes. Does it hold together well? Yes. Is it delicious? Yes, yes, and yes!
Just wait until you smell these things cooking – HEAVEN!
This sausage recipe is spicy, hearty, super easy to make, meaty, savory, and absolutely delicious.
Be sure and let me know if you try this recipe! Leave a comment; then take a picture; post it on Instagram and tag the photo #shaneandsimple so I can see your dish. Peace and feast!
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Spicy Vegan Breakfast Sausage Patties
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 12 patties 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
A delicious, plant-based breakfast sausage made with oats that is low in fat and high in fiber. It’s smoky, savory, hearty, and gluten-free! The perfect addition to any breakfast.
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup ground flax
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 Tbsp onion powder
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp ground sage
- 1 tsp ground fennel
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
- pinch red pepper flakes
- 3/4 cup low-sodium veggie stock
- 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 1 tsp liquid smoke
Instructions
- Place dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
- Add veggie stock, soy sauce, liquid smoke to dry ingredients and use a silicone spatula or wooden spoon to stir and mash all ingredients together. Continue stirring and mashing until mixture firms up and holds together well.
- Let mixture sit for 10 minutes to allow the chia seeds and flax seed to absorb moisture.
- Preheat non-stick skillet on medium heat while mixture sits.
- Once skillet is hot lightly spray skillet and begin forming sausage patties.
- Place sausage patties in skillet and cook for 1 minute or until the down side is browned or slightly blackened. Flip patties and repeat.
Notes
Wet your hands as you form the patties to prevent the sausage mixture from sticking. Adjust spices and flavors to your liking. You can make this without the nutritional yeast. I like to add it mainly for the b-vitamins.
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Vegan
Made these this weekend. See comments on the damn good tofu scramble, but we combined this sausage with the tofu scramble from this site and added our own breakfast potatoes. Change the name to damn good sausage, add the damn good tofu scramble and our damn good breakfast potatoes and you’ve got a damn good breakfast!
I ate the sausage as a patty (threw a bit of maple syrup on it) and it was really good stand alone. Also crumbled it adding in the tofu and potatoes as mentioned above. This is something you’d find at a local vegan restaurant but better imo.
Good stuff! Definitely someone we’re adding to our breakfast lists.
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These are really good. I am a new vegan and was looking for some tasty breakfast ideas, these are a great weekend breakfast. Love them!!
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Thanks so much for the response and I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Good luck on your journey. Never hesitate to message if you have any questions.
I’m a big fan of your recipes.i really dislike the name ! Why can’t you just call it Spicy breakfast patties ? Sausage🤭
Can’t wait to try this recipe. Can the patties be frozen?
Absolutely! I feel they work even better that way. But, that’s just me:) I hope you enjoy them. Peace.
Do freeze before or after cooking?
Usually before. We usually just refrigerate leftovers but I think you could freeze them too.
I freeze them after cooking. One minute in the microwave covered with a wet paper towel and they are perfect!
That’s sound great, Jill! Thanks for the tip. I haven’t done that yet because they hardly last that long:)
taking a step forward and a step back in my WFPB cha-cha. Thank you for sharing your story (just read it) and for sharing recipes like this. Will be trying this one soon–breakfast is my weak spot. One human being can eat only so much oatmeal…and I even LIKE oatmeal…
Sandra, I hear ya. Been there, done that. Keep your head up and I hope my recipes can help you. Be sure and try my Blueberry Pancakes or Tofu Scramble with the sausage…they go very well together. Blessings in your journey.
Just finished eating them….all! Really good recipe and spicy.
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Nice. Glad you enjoyed them. Yeah, I can never stop at just one:)
Hi Shane,
I found chia seeds at Wal-Mart and made these. I am very happy with the flavor and texture. Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks so much for touching base, Mark! I’m glad they turned out well. And, glad you enjoyed them. Peace and feast!
I make something similar but use smoked paprika because of difficulty in finding liquid smoke here. Also I use some besan flour (chickpea flour) as a binder ..it lightens them up a little. Grilled tomatoes and mushrooms as a side are awesome with this 😉
Made these in 2 batches, one as written and one not quite so spicy. They are great! Just the thing when I want something hardy and savory. And they do freeze beautifully! Thank you.
Thanks, Peggy! So pumped you enjoyed them. And, yes…we like to freeze them as well. Blessings!
Freeze before baking or freeze baked
Can’t wait to mix these up
We freeze before baking but both work! Hope you enjoy ?
Made these up tonight. Made the patties a bit too thick so they didn’t cook through as well but absolutely loved the flavor. Thank you for an awesome recipe. Even the lovely wife who isn’t vegan loved them.
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Christopher, thanks for reaching out! Love to hear things like this. It’s always good when people can taste for themselves that healthy food doesn’t have to suck! Peace and feast.
Just made these. Very good flavor. We put a dollup of you sweet potato cassarole on top and BAM!! Also amazing dipped in unsweetened apple sauce. Going to add grated onion next time for added moisture. Keep up the great work Shane!!
Awesome, Shanie! Love the idea of the onions. I’m going to try that…and the applesauce sounds great too:) Thanks for reaching out.
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Simple and awesome!
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Thank you!!!
I am allergic to soy, yeast and liquid smoke. What can I use instead? Or should I just look for different recipe? I’m new to all this, so, not sure to substitute. Help, please?
Gayle, so sorry. A couple things: 1) Just leave the yeast out. There’s enough flavor. 2) Instead of the liquid smoke, add 1 1/2 Tbsp. of smoked paprika. 3) Instead of soy, try Coconut Aminos. I’ve never used it, but some of my friends really like it as a soy sauce alternative. Here’s a link: https://amzn.to/2PIdgZl
I hope this helps! Let me know how it turns out if you try it.
I’m so excited to try these! I made a plant-based red beans and rice for Mardis Gras and it needed sausage. Being 8 weeks in to this WFPB journey, I never thought to look for a “sausage” recipe. I bake my black bean burgers—-do you think these can be baked, as well? Carole
Carole, that’s awesome and so glad you found them. I hope you enjoy the sausage. Yes, thy can be baked. 350 for about 20-30 minutes.
The flavor of these sausages is very good. I think I cooked them at to high a temperature because they were browned before cooking through but I popped them in the microwave a few seconds and scarfed them down. Would you cook this mixture as a scramble and add to red bean and rice mixture ?
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We don’t have Liquid Smoke here (that I know of anyhow) so was glad to see someone looking for alternative…but 1 1/2 TBSP Smoked Paprika??? My experience it can be quite overpowering and that seems a large amount given the size of the overall recipe.
Hi, Helen. You can use smoked paprika or leave it out altogether. The smokiness is more of a preference. But, play around with the amounts and make it your own. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Can this be made without nutritional yeast?
Yes. It works just fine without the yeast!
Hi Shane,
Are the chia seeds a must? I have every ingredient except that
Thanks
Hi, Torri. The chia seeds help to absorb the moisture. If you don’t have them, try adding a little more of the ground flax. That should do the trick. Let me know how it turns out.
How do you freeze these. Do you cook them first, then freeze?
Kelly, you can cook them first and freeze them. But, we usually make a couple batches; form them into “log” like you would see in the grocery store, wrap in nonstick plastic wrap and then freeze. That way when you’re ready to eat you can just take them out, removing the wrapping and cut with a knife. They cook up really well. Hope this helps. Peace.
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Very easy to make and extremely delicious. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Mary!
Can I use anything besides ground flax? It’s the only ingredient I don’t have!
You could try increasing the chia. Almond flour could work. It would be harder to replace it in this recipe because it works as a binder and to help create a “meaty” texture.
Can these be ovened baked ?
I have never baked them but I see no reason why not. I would do them at 350 for about 20 minutes or so.
I loved this recipe! I added one extra step at the end. I steamed the cooked sausages in a steamer pan for about 20-30 minutes turning them once so to cook the oats through and soften them. After it they looked just like a meat sausage patty. It gave it a good texture to it. This is a great recipe I will make often.! It is a yummy way to get grains and seeds into my WFPB diet that’s very healthy and tasty! Thanks for the great recipe! I loved reading about your story!
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Jean, thanks so much and love the idea of cooking in steamer. I’ll have to try that. Thanks so much for reaching out and so glad you enjoyed the sausage patties.
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“Once skillet is hot lightly spray skillet and begin forming sausage patties.” What do you spry with ?
I use a nonstick skillet and don’t spray.
, but that is referring to cooking spray. VERY lightly.
Could these be formed into a sausage shape rather than a patty? Would that cause any issues? 🙂 excited to try these!
Yes, it should work just fine. Would love for you to share a photo once you make them. Good luck!
Another hit! Just made these this morning. How easy! I have used my food processor far to many times the past week and I’m just so happy I only had to wash 1 bowl for this! But the best part was that these are probably my favorite tasting thing I’ve made since going WFPB 5 months ago! They are my kind of food! I loved the flavors and the texture and the kick. My husband doesn’t like flax for some reason (I didn’t even taste it) so I may try without flax and more chia next time. But I LOVED these! Thank you for such simple, flavorful, healthy recipes.
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Jenny, thanks so much for reaching out and sharing this with me. I’m so glad you enjoyed the “sausage” and found it simple to make and even easier and tasty to eat:) Have a great New Year!!!
This patties are delicious and mind blowing, Thank you!
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Wow! Thanks so much and so glad you enjoyed them. Peace.
Could you tell me what size you make these are they 1/2cup or 1/4 cup? in size?
I usually do about 2 Tbsp. About the size of a cookie scoop.
what do you use to spray your pan for cooking? trying not to burn the patties but stay compliant
I usually just heat my nonstick pan up on medium heat and it works just fine. However, a little bit of Pam or similar cooking spray will work just fine. There are many thoughts on cooking spray, but I’ve seen Engine 2 and FOK allow very sparing usage whe3 cooking.
I put avocado oil in a sprayer. The one I found works great! Highly recommend. I have no need for PAM anymore.
OMG! Wow! Absolutely delicious. Gonning be making these every weekend. Thank you for your hard work in figuring out this awesome recipe! Lin
Lin, thanks so much! I hope you enjoyed them!
Is there anything I can substitute for the chia seeds? They give me an excruciating stomach ache. 🙁
I’m sorry. I don’t know of anything that would work as well as chia seeds in holding everything together. But, you’ve presented me with a challenge which I will be working on.
Gah I can’t wait to try these! Digging through our spices now to prep for tomorrow. Any easy serving recommendations?
Thanks, Stephanie! I hope you enjoy them!
I made these this morning. So good. Another great recipe to add to my breakfast repertoire.
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Kathy, that’s awesome! So glad you enjoyed them. Thanks for reaching out and rating the recipe! Peace.
Thank you!!! So delicious, and so simple.
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Thank you, Diana! So glad you liked them. Definitely one of our faves! Blessings.
This was really good, I am thinking it would be good on a crumbled on a taco along with black beans.
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Yes, absolutely! We use it as a crumble often. So glad you enjoyed it and thanks for rating it, Lea! Blessings.
I made a double batch this morning. I’ve been searching for a vegan breakfast sausage for a while now, and came across this one this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed this, as did my husband. The only change I made was to leave out the pepper flakes and I cut the tamari by about 30%. They were excellent. Great texture, delicious flavour. A definite keeper!!
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Wow! Thank you so much, Nancy! It’s one of our faves too:) Thanks for reaching out and letting me know and hope you enjoy the other recipes. Blessings.
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We love these. I always make a double batch and freeze them after cooking. One minute in the microwave on high covered wi to a wet paper u towel and they are ready to eat. We use them in breakfast burritos, in sausage biscuits, with waffles or pancakes and with tofu scramble. So glad you came up with this recipe! Thanks!!!!
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SOUNDS AMAZING!!! So glad you enjoyed them and love the tips:) Blessings.
This was fantastic! Really tasty and satisfying. Next time will double the recipe and freeze half.
They were that good!!
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Thank you so much! They freeze really well. We do the same thing. So glad you enjoyed them. Blessings.
Unbelievable! I was out of sage and chia so I just threw in flour and a pinch of chili powder. Thought it might be an epic fail but these are amazing!! Thank you so much! Really good alone with just a little maple syrup but would be great with other things as well, of course! You cured my craving! Bless your little heart for sharing this recipe!
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CJ, thank you so much! I love it when people “make it work” for them. Way to go…and now I need to try:) I really appreciate you taking the time to reach out and let me know. Bless you for trying and responding:) Have a great week. Peace.
These are great. Just the right amount of spices. Lots of flavor. I doubled the recipe and will freeze.
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Thank you so much, Regina! I’m so glad you enjoyed them.
Hi!! Thanks so much for the great recipes! Have you ever tried turning the oats into oat flour first for these sausages? I think I can get my husband to try them if he doesn’t see the oats in there. LOL
Haha, I never have but I say go for it! The worst that could happen is it doesn’t work. LOL! (not much help…huh?) Good luck!
I am relatively new to vegan cooking. Also I live at high altitude. I found that I needed to cook these a bit longer than suggested. These are super flavorful despite the fact I left out the onion powder and liquid smoke. I crumpled up some of the sausage and added them to marinara sauce and served it over red lentil pasta and spinach. Delicious!
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Im pretty new to this wfpb life style and i must say where have you been all my life!! Absolutely LOVE your recipes. Thank you so much!!
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These were amazing! So much better than store bought with a million perservatives. Thanks
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Thanks so much, James! I’m pumped you liked them.
Shane, I wonder if you or any of your readers have used quinoa or chickpea flour or anything other than oats as the main ingredient? I am SO wanting to make these, but can’t tolerate oats, even when I buy the organic GF brands.
Thanks for any ideas anyone might have!
PS your recipes are inspiring!
I think cooked quinoa could possibly work. Although I haven’t tried it yet, I think it would be a viable option. Thank you for the kind words.
We have made this recipe now 3 times and absolutely LOVE them. We made breakfast sandwiches from them today by adding spiced and no oil fried tofu patties on an English muffin and holy moly good. We’ve also had them with sweet potato pancakes and another holy moly good. We love your recipes Shane. We make your chickpea loaf as well and always keep some on the freezer. We will be making your potato soup tomorrow. Kudos from Canada!!
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Thank you, Tami! I really appreciate the kind words and am so glad you enjoyed the sausages. I LOVE Canada…it’s where I learned to ski. One of my favorite places. Blessings.
O.M.G. These are spot on. Made them over the weekend, had a couple then, and they’re good. Froze the rest, had 2 again this morning and microwaved. Even better. Thank you so much for giving us a great alternative to the processed vegan products. Fabulous!!
You are so welcome, Barb! I’m glad you enjoyed them.
Blessings,
shane
Geez Louise! How have these excellent sausages not come into my life earlier? I’ve def searched for grain based snags and only ever found ones that just don’t perform, let alone taste great. These do both. I actually did long sausages and this recipe made up 11. I don’t normally bother commenting or rating, but google definitely needs to know these are goooooood.
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Wow, Star! Thank you so much!!! And, thanks for rating them. I really appreciate it…more than you know!
So flavorful! I am not vegan, but trying to eat less meat, and I will never go back to regular sausage patties. These were amazing! I didn’t use nutritional yeast, liquid smoke, or ground fennel because I didn’t have them. Used smoked paprika instead of regular paprika to make up for not having liquid smoke. Made a half batch because I wanted to make sure I liked them. Only ended up with 4 patties. Loved them so I will definitely be making a full batch this week. Thank you!
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Jen, thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed then and for taking the time to reach out. I really appreciate it. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or comments. Blessings.
Was too curious not to try these. And they are good! I feel like for the kiddos they were a little too spicy, but no-one said this was a kid-food blog. (You can’t please them all.) So, I give them five stars, because to me they were delicious, easy and I didn’t complain about one thing at all. My daughter put hers on her vegan biscuit and topped with boysenberry jam.
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This is making me blush:) Thank you!
Wow …read carefully! I saw servings and made 4 patties, very filling 😂. Loved them but may not eat for days!
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Loved the blueberry pancakes, but these sausages, not so much. I’m really sorry, but mine have a very distinct bitter taste that I can’t figure out. I might try again and leave out the oregano and the liquid smoke.
Thanks for the feedback, Claudia. Feel free to play with the spices and make it work for you. Glad you liked the pancakes!
could you add this all to the pan and cook like crumbles or would you need to patty first and crumble after?
It would be best to make the patties the crumble. Good luck!
I plan on making this tonight, but only have about 1/4 cup left of the old fashioned Oats, but I do have a container of instant oats. They look exactly alike, the ingredients and nutritional values are identical. The only difference I see is the old fashioned cook in 5 minutes vs. the instant cooking in 1. Can I substitute the instant? Thanks.
It’s worth trying and I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Good luck:)
The flavor is good but I didn’t care for the consistency (big oatmeal) so I ground it and made oatflour.
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Patricia, way to make it work. I love comments like this because it excites me when something doesn’t quite sit with someone and they make it work for them. Love the adjustment and thanks for reaching out. Stay safe.
Love this recipe! I just made some with 1 cup ground oats and it came out perfect 👌 . I also used smoked paprika and Chipotle chili pepper (about 1/8th teaspoon)
They also take longer to cook than 1 minute. Like 5.
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Thanks, Patricia! I’m so glad you enjoyed the sausages.
Loooooove this recipe! I cook them on non stick panini press…no oil. Thanks so much!!
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Awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I just made these. I have been a vegetarian for two and a half years. It can be quite a struggle to find both flavour and texture that I like. I didn’t have oregano so I left out sage and thyme and subbed in 1Tbs of Italian seasoning and followed the rest of the recipe. Hands down, delicious!, Definitely a keeper! Thanks for sharing!!
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That’s so great, Rona! Thanks for reaching out.
OMG these patties are sooo good! My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed them, they taste just like sausage patties I grew up on as a child – minus the animal fat and toxins, which is amazing! I didn’t have liquid smoke or sage or fennel and used cumin seeds and cumin instead, omitting those ingredients. Taste perfect and will be making these again!
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Wow, thanks so much, Chloe! I’m so glad you liked them. Blessings.
These are the bomb! I took a chance and made these as part of my sons birthday breakfast and everyone loved them, including the 3 year old. Making them again now and have already passed the recipe on to 2 other family members. I added a little more oats, maybe a couple tablespoons as the mix seemed a little wet to me. Fantastic breakfast addition- going in the regular rotation.
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Wow, that’s awesome, Asha! So glad everyone liked it and thanks for passing it along.
I’m not saying anything that hasn’t been said already… but wow, yuuummmyyyyy! I had another recipe I liked well enough, that’s out the window now! The whole fam was impressed. I cut back on the cayenne by half just to be safe. Thank you.
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Awesome, Heather! Thank you for reaching out and sharing.
Shane,
Totally Impressed by Flavor and Texture, “Very Good,” Thank you!
Was my first attempt at making any alternative meats.
Only ever used tempeh, baked after marinating in my Asian dressing as bacon substitute!
Tofu Scramble will be having sides of “Breakfast Patties” from now on!
Have never bought any store brands because most are “Highy Processed” and full of Oils! This is a much Healthier alternative.
Thanks again,
Mitch
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Mitch, that is so great! I’m so pumped you enjoyed it and thanks for reaching out.
I just made these this morning after discovering your website last week.. they were AMAZING!! I love that they tasted meaty and flavourful plus they were super easy to make!
I left out the flax seeds and used a bit more of the chia seeds instead. I also substituted a few of the seasonings and omitted the liquid smoke (not sure if we have it here in London)
I used cooking oil to fry them as I don’t have the spray.. Nevertheless, they were delicious and very satisfying!
I‘m not vegan or plant based but I stopped eating meat last year and have been taking inspiration from the vegan community since..
I’m always on the hunt for new recipes that are simple, nutritious and delicious so I’m PUMPED to have found your website!!!
Thank you so much Shane!!
This is my first time ever writing a review for a recipe (it was that good!) and I’ll defo be sticking around to try more 🙂
God bless and I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well at this time,
Thali
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Wow, thank you so much and I’m honored. I really appreciate you taking the time to reach out. Blessings.
I made these with some waffle iron red potato hash browns today for my husband. They are delicious! I found that I had to cook them for more than a minute on each side or they were mushy inside. Maybe my pan wasn’t hot enough or my patties were too thick? I finally mashed them pretty flat with my spatula and cooked them for close to 10 minutes.(BTW I have this same ‘mushy in the inside’ problem with WfPB pancakes, veggie burgers, etc. so it’s probably ME! ) Anyways after cooking I let them sit for a bit which made them perfect! These are spicy which we are very accustomed to. Thank you once again!
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That’s awesome, Jeannie! So glad you enjoyed them.
Just made these and I didn’t have sage, fennel or nutritional yeast. I added a 1/8c of ground pecans. They still taste like breakfast sausage and the only vegan sausage my family liked. Only thing is they should be cooked low and slow or they’ll be uncooked in the middle.
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I made these today. I baked instead of frying. 350 degrees, 15 minutes per side. They are amazing. Will be making again soon.
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