Recipes for Leftover Breakfast Sausage

Here are a few quick, easy recipes using pre-cooked breakfast sausage crumbles. All are simple, weeknight-friendly, and use ingredients you probably already have:

🌯 1. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Burrito

Perfect for breakfast or dinner

Ingredients

• 1–1½ cups cooked breakfast sausage crumbles
• 4 eggs
• ¼ cup milk (optional)
• Shredded cheese
• Flour tortillas
• Salt & pepper
• Optional: salsa, diced onion, diced peppers

Instructions

1. Scramble eggs with milk, salt, and pepper.
2. Add sausage crumbles to the pan to warm.
3. Stir in cheese until melted.
4. Scoop into warm tortillas and roll up.
5. Add salsa if you want a little kick.

🍲 2. 10-Minute Sausage Gravy (Shortcut)

Pour over biscuits, toast, or potatoes

Ingredients

• 1–1½ cups cooked breakfast sausage
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1½ cups milk
• Salt, pepper
• Optional: pinch of garlic powder

Instructions

1. Melt butter in a skillet.
2. Add flour to make a quick roux; cook 1 minute.
3. Whisk in milk until thickened.
4. Stir in cooked sausage.
5. Season and serve.

🥘 3. Easy Sausage Skillet Hash

One-pan dinner

Ingredients

• Cooked sausage crumbles
• Frozen diced potatoes or hash browns
• Chopped onion (optional)
• Shredded cheese
• 3–4 eggs (optional)

Instructions

1. Cook potatoes in a skillet until crispy.
2. Add sausage and onions; stir to heat through.
3. Make small wells and crack in eggs, cover until eggs set
   OR just stir in cheese and melt.

🧀 4. Cheesy Sausage Quesadillas

5-minute snack or meal

Ingredients

• Tortillas
• Cooked sausage
• Shredded cheese
• Optional: green chilies or scrambled eggs

Instructions

1. Sprinkle cheese and sausage on one tortilla.
2. Top with second tortilla.
3. Heat in a skillet until golden and cheese is melted.
4. Cut into wedges. Serve with salsa.

🍝 5. Sausage Alfredo Pasta (Super Fast)

Creamy, comforting, ready in 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked breakfast sausage
• 1 jar Alfredo sauce
• Cooked pasta
• Parmesan
• Optional: peas or spinach

Instructions

1. Warm Alfredo sauce in a pot.
2. Stir in sausage.
3. Add pasta and toss.
4. Top with Parmesan.

🥚 6. Sausage Muffin Cups

Great for make-ahead breakfasts

Ingredients

• 1 cup sausage
• 6–8 eggs
• ½ cup cheese
• Optional: diced peppers, onions

Instructions

1. Whisk eggs and stir in sausage + cheese.
2. Pour into sprayed muffin tin.
3. Bake at 350°F for 18–20 minutes.