Impossible Breakfast Sausage Copycat

Make your own Impossible Breakfast Sausage. Dive into the ingredients and food science behind plant-based meats to eat healthy and save money!

What Is Impossible Breakfast Sausage Made Of?

Most of us wonder what the heck is in our food, or what our food is made from. Vegan and plant-based meat alternatives, in particular, face heat for their ingredients list.

The biggest part of Impossible Meat ingredients are water, textured vegetable protein, plant protein in powder form, and methylcellulose as a burger binder. OK, some of you are worried about GMO soy or GMO heme in these plant-based meats.

When I read about doing your own plant-based proteins like this a few years ago, I was happy to escape some of those ingredients. You can tone down the added fat and sodium to make this recipe even healthier if you like as well.

Why Make a Copycat Impossible Breakfast Sausage?

If you’re a vegan or one of the millions trying to cut back on meat, you’ve likely heard of Impossible Meat. This trending vegan meat alternative has taken the world by storm, thanks to its distinct taste and mouthfeel. Have you ever considered what goes into it?

Making your own Impossible Meat style plant-based meats at home has its benefits. First, by DIY-ing your own plant-based meats, you have ultimate control over the ingredient lists that go into it. Plus, unlike the store, you can skip any unwanted ingredients or preservatives and make sure your meal is full of quality protein and vital nutrients.

You can customize the flavors and seasonings. Second, creating your own impossible meat style plant-based meats can be more affordable. Store-bought plant-based meats can be a little pricey — make it yourself and you’re saving money down the line.

Finally, crafting your own plant-based meats is just a blast. You get to play around with flavor, texture and cooking techniques – displaying your culinary prowess while devouring something delicious yet healthy!

So, why not? Homemade, plant-based meats are a fantastic way to introduce flavor into your food repertoire, put some extra cash back into your pocket and have a BLAST in the kitchen.

Impossible Sausage Ingredients for the Home Chef

Well, are you ready to start your plant-based meat-making journey? These are the must haves that you’ll need to make your own meat for the vegans.

First up, let’s talk about the star ingredient: textured vegetable protein (TVP). This magical ingredient supplies the meaty texture that will make your homemade plant-based meat a la Impossible Meat. TVP is available at your health food store or online. If you’re soy allergic, they even make TVP from pea protein and wheat protein too.

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Up next is pea protein powder. This premium plant protein adds a nutritional boost to your homemade meat. It’s a great source of amino acids and delivers a very satisfying, meat-like consistency.

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Second, coconut oil is essential in generating your plant-based meat’s rich, juicy flavor. It’s fat content aids in recreating the mouth-feel of meat. Refined coconut oils have nearly all of the flavor compounds stripped and make a fabulous neutral oil that solidifies at room temperature to mimic the marbling in meat.

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Lastly, you’ll need methylcellulose burger binder. This magical ingredient helps to bind everything together and create the perfect texture. It’s the key to creating that juicy, chewy bite that makes plant-based meats so crave-able.

With these easy ingredients, you’ll be on your way to making your own mouth-watering and healthy copycat Impossible Breakfast Sausage patties. No GMOs or Impossible Meat components you don’t want.

So, stock up your pantry and prepare to take your protein game to another level.

Burger Binder Gel

All of the Impossible Meat-style plant-based recipes require having some pre-made burger binder gel in your arsenal. This gel, key to the correct consistency, captures a lot of entrained air that will dissipate after a day of sitting.

One batch will go a few recipes, and it keeps well covered in the fridge for a couple of weeks. This ensures you have good proteins on hand for your culinary adventure.

Marbling Fat

The tiny flecks of marbling fat that makes Impossible Meat-style products look and taste real need to be created ahead of time as well. Mixing flavorless, scentless refined coconut oil with some burger binder holds the fat bound up in the meat for that authentic characteristic.

Being on a plant based diet, or becoming a vegan, is hard for big eaters that love their food. Realistic meat substitutes make it easier.

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Ingredients

• Marbling Fat For Impossible Meat Copycats – make this ahead of time
• Burger Binder Gel For Impossible Meat Copycats – make this ahead of time
• water
• textured vegetable protein
• pea protein powder
• Druids Grove Plant-Based Burger Binder
• no beef stock base, or no chicken base
• Marmite
• soy sauce, or liquid aminos
• mushroom powder
• paprika
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• black pepper
• thyme
• sage
• curry powder or cayenne pepper
• smoke powder, or liquid smoke

This recipe uses the Druids Grove Burger Binder as the source of the methylcellulose binder in the beef ingredients. It also uses previously prepared Burger Binder Gel for additional bulk and moisture. Their Plant-Based Burger Binder is a more recent formulation, but I used the (high viscosity) HV Methylcellulose before that just as well.

Instructions

1. Combine all of the dry ingredients in a bowl.

2. Blend the wet ingredients to ensure all chunks of bouillon and Marmite have been dissolved.

3. Mix wet ingredients into the dry and allow to hydrate for 20 minutes.

4. Fold half of the marbling fat into the hydrated meat substitute mixture.

5. Add the burger binder gel and fold into the mixture well with a spatula, or use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.

6. Fold the remaining marbling fat into the mixture and combine well.

Forming the Breakfast Sausage Patties

This vegan meat alternative is pre-seasoned and available to cook as ground sausage, use in your dishes, or form into patties or links. Stuff vegan sausage casings or wrap up homemade sausages in dampened rice paper sheets to make Impossible Sausage Links.

Or, form into patties, using your hands to mold to perfection. You can do them as thick or thin as you like.

Once shaped, heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and drizzle with a little oil.

Place the patties or links in the skillet and cook for 3-5 minutes each side, or until nicely browned and cooked through. You can fry them on a flat top grill or bake them in the oven if you like.

Once these are cooked to perfection, remove from the heat and allow them to rest for a few minutes before serving. It gives the flavors a chance to settle and makes for a juicy, flavorful bite.

Now you’re prepared to revel in your very own DIY Impossible-style sausage patties! Pop them onto a toasted bun with your favorite toppings, or serve them with some scrambled tofu and roasted spuds for a full-on breakfast extravaganza.

These patties taste like the best and meatiest you’ve ever eaten – you won’t believe they’re totally plant-based! Well then, off you go, take a bite, and savor the incredible flavors of your homemade plant-based masterpiece.

FAQs

Serving Suggestions and Pairings

Now that you’ve got your homemade Impossible-style sausage patties to feast on, let’s discuss some mouthwatering pairings and serving ideas. These vegan patties are super versatile and can be eaten a number of different ways.

One traditional route is to slap them on a breakfast sandwich. Sample a folded Just Egg patty with a melty slice of plant-based cheese over a sausage patty for a biscuit.

For a big country breakfast twist, serve these patties alongside some Sheet Pan Eggs and Crispy Hash Brown Patties. This is such a wonderful combination to get your day started with a protein-packed and satisfying meal.

Put together some Flaky Vegan Biscuits and gravy as well, and you’ve got yourself a huge family breakfast.