Homemade McDonald’s Sausage and Egg McMuffin recipe with sausage patties made from scratch! You will be amazed how similar this tastes to the real thing – but so much better because it tastes like REAL FOOD!!!
This is a great grab-and-go make-ahead breakfast. Plus, sharing a cheeky way to cook round eggs even if you don’t have egg rings! 😉
Copycat Sausage and Egg McMuffin recipe!
I have a secret list of Dirty Foods I Love.
KFC Popcorn chicken is on it. Pizza Hut is on it (double pepperoni thin and crispy with anchovies!). Crispy Kreme classic glazed doughnuts.
And yes, McDonald’s is on the list too. It doesn’t happen often, maybe 3 times a year. And when it does, I do the Drive-Through-of-Shame. I would never risk being seen inside McDonald’s!!!
I really wish I was the kind of person who never craved junk food. I’m sure if I really put my mind to it, I could live a whole-food life. But it would be an EFFORT!!!
So my compromise? Takeout copycats. Junk food made at home, a whole lot healthier.
Say HI to my McDonald’s Sausage and Egg McMuffins copycat!
Sausage Patties
This copycat is all about the copycat McDonald’s sausage patties. Tasty, juicy, well seasoned breakfast patties that we love!
You will be astonished how similar it tastes to the real thing. There’s not even that many spices in the seasoning – but the secret spice is sage. This is what gives these breakfast patties that extra little flavour edge that really makes it taste like the Maccers!
How to make Sausage and Egg McMuffins in your PJ’s
It’s terrifically easy – so you can manage this half asleep or even if you’re feeling sketchy after a few too many wines the night before (let’s all just admit that Maccers is excellent hangover food).
Though if the thought of handling raw meat first thin in the morning is too much for you, just make the patties the ahead – they will keep for days in the fridge and months in the freezer!
I do like to melt the cheese ON the pattie. This is not how Maccers does it….. but who can resist molten cheese draped over a breakfast sausage pattie? Not I!
Also, my sausage patties are thicker. Because this is the beauty of homemade – we can make things just the way we want!
Don’t have egg rings?
Don’t worry! Either just pan fry eggs and push the edges in as they cook, or cut both sides out of a tuna can then use that as an egg ring! This was a genius idea from a reader, the lovely Dorothy from Tennessee.
Great make ahead breakfast – on the go!
Sausage and Egg McMuffins are a terrific make ahead breakfast. They will last for 4 days in the fridge the just need a quick microwave to reheat.
If you want to freeze them – instead of of cooking eggs sunny side up, either scramble them or make a folded omelette (of sorts). Egg whites tend to go a bit rubbery when frozen (in my opinion), but if mixed up with the yolks then cooked, they freeze fine.
And in true McDonald’s form, these Sausage and Egg McMuffins are fab for food on the go. Wrap it up, shove it in a paper bag, grab a cup of coffee and scoff these down with one hand while driving.
Because if I do the actual McDonald’s drive through, that is exactly how I eat it. 😉
All jokes aside though, no matter what your position on McDonald’s is – and I’ve been very honest with mine (i.e. Love / Hate) – these are really tasty. Really, really scrumptious.
They’re also a terrific breakfast for large groups because it’s easy to make big batches, especially if you cook on the BBQ so you can cook loads of sausage patties at the same time.
And instead of individual eggs, just make a giant batch of scrambled eggs.
Happy weekend everyone!! – Nagi x
More Grab-and-Run Breakfasts!
Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies – it’s like a bowl of porridge, in cookie form!
And more eggs for breakfast
Frittata – the classic done right!
Shakshouka – baked eggs made exotic
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Homemade Sausage and Egg McMuffin
Ingredients
Sausage Patties
- 1 lb / 500g ground pork (juicier) OR beef (mince) (Note 1)
- 1/2 tsp dried ground sage
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp onion powder (or garlic powder)
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar (any)
Muffins
- 2 tbsp oil
- 4 eggs
- 4 English muffins , cut in half
- 4 slices cheese (Note 3)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 130C/275F.
- Place muffins on a baking tray, cut side up, and top with cheese. (Alternative – melt cheese on sausage patties, see video)
Sausage Patties
- Mix Sausage Patty ingredients in a bowl – use your hands to mix it real good!
- Shape into 4 patties (thick ones, or 5 Maccers size patties). Make them slightly larger than the muffins because they will shrink when cooking.
- Heat oil in a large non stick skillet over high heat. Add patties (in batches if needed). Cook the first side for 2 – 3 minutes or until browned. Flip then cook the other side until browned. (Optional: After flipping, top with cheese, cover with lid to melt).
Egg
- Meanwhile, heat another pan over medium high heat with 1 tbsp oil. Spray egg rings with oil and place in the skillet. (Note 4 for other cook methods).
- Crack egg into the rings. Add around 2 tbsp water into the skillet then cover with a lid. Cook for 1 – 2 minutes or until egg is cooked to your liking (I like runny yolks).
Assemble
- Remove warm muffins from the oven. Top with sausage, then egg, the lid of muffin.
- Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
– tuna can: take both ends off, wash (well!) and use as the ring. GENIUS idea from Dorothy in Tennessee, a RecipeTin Eats regular reader!
– in a well sprayed muffin tin(baked); or
– in onion rings (just cut a 1/3″ slice and use the outer ring). Otherwise, just crack the eggs into the skillet then as it starts to cook, fold the edges in to make a (albeit rough!) round shape. OR just scramble them, or make a large omelette and cut to fit onto each. 3. Cheese – I used processed cheese to mimic McDonald’s. 4. MAKE AHEAD:
- Refrigerate up to 4 days, reheat on low in the microwave for a couple of minutes, or cover with foil and reheat in oven.
- Freezer – scramble eggs or make omelette and cut up into 4. Do not freeze sunny side up eggs – I find the whites can go rubbery.
Nutrition Information:
Originally published May 2016, updated with brand new video, fresh new photos and a new Life of Dozer!
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Have done the breakfast sausage from the Woks of Life website – that’s delicious!!! This is next level, thanks Nagi x
Thanks so much Alimak (but we love Woks of Life anyway 🙂 ) N x
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Thanks Nagi. Yet another triumph! We live in Greece and the nearest McDonalds is a five hour drive away. So this morning a very happy husband tucked into an old favourite. We can’t get muffins here, so I used toasted burger buns instead. Seemed to do the trick!
Thanks again, big love to you and Dozer xx
Can I use sausage meat instead of beef mince.
Hi Toni, sausage meat is already flavoured so isn’t really suitable here unfortunately – N x
Thanks for your response, appreciate it.
hi, looking to make these today.. you said they can be frozen is this after being cooked i presume? can i reheat from frozen or deforst first? thanks!
Hi Katie, yes you can freeze these, thaw and then reheat 🙂 N x
Hi Nagi, I have ground thyme (not dried thyme leaves). Are they more concentrated and should I therefore use less? Or should I just go and get some dried thyme leaves?
Hi Nadia, yes use 1/4 teaspoon 🙂 N x
Thank you! Love your website. I’m a newbie in the kitchen, and it’s been so inspiring and motivating.
Thank you!! Your website has been so inspiring. I’m a newbie in the kitchen and it’s been so motivating to try your recipes and succeed!!
Made this homemade sausage McMuffin and my kids absolutely loved it👍🏽I absolutely salute you for all the delicious meals you share with us. Because of you, our mealtimes are brilliant and at the core of that is tasty, hearty good home cooked food😊💝🍜🥘🥢🍽💕💖😘Thank you sooo much
Thank you so much Janice!! N x
I am a big fan of ur recipies. Till date all the recipes I have tried is so good!!
Quick question? Is it fine to use ground pork sauasage instead of pork?
Hi Sarah, it depends what flavourings are in the sausages! I wouldn’t add extra flavours into the mix as it wont work. N x
Made these with the patties at 135g each but they were way too thick but everyone loved them (even if they did put them in a meat coma!). Tried again but reduced the patties to 100g but still a little heavy, now reduced the next batch to 75g each (incidentally, Mc Donald’s patties are only 51g). I also put a small ramakin filled with water in the pan next to the eggs and cover the pan which effectively coddles the eggs. I now have to make these a dozen at a time as word has got out and now Saturday morning has family, friends and neighbors waiting for a Mc Phil’s breakfast 😂
Perfect Phil!!! I’m so glad you love them! N x
Must try this and more – my husband loves burgers, but I prefer lamb.
This is sooooo good. The seasoning is perfect. I live these but needed a way to have sauage mcmuffins but more pre diabetes friendly. I used whole wheat low carb english muffins man your recipe tatses better then mcdonalds. Thank you so much for this
If you have small souffle dishes or other small, flat-bottomed, heat-proof bowls, you can cook in those too. I fill a saucepan with about 1/2-3/4 inch of water and bring to a simmer, crack the egg into the dish, put the dish in the water-filled pan, and then cook for 7-8 minutes with the lid on. That avoids burning the edges, too.
Great idea Megan! N x
Can you use sausage meat, sorry that might sound silly
Hi Zara, depends what it has added to it – as this will affect al the extra add ins in this recipe – N X
I made these today and these were beautiful and my kitchen smelled just like McDonald’s I will in future make my patties thinner
I’m so happy you enjoyed them Marie 🙂 N X
These would absolutely satisfy anyone having a craving for a Macca’s sausage and egg muffin! I used processed burger cheese and the taste was almost identical to McDonalds.
very good. not remotely close to mcd taste, tough
I’m so happy you enjoyed them Katie – and homemade is SO much better than anything from the store too 🙂 N x
Made this for lunch today. Doesnt taste like maccas it tasted like real food. Kids smashed it. Kinda wish I had American cheese for that darker cheesy look. My secret shame 😀
Homemade is SO much better Ravi – I’m so glad you loved it! N x
Hi Nagi, have you made these with 50-50 beef n pork? I have made the all beef a few times now and decided to try the blend of beef and pork..yum!!
I’m sure they’d be DELICIOUS Donna!! N x
Absolutely love this recipe. Thank you so much.
You’re so welcome Martin! N x
I used this recipe just for the sausage patty. (not as an egg mcmuffin) I ate them with a side of hash browns and eggs and they were great. I plan to make these again. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Nagi another great recipe. Made these last night after an exhausting day in work. Prepared and cooked in jig time. Brilliant having breakfast for dinner! thanks
Just wanted to say that I cooked these tonight. It’s the first time I’ve discovered your website and I’ve only recently descovered the feeling of satisfaction you get when cooking from scratch (I’m a typical man I guess). These were absolutely delicious and knowing exactly what went in makes me feels so much better. They went down well with my partner and our fussy 3 year old too.
I’m so glad you found me Andy!! I hope you love more of my recipes and continue to enjoy making things from scratch 🙂
Hi Nagi, do you think the patties would be fine if I omitted the sugar? I know it’s just half a teaspoon, but my husband refuses to eat anything with added sugar…
Hi Judy, I find the sugar balances the flavour but by all means leave it out if you prefer – N x