Lets be honest, the elephant in the room are those bright red boxes of Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausages; we’ve probably all reached for a carton down through the years right. These breakfast patties from Kroger come about fifteen to a package – nearly double that of the JB box. Moreover these are much bigger – something like 50% bigger again.
Taste: These patties have that familiar breakfast sausage seasoning with plenty of black pepper. The taste ends with a sweetly-caramelized finish. Thankfully there’s not an overt amount of oregano/fennel/rosemary that can marr some sausage products.
Cooking: Roughly sixty seconds in a microwave is all it takes. Sure you can pan fry or air fry, but why bother with the extra mess and time?
Other: Another bonus in my book is they’re frozen too, compared the refrigerated Jimmy Dean brand. That said the package isn’t resealable once opened, you might want to move them to a different storage container.
Verdict? A solid buy for me, I’d always keep a bag of these in the freezer
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Kroger Original Pork Sausage Patties nutrition
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what spices are in Kroger Original cooked pork sausage frozen paties
I am unsure Pat, certainly the tasted like regular ‘sausage seasoning’ type flavor, but you would need to contact Kroger for specifics.
Why was there such an increase in Kroger pork sausage from last year to this year 😕 4.99 5.99 6.99 now 9.99?
Have bought these for a while as they are quick and easy in the morning and taste good. They’ve been on sale for a while so I picked up a few bags but I’ve notice the last 2 bags have almost no flavor at all. Had my wife try them and she agreed. I don’t know what they changed or if this is why they are on sale but it looks like it’s time to find another option.