Add Sausage to Your Menu and Spice up Any Meal - National Pork Board

Sausage

Sausage is seasoned ground pork and comes from a variety of cuts including the shoulder, butt, and loin.

Cooking Sausage

You can find sausage in a variety of delicious recipes! Add sausage to your menu and spice up any weeknight meal. It comes pre-seasoned and ready-to-cook or you can make your own sausage from scratch.

To make homemade sausage, combine ground pork with your favorite seasonings — it will absorb any flavor you throw at it.

Sausage has a wide range of ethnic varieties, so you can ignite your tastebuds and experience new, authentic flavors at home!

    • Andouille (French/Cajun)
    • Bratwurst (German)
    • Chorizo (Mexican and Spanish)

Popular cooking methods for Pork Sausage include grilling, roasting, sautéing, and stewing. When cooking sausage, cook to an internal temperature of 160° F to ensure doneness.

Cooking tip: To prevent the meat from sticking on the grill, use clean racks and coat them with vegetable oil or a nonstick vegetable oil spray.