How To Defrost Ground Breakfast Sausage. Sealed in a secure ziptop bag, submerge the sausages into the water. Within 30 minutes, you’ll have defrosted sausage ready to go!

To get the ground sausage fully defrosted, it takes about 2 to 3 minutes for a single pound. This method is only possible because the sausage is protected from the water because it is sealed. Defrosting sausages in the microwave this is the quickest method of defrosting.