Patton’s Hot Sausage Pattie

I only had this sausage one time on a poboy, but my impression was that it was very fatty and had a lot of red pepper in it. That's where I'd start. Use ground beef high in fat and a bunch of cayenne.

The complete ingredients list:

Beef, water, soy grits, cereal (corn, wheat, rye, oat and rice flours), red pepper, salt, garlic, MSG.

ETA: Each patty is 4 ounces or 113 grams.
26 grams of that is fat, so about 25% fat.

Soy grits I would assume is another name for textured vegetable protein or TVP (available at Whole Foods). TVP is a ground meat substitute, probably used because it's cheaper and helps keep the nutrition label within reasonable limits.

The mix of flours is used as a binder.

Last time I had these (bought some frozen) I remember being very underwhelmed by them.

Radosta's in Metairie has a superior protect. Probably my favorite hot sausage in the city.

I've always found Patton's to be excessively greasy.

Now I just make my own.

Does Radosta’s sell their hot sausage frozen/packaged or is it only available on a poboy or plate?

Pattons "imitation" sausage!

Store bought hot sausage is made with the trimmings not good enough for regular sausage. Meat quality wise it's the bottom of the sausage pyramid.

Soy is added as a filler to fix the texture from all the fat. Heat is added to give flavor to the fat and filler.

That said, make your own.

EDIT: Wholesale sausage makers are forced to add the "imitation" label when the soy exceeds some percentage that I can't recall off the top of my head. The locally made grocery brands have no such requirements.

"tried them and was not impressed with it being "sausage". It was more like a spiced hamburger patty"

Flat patty form makes it a superior sandwich sausage. The grease is key in a po-boy because it mixes with the mayo. Same as roast beef gravy mixing with mayo. I think it's a very underrated po-boy selection.