This study was conducted to enable retail production of a new type of fermented sausage by incorporating baechu-kimchi with microbiological effects. To evaluate the utility of the LAB present in kimchi as a substitute starter culture and a natural preservative, the effects of kimchi and freeze-dried kimchi-powder on the chemical and microbiological characteristics were investigated. The results clearly demonstrated that the LAB integrated via the addition of kimchi as well as kimchi-powder were well adapted to the new habitat of fermenting sausage, reaching maximum numbers of 8.65–8.80 log10 cfu/g after 1–2 days of fermentation. Specially, the kimchi and kimchi-powder sausages exhibited good souring properties with the pH values ranged from 4.78 to 4.33 after the first two days of fermentation. In all kimchi and kimchi-powder sausages, the growth of Enterobacteriaceae was completely inhibited throughout the processing period (< 2 log10 cfu/g). The sausage batches containing more than 10% kimchi and 2% kimchi-powder showed no growth of S. aureus, whereas the control and another kimchi sausage batch reflected the growth of S. aureus (3.68–4.72 log10 cfu/g). Based on the materials and ingredients used in the production of kimchi, the use of kimchi appears to be more beneficial than the use of pure starter culture due to its useful compounds in addition to LAB for the stability and safety of fermented sausages. In particular, the utility of freeze-dried kimchi-powder was demonstrated as it achieved excellent microbial stability of sausages and thus contributed to the safety of the fermented sausages. As a result, the addition of kimchi (≥ 10%) and kimchi-powder to the sausage mixture prior to fermentation produced the microbiological stability required for fermented sausages.