July 18, 2018

Roasted Sausage, Pepper & Potato Sheet Pan Dinner

This Roasted Sausage, Pepper & Potato Sheet Pan Dinner is easy to make and easy to clean up. I was in a real hurry one night, so I tossed the sausage with the potatoes and some pepper and onions before roasting for half an hour. Each of the elements took on a bit of the other, making for a new family favorite. I used regular Italian sausage here,

but if your people will eat it, chicken or turkey sausage would be wonderful in this too.

Am I the only one that boils sausage before actually cooking sausage? It takes a fair bit of the fat away when I discard the cooking liquid. It also makes the sausage easy to cut into pieces, something that would be a gooey mess without the par-cooking. I even boil sausage before Bert puts it on the grill – it was part of the marriage negotiations:

Dry pork and sausage. Check.

This is the 5 quart saute pan (affiliate link) that my mother-in-law gave me when we got married almost 25 years ago – I still use it all the time. It looks a little worse for wear, but performs like a trooper.

I use this big bowl (affiliate link) a fair amount of the time because it keeps everything in it while I am tossing more and more in.

This sheet pan is a little too full. Although everything cooked well, it took a few extra minutes to get the golden color we ended up with. I decided waiting a little longer for it to cook was a better deal than cleaning two sheet pans.

This is comfort food at its finest. The potatoes turn out crispy and tender, and the sausage goes amazingly with the pepper and onions.

Roasted Sausage, Peppers & Potatoes

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 40

Servings: servings

This sheet pan dinner takes only a few minutes to put together, then bakes for a half hour or so, freeing the cook up to do other things.

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Ingredients

8 Italian sausage links
1 Onion
1 Red Pepper
1 Jalapeno Pepper
6-8 White potatoes
2 tbsp Olive Oil
Salt & Black Pepper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Put sausage links in large skillet with about 1/2 cup of water, bring to a boil over high heat. Cook for about 5 minutes, allowing sausage to firm up.
Meanwhile, chop onion into large 1/2" pieces, cut red pepper into 1" chunks, cut potatoes (leaving skin on) into 1 1/2" dice, and cut jalapeno peppers into strips. Combine all vegetables in large bowl, drizzle with olive oil. Salt and pepper liberally, and toss all to coat.
Remove sausage from skillet and cut each link into 3 pieces. Add to bowl with vegetables and toss well.
Spread mixture evenly onto sheet pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, for about 20 minutes. Remove pan from oven, and stir well. Return pan to oven and continue cooking for about 10 more minutes, or until potatoes are tender, and all ingredients are browned.