Cooking sausages in the oven with vegetables is a quick dinner you can throw together in mere minutes. The bonus is that this Sausage Bake comes with gravy, and it’s all made in one pan!
Bonus: the gravy gets an extra flavour boost from all the sausage and vegetable drippings. This sausage recipe is a game changer!
Sausage Bake – One Pan Meal!
I have a rule about sausages. Sausages for dinner must always be accompanied with gravy – here’s how I make it on the stove: Sausages and Gravy.
So I’ve made a sausage, veggie and gravy dinner super easy by making it all in one pan.
Yes, you heard me right. This Sausage Bake is all made in ONE PAN. YES those golden brown sausages and roasted vegetables are sitting on a pool of gravy that was cooked right in the oven along with them!!
Cooking sausages in the oven
Cooking sausages in the oven is easy: just bake sausages at 180C/350F for 40 to 50 minutes until browned, turning halfway. It’s a terrific hands off, less mess alternative to pan frying.
The sausages will actually be cooked through at 30 minutes or so, but they won’t be nicely browned. Browning = flavour, and sausages are meant to be browned! Because sausages are enclosed in casing, they don’t dry out with a slightly longer cook time.
So keep them in the oven until they are nicely browned, as shown in the photos in this post!
How to cook Sausages in the oven with vegetables and gravy
Toss vegetables and potatoes in oil, salt, pepper and a touch of dried herbs of choice (I use thyme and oregano). Place in the pan, then top with sausages.
Whisk up the gravy – it’s made using the same ingredients required in a standard gravy that’s made on the stove. Stock, flour, butter, seasoning.
Except rather than cooking it on the stove, we pour it right into the pan so it bubbles away at the same time the sausages and vegetables are cooking.
By the time the sausages and vegetables are done, the gravy has thickened and is beautifully browned, just like when it’s made on the stove like in this Sausages and Gravy recipe!
Quick Dinner Idea – in one pan!
This is a super tasty and quick dinner to make, but I’m not applauding myself for creating a ground breaking recipe of any kind. Because when you think about it, this Sausage Bake is pretty much made like a stew. The sauce – gravy in this case – is thickened with flour, just like when making a stew.
And the vegetables and meat are cooked together in the sauce – except in this case, I deliberately put the sausages on top so they get nice and brown.
✅ Sausages
✅ Veggies
✅ Gravy
✅ One Pan
Dinner tonight? – Nagi x
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Oven Baked Sausages with Potatoes, Vegetable AND Gravy!
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 700g / 1.4 lb baby potatoes , halved
- 3 carrots , peeled and cut into 2"/5cm pieces
- 2 red onions , each cut into 8 wedges
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper
Sausages
- 8 - 10 sausages (500-700g / 1-1.4lb) (Note 2)
- Oil spray (optional)
Gravy
- 2 tbsp / 30g melted butter, unsalted
- 2 1/2 tbsp flour (plain / all purpose)
- 2 cups / 500 ml beef broth (or chicken) (Note 3)
- Fresh thyme , for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/390F (standard) or 180C/350F (fan / convection).
- Place Vegetable ingredients in a large bowl. Toss well to coat.
- Add sausages and toss briefly.
- Transfer into roasting pan. Pan should be of a size so the vegetables are stacked about 2 deep - see photos and video. Rearrange sausages so they are on top.
Gravy
- In the same bowl used for the vegetables, add butter and flour. Whisk.
- Add a bit of beef broth and whisk, then whisk in remaining broth. (Don't worry if you end up with some floating butter bits)
- Pour down the side of the pan (don't pour over the sausages or veggies).
- Optional: Spray sausages with oil - browns slightly better (especially lean sausages).
Baking
- Bake 25 minutes. Turn sausages. Spray again with oil (optional) then bake for a further 25 minutes or until sausages are browned and potatoes are soft.
- Serve Sausages and Vegetables with Gravy on top, garnished with fresh thyme leaves if desired. (See notes for Gravy thickness adjustment)
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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Great. Didnt have beef broth. Used chicken broth and added beef bouillion.
Delicious! I had some Italian sausage I wanted to use up so I knew I wanted to give this a try. Wow! It was better than I thought it would be. Because I am on weight watchers I tweaked it a bit to lighten it up. I used butternut squash in place of potatoes and added sliced mushrooms. Instead of butter for the gravy I added fat free plain Greek yogurt. This recipe is a keeper and so nice to have it all in one dish. Thank you.
Made this recipe a few times now. Very tasty and very easy to make for a man who doesn’t have much cooking experience.
I added 2 teaspoons of chilli flakes. Made the dish AWESOME with a great kick to it. Gravy was very tasty as well
Oh Nagi, you have done it again!! Simply delicious! This is a keeper and will be done again and again. Thank you so much!!
This was nice but the gravy definitely needs thickening at the end.I added some cauliflower and less potatoes. I used a tetra pack of Campbell‘s beef stock and added a splash of soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce and also some mushrooms half way through. Quick and super easy!
So easy to do yet so good. That’s my kinda food. This recipe is definitely a keeper!
Thank you for this easy, tasty recipe!
Yummy – quick, easy, delicious dinner tonight and hardly any washing up. Way to go!!!!
My husband loves sausages and usually cooks them on the BBQ so was impressed tonight with another Nagi recipe and especially that he did not need to cook.
Thank you so much Nagi.
Oh yum man! Quick, easy and so yummy plus gravy all in one pan!! Did I mention it was yum?
So good! And so easy!!! I did it in my cast iron.
Hi, can I use vegetable oil instead of olive oil?
I love the chicken brats from WF. They’re precooked, however, so they’d be shriveled to nothing using them in this recipe. Any suggestions on how to use them here? This sounds amazing!
Please can you give guidance for the slow cooker?
Hello Nagi dear, your recipe’s always quick and easy made. And aside from that it is fast & easy dinner, my family loved it. This recipe is a definite good, thanks so much for sharing.
Just wondering if I can add parsnip or Swede to the Veg?
A fast & easy dinner, family loved it. This recipe is a definite keeper, thanks so much for sharing!
Nagi,
This was absolutely delicious, bursting with flavour. You really do have the absolute best weeknight meals! My only regret is not making an artisan loaf to mop up the gravy. I used regular ol’ Costco honey garlic sausage, beef for the stock and garnished with lemon thyme from my garden. So surprisingly good.
Thanks!
Holly 🙂
Quick and easy absolute winner yet again Nagi x
Hi Naggi!!
Made this almost to the letter but in a Dutch oven as it’s far too hot here for oven use. Turned out brilliantly. Browned the sausages first then dumped the rest in: Gravy was a bit thin and light in colour spot of gravy browning made it look right some “mashed” potato thickened things up to make everything delicious. 4 sausages was good for 2 meals for 2.
Patrick infoodyland