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:
Life of Dozer
The sight of a suitcase always distresses him. So I tried to trick him by piling up my luggage in a washing basket, planning to throw it into a suitcase at the last minute. Just so I wouldn’t have to deal with his forlorn face all night.
Didn’t work. He figured it out.😞
And the original photo from when I first published this recipe which was around Christmas: Dozer sulking. He really, really hates Christmas!
Made with chicken sausages. Absolutely delish and couldn’t be easier!
I’m not a fan of snags but my hubby loves them so I thought this sounded like a perfect dish for him where I could use snags without them being curried.
Being he’s a shift work not far from home he rang me asking if there was food he could come pick up as he was starving. The dish was just about done so I said yes and then he said “we’re all starving”. He and his two work colleagues aren’t the most organised when it comes to bringing something to eat at work. So I got 3 containers and served it up to them, leaving the baking dish empty. When he came home he said they all thought it was delicious and one of his colleagues wanted to know what special sausages I used. I told him plain Woolies beef and the trick, according to Nagi, is to brown them well.
The only change I made was I thought the gravy was too runny so I drained it into a jug, put the rest back in the oven, and thickened the gravy up with some corn flour, then poured it on top.
You made the arvo shift at Performance Feeds pretty happy with this recipe Nagi, so I’ll make it a keeper.
This was delicious – we had a cold rainy fall day and it fit the bill perfectly. Next time I would cut the carrots a bit smaller, they still had bones in them. All your recipes are so good. Thank you. (PS -I love your old doggie)
Absolutely fantastic, great flavour and crazy easy to put together. Thanks for a great midweek meal that will be put on the monthly rotation.
This was so good. Juicy, bits of crunchy. Very tasty. Veges perfect. Thanks nagi. Love one pot meals.
Love this recipe! So easy and full of flavour. Much nicer than the recent bangers and mash I had at the local pub! Thank you Nagi for another great recipe and love to Dozer!
Was a win in my house tonight and I made it with gluten free all purpose flour so my little girl could eat it.
Nagi, this was amazing! I made it for my family for dinner tonight and a vegetarian sausage one for myself! The gravy is so luscious and velvety. We mopped it up with a lovely sourdough bread.
I’m not new to your recipes but I’ve made 3 of your one pot/pan dishes in the last 4 days and I’m astounded at how fabulously delicious they all are.
I’ve texted family and friends links to your incredibly generous website. Thank you so much for sharing such scrumptious meals with us. I’ll be trying more and making them all part of our repertoire!
I think I have made this 6 times in 2 weeks. This is delicious. I have started adding mushroom. Wow wow wow!
This was delicious, 100% easy to make as well. I think it was all done in 10 minutes…then popped in the oven
This was delicious, 100% easy to make as well. I think it was all done in 10 minutes…
Such a perfectly perfect winter warmer! I had a punnet of mushrooms which needed to be used, so I sautéed them and tossed them in too.
Such a quick and delicious winter meal. The whole family loved it! Thanks Nagi
Wow, easy delicious meal, definitely on rotation in our house
It’s delicious! Will be on regular rotation throughout Winter. Thanks for yet another great recipe!
This was a really easy recipe to make and everyone loved it. Lots of veggies and I used thick pork sausages that turned out great. This is going to be a regular at our place.
I just made this for the second time. The first time in the oven the veg was still hard and not much gravy. This time I made it in an electric frypan on low to med with the lid on due to my oven dying . It was absolutely sensational. The gravy went further and the veggies were tender . I also put two pork chops in at the last ten minutes for my non sausage eating daughter . She loved it .
Made this tonight, everyone loved it. I sub sweet potatoes instead and it was good. We will add this to our dinner rotation.
Cooked this for 8. Was simple and easy enough to add pumpkin and sweet potato. Also added broccoli when turning sausages for some greens. Will become a household regular I think.
The only potatoes my man dislikes are mashed so thought I would try this as an alternative to the traditional Bangers & Mash. It was a winner all round! I used thick pork sausages and followed the recipe to a tee. The thyme and oregano were perfect match for the pork. Gravy was just the right thickness. Making it again soon and the only thing I would change is to add a couple of parsnips as I adore them. I also may consider someone else’s suggestion of some fennel. Thank for this fabulous recipe.