One of the best go-to weeknight dinners is hands down a sheet pan meal. They’re easy to prep, everything cooks on one pan, and dinner is ready in hardly any time! This Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage Dinner includes a variety of vegetables and can be customized to your liking. Simply toss your vegetables and chicken sausage with a little bit of olive oil and spices and roast in the oven until the veggies are tender and the sausage has nice browned edges. Dinner simply doesn’t get much easier than this!
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Ingredients You’ll Need
This Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Meal is made with simple, basic ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Chicken Sausage – Fully-cooked chicken sausage usually comes in 4-5 individual sausage links. I like using a chicken & apple flavored sausage, but choose one that your family will enjoy.
- Vegetables – For the vegetables we used a combination of red bell pepper, red onion, broccoli, and sweet potatoes. But you can easily substitute some of the veggies based on what you have in your pantry or fridge. I’ll share a few suggestions below.
- Oil and Spices – Extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and dried oregano add a simple, but flavorful seasoning to this sausage and veggies sheet pan meal.
Can I Use A Different Type Of Sausage?
Sure! You can use any type of smoked sausage for this recipe. I just so happen to love chicken sausage, but beef, pork, turkey, or even kielbasa sausage would work just fine. Just make sure you are getting fully-cooked sausage links.
Can I use Different Vegetables?
Absolutely! As I mentioned above, this recipe is very flexible and easy to customize. Feel free to switch out the sweet potatoes for Yukon gold or russet potatoes, you can use Brussels sprouts or zucchini instead of broccoli, and you can use different color bell peppers. Just make sure the vegetables are cut roughly the same size so they cook at the same pace as everything else.
Storing & Reheating
This sheet pan chicken sausage dinner is great for meal prep! Just store any leftover sausage and veggies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Reheat in the microwave or in the oven at 350°F until warmed through.
Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage Dinner
Servings 4Ingredients
- 4 fully-cooked chicken sausage links (about 12 oz) ($4.99)
- 1 red bell pepper ($1.50)
- 1 small red onion ($0.42)
- 1 head broccoli ($1.57)
- 1 sweet potato (about 1/2 lb.) ($0.74)
- 3 Tbsp olive oil ($0.33)
- 1 tsp salt ($0.06)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper ($0.04)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder ($0.08)
- 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano ($0.10)
- 1 Tbsp chopped parsley (optional) ($0.10)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. On a cutting board, slice the chicken sausage into medallions on a diagonal. Chop the bell pepper into 1-inch chunks. Slice the onion into ½-inch slices. Cut the broccoli into small florets. Wash, peel, and dice the sweet potato into ¾-inch cubes.
- Add the sliced chicken sausage and chopped vegetables to a large bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and dried oregano. Toss sausage and veggies well making sure all of the ingredients are evenly coated with oil and spices.
- Spread the chicken sausage and vegetables onto a parchment lined baking sheet in an even single layer.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and roast for 15 minutes, then give the ingredients on the sheet pan a good stir. Place the baking sheet back in the oven and roast for another 15 minutes or until sausage and veggies are browned on the edges.
- Garnish with chopped parsley (optional), serve hot and enjoy!
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Equipment
- Enamelware Sheet Pan
- White Cutting Boards
- Chef’s Knife
Nutrition
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How To Make Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage Dinner – Step By Step Photos
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Gather 12 oz of chicken sausage (4 sausage links), 1 red bell pepper, 1 small red onion (or ½ large red onion), 1 head of broccoli, and 1 sweet potato (about ½ lb.) to prep.
On a cutting board, slice the chicken sausage into medallions on a diagonal. Chop the bell pepper into 1-inch chunks. Slice the onion into ½-inch slices. Cut the broccoli into small florets. Wash, peel, and dice the sweet potato into ¾-inch cubes.
Add the sliced chicken sausage and chopped vegetables to a large bowl. Drizzle with 3 Tbsp olive oil and season with 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper, ½ tsp garlic powder, and 1 ½ tsp dried oregano. Toss sausage and veggies well making sure all of the ingredients are evenly coated with oil and spices.
Spread the chicken sausage and vegetables onto a parchment-lined baking sheet in an even layer.
Place the baking sheet in the oven and roast for 15 minutes, then give the ingredients on the sheet pan a good stir. Place the baking sheet back in the oven and roast for another 15 minutes or until sausage and veggies are browned on the edges.
That’s it! A super easy sheet pan dinner meal all cooked on one pan! I had actually planned to make a sauce to drizzle over the top, but when I tasted the roasted veggies with the sausage I thought it was absolutely delicious without any extra dressings. Garnish with chopped parsley (optional), serve hot and enjoy!
does the sausage have to be fully cooked (per the recipe) or should it be raw – since it is going into the oven?? Hope to make this soon – thanks :)
We used fully cooked sausage for this recipe!
I just made this, to encourage my friend to try cooking simple meals at home. It’s really easy and delicious – I used chopped fresh garlic because I forgot to buy the garlic powder. I added a touch of sweet paprika powder. Also I used Farmpride Halal Rosemary Lamb Sausages because my helper is a Muslim. She loves the dish!
Super easy and delicious. Bonus: high protein and fiber! Look at the photo with all the chopped ingredients for example of how to make sure everything is the same size. An
Easy & delicious!
Substituted whole mini bell peppers in yellow, orange, & red. Also quartered 3 carrots, & used whole fingerling potatoes.
This was delicious! We can’t eat potato so I tossed in and handfull of mini tomatoes, which brightened up the taste. A keeper!
Truely easy not fussy! I have this every week! Great recipe for a single lady who meal preps!
Delicious, adaptable, and easy. Family loved.
This was so, so good! The ratio of seasonings is perfect. I skipped the broccoli because that’s not a fave of ours, and substituted another bell pepper instead. It turned out delicious. Will be making again!
I meal prep for my husband and randomly saw this recipe and decided to try it. He said it is one of his favorite things I have made. His comments are that it “has the best balance of meat and vegetables” and that “the vegetables and seasonings taste great together.” I like it because it’s so simple to make, inexpensive, and easy to clean up after. I make it exactly as the recipe states, except I only use 1 tablespoon of oil. I use Walmart brand chicken sausage. I weigh everything for calorie tracking purposes, make one recipe worth and cut it into 2 meals. It comes out to around 570 calories per meal, which is what my husband prefers. If it was for me, I would cut it into 3rds or 4th. Either way, this recipe is awesome and I’m happy I found it.
thank you Marsha, your recipes have been saving my LIFE lately and this one is no exception
My family loved this dinner! Thank you for sharing it!
This is one of my favorite things to make. It’s easy and tastes so good.
Y’all, these types of recipes save a girl like me – hefty workout schedule, need veggies and protein, don’t wanna break the bank. Brilliant! And fast. I had 4 meals worth in less than an hour. So healthy. Thank you!
Made as written. Used sundried tomato flavored chicken sausage. Really delicious and easy, and pairs well with wine!
So easy and delicious. Served over a bowl of white rice. I do believe this will become a go to!!
Made vegan with Field Roast apple sage sausages. Also used red onion, broccoli and yellow squash. Simple yet delicious and exactly what I needed after a long hike on a chilly day.
Amazing recipe. We did garlic sausage and white potatoes instead but it was sooooo good. 10/10 would recommend.
Absolutely delicious, and so easy! Thank you!
This was amazing. My boyfriend said it was one of his top favorite meals and that we should definitely keep this recipe.
I followed the recipe exactly as written and it was fantastic! So simple and easy to make but the flavors are delicious. We’ll definitely be making this again.
Very easy and so delicious – not to mention easy clean up!
Absolutely delicious, Marsha! Thank you!
I made this last night. I used sweet Italian style chicken sausage from Walmart and it was SO GOOD. Also used yellow onion and russet potatoes instead red onion and sweet potatoes because that’s what I had on hand – love that this recipe works with whatever you have.
I made this last night. I used sweet Italian style chicken sausage from Walmart and it wA SO GOOD. Also used yellow onion and russet potatoes instead red onion and sweet potatoes because that’s what I had on hand – love that this recipe works with whatever you have.
LOVE sheet pan meals — and never quite know what to do with those sausages which are often on sale at my supermarket other than cook them with cabbage and/or potatoes. Thanks for a great flexible idea.
My wife and I do these types of dinners all the time. Very versatile. The other night I made one with some diced apples added in as well. Some nice sweetness mixed in.
This is a good recipe (really more of a technique) to keep in your back pocket when you just don’t feel like making a big production out of cooking.
Oh, I like the idea of adding apples! Will have to try that now that apple season is coming.