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
Best of One Pot recipes
- One Pot Greek Chicken and Lemon Rice
- Chinese Chicken and “Fried Rice” – all made in one pot!
- Baked Chicken and Rice – you’ll love the buttery, garlicky rice!
- Asian Beef Ramen Noodles – caramelised beef, hidden veg, tangle of noodles, ONE POT!
- Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole – tastes like risotto, but much easier to make!
- See all One Pot recipe
More Sausage recipes
Sausage Bake with Vegetables and Gravy
Watch how to make it
Hungry for more? Subscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates.
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!
Hi Nagi,
I’m gluten intolerant but am dying to try this recipe, it looks amazing! Am I able to sub the flour in the gravy for something else? Thanks!
Hi Sara – yes you can use corn flour, just use half the amount called for if subbing with corn flour 🙂 N x
Would brown rice flour work with this?
Sounds like a great recipe. What other vegetables would you recommend I, apart from carrots?
Anything really, they just need to be cut appropriately to cook in the same time – broccoli, squash, capsicum – ANYTHING! N x
Should the stick be warm or cold for this recipe?
Hi Justine – I’m not sure what you mean by “the stick” sorry! N x
Hi Nagi,
Can I leave the baby potatoes skin on instead of peeling it off?
Thank you
Sorry I meant the stock
Dear Nagi, what size and type of pan did you use for the Oven Baked Sausages with Potatoes, Vegetable AND Gravy!? Thank you. xx
My goodness! How fantastic! Simple and delicioso!!! I used fat, butcher shop ‘pork, chilli, plum’ snags on a bed of baby potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, beans and corn cobs with an extra cup worth of gravy . So much that it needed to cook an extra 30 minutes, but soooo worth it. Trust the recipe. I recommend to all. 🙂
Hi Nagi. I’m loving your recipes and so far have had 100% success rate. Next on my recipes to try is this delicious looking sausage recipe. One question though how lean is a lean sausage. I was planning on trying the recipe with pork sausages that are 12.5% fat – is that too fatty?? Thanks.
Hi Linda, they will be fine to use – enjoy!!
This family of
Four loved and devoured this recipe. Making it agai. This week with chicken sausages. Sure to become a regular. Thank you so much. Great recipe. Low fuss delicious results.
Wow, cooked this and took it to my mum and we had it together, absolutely delicious, love that’s all in the one tray, a great winter meal!
Perfect Fiona!! N x
I added fresh sliced fennel to this dish and it made it even that more magical! Thank you so much!
Sounds perfect Sylvia!! N x
I’d love to try this recipe but with chicken, would that work if I used thinly sliced pieces of chicken breast or thigh? And do you think the cooking time would have to be extended? Thanks!
Hi Tina, you will find breast dries out using this method – I’d stick to thigh. The cook time would need to suit the size of the pieces you have. I’d need to do some testing here. N x
I looked for something different to do with sausages, I checked about 15 recipes, they all needed you to cook the sausages and veggies before putting them in the oven. I usually just do sausages and mash or with beans and hash browns. I also rarely use recipes. I followed your recipe even measured ingredients. The only change I made was to use sage instead of oregano, I also don’t usually use herbs as I think they drown other tastes. It was the BEST. I was worried my husband would just want his usual sausages but he loved it. Thank you.
That’s awesome Mari, I’m so glad you both enjoyed it! N x
Seriously loved this. Had some leftover pumpkin which got added. Leftovers packed for work tomorrow. I cook about 2 of your recipes a week and this week marks 3 in a row.
Perfect Hayley!! N x
This is ‘hands-down’ my favorite recipe. I went into panic mode when I could not find it. My husband and I both love the taste and I love ease of dinner in ONE pan. Genius!
Can you cook this in a slowcooker
Not this one sorry, you need the heat to get the colour on the sausages 🙂 N x
Made this tonight, so simple and delicious 😋
This dish is so so quick to make and it was a hit. Thank you
You’re so welcome Claudia!! N x
Made this one pot sausage veg and gravy for the first time tonight. Can’t believe how little fuss was made for this scrumptious dish. So so easy
Perfect Shelagh! N x
Wow. This was delicious. Made it tonight. Pretty much exactly as written. Another recipe that my picky palated daughter was extremely happy with. You know I have over 500 cookbooks or maybe more (I was obsessed with collecting them back in the late 80’s and the 90’s). But I find myself on your website cooking with your recipes most of the time these days. What I love about your site is that people actually make your recipes and comment on the results; not like a lot of other sites where commenters just say how great the recipe sounds but don’t actually cook it and offer their opinions and suggestions. I love your site (and your dog Dozer – I like hearing about him too)!
That’s so nice to hear Marianne, thanks so much for letting me know ❤️
This was delicious and SO easy! Everyone was thrilled with it and asked for seconds. I’m making it again tonight!
This was absolutely amazing. So quick and easy I’m adding this into my Winter recipe rotation. Thank you soooooo much for recipe.
Made this one pot sausage veg and gravy for the first time tonight. Can’t believe how little fuss was made for this scrumptious dish. So so easy
Wahoo, that’s awesome Margaret! N x
You know, when I’m looking for dinner inspiration with anything and I see Recipe Tin Eats come up it feels like coming home! I know it’s gonna be amazing and am instantly relaxed because the only problem I’ll have is never having leftovers for my lunch the next day!
That’s the BEST Ann!! Thanks so much 🙂 N x