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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Sausage Bake with Vegetables and Gravy
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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!
I must have missed something here. Was this supposed to be baked with a cover on it? An hour and a half later, my sausage is browned nicely and most likely cooked inside, but my potatoes and carrots are hard. Very disappointing. Dinner is going to be served late tonight.
Hi Gerri, I’m so sorry your dinner was late! An hour and a half should be plenty of time – did you cut the vegetables up and use small potatoes? N x
This looks great ! Is this something I can make in my electric roaster oven so I take and make at work for my people ? Thank you
I haven’t tried to be honest but I don’t see why not!
Temp for this is 350 degrees? Numbers are kinda confusing. Thanks!
Hi Judy – as point 1 – Preheat oven to 200C/390F (standard) or 180C/350F (fan / convection). ☺️
Have you tried freezing this and serving it at a later date?
Hi Cathy, I haven’t tried but I’m sure this would be ok!
Hi Nagi, I have made this sausage bake many times, in fact it is the number one request from my 16 and 20 year old sons. I don’t change a thing it’s so good. I use Bratwurst and they are really good in this recipe. Thank you so much for all of the outstanding recipes!!
Hi Tracy, sounds delicious! Glad your boys love it too!
This recipe was easy and definitely a keeper! I changed a few things to better suit our tastes. In place of potatoes I used a can of drained and rinsed white beans, did half chicken and half beef broth, splashed in a 1/4 cup of red wine, and added mushrooms. I used mild Italian pork sausage. I also didn’t melt and mix in the butter. I just cut it into tiny cubes and sprinkled them on top of everything before baking. The dish and gravy came out perfect! Thank you!!
I’m so glad it was a hit!
Simple and delicious! The only issue I had was the gravy was overkill. Thyme is my favorite but this was too much. We did find that instead of scooping out extra gravy to pour over, just grabbing as is had enough on it. Definitely didn’t put any on the sausage. I’m going to knock the thyme down a notch next time. I followed exactly as is with just adding sauteed mushrooms. Everyone loved it, yes, it’s a keeper. Oh and I must have missed picture allowance here so I’m going to add it to the initial recipe on the search (with the link to your blog).
Can I make in the morning and leave it for hubby to put in the oven? I’ll use small whole potatoes so they won’t be cut and turn brown — but will the gravy be okay?
Nagi this recipe is AMAZING! I’m a sucker for anything with gravy & this fills the spot perfectly. I’ve made this exactly as instructions say so many times & it turns out perfect every time!
Glad you enjoyed this one Lynette!! N x
We tried this dish & he absolutely loved it! This is definitely going into our favorites list. Thank you!
FANTASTIC!!! So glad you enjoyed this Veronica, thanks for letting me know! N x
I tried this for dinner tonight and it was absolutely yummy. I actually prevailed my potatoes for about ten minutes then cut them in half and added them in to the mix and they turned out amazing 🙂
That’s wonderful to hear Stasia! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 N x
Loved this, very easy to make and so tasty. A big thumbs up from the husband too. Thank you Nagi.
Hi Nagi, can beef stock be used instead if broth isn’t available?
Same thing to me! 🙂 N x
This looks awesome but do you think it would be okay to freeze after cooking?
I think it will be fine! I have frozen gravy plenty of times 🙂
From California, Flap again. This time I have a question about something, so before I try and fail, I’d like to ask about the size of these sausages. Looking at the photos (beautiful) it appears the links are only a bit longer/larger than the spoon you’re using with the gravy. This suggests to me that the sausages are more of a breakfast size, smaller and less dense than one you might want for dinner, or on a grill as a sausage/bun affair, say for a barbecue or outdoor meal. To me, that means these sausages are really small, considering you use 8 links, total weight (+/-) 1.24 lbs. Is this right or am I just imagining how small they seem in comparison to the spoon?! I’m used to more of a German-style bratwurst link, but I’m guessing that type would be too dense to cook thoroughly in the timeframe suggested. Am I right in thinking these would be more closely sized as a breakfast link? Really confused by this one. PS: No matter if he pouts, sulks or mopes, Dozer is adorable. And he knows it! Thanks for all the great recipes.
Hi FLAP! I think it’s the spoon that is deceptive here, it’s a serving size spoon so it’s larger than an eating spoon. The sausages here are maybe about 5″ long and just shy of 1″ wide? Maybe about 3/4″. They definitely aren’t small breakfast sausage size as you know them in California. I can’t pass on your message to Dozer, his head will get too big! N x
I’ve made this many times. My family LOVES it!! I double the gravy. Aaaaaaamzing!!!!
That’s great Karen! Thanks for letting me know! – N x ❤️
Butter is melted before whisking with flour?
TIA
I can’t believe we’re 173 comments into this recipe and no one else has asked that 🙂 Fixed!
Hahaha probably because everyone else watched the video before asking
😊😊😊
can you make this in a slow cooker?
Jane, have you tried this in a slow cooker?
I haven’t tried, sorry Jane!
Have cooked this dish it was awesome
I am cooking it again to night
Thank you
That’s great to hear Mel! So glad you enjoyed it! N x
Myself and my husband has this today (because it’s the 28 degrees outside so why not?) and it is lovely! We’re both calorie counting so we were able to have an extremely hearty meal with relatively low calories. We well certainly be making this again!
That’s great to hear Lucy! So glad you enjoyed it! N x