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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I’ve made this a couple times and it is amazing. I want to make for a guest who doesn’t like onions. Think it will still be good without them?
Hi Mary Jean, I feel like onions do add flavour here – how about substituting leeks in their place (just to boost the flavour) N x
Hi Nagi,
Is it possible to make this in the slow cooker? I have seen the question asked earlier but haven’t seen a reply as yet.
Will oven time be different if using chipolatas?
Yum. This was nice and much less faff than making the gravy seperately and it was delicious. I kind of missed having super cripsy potatoes so might do those in a separate pan next time but this was amazing!
Hi Nagi, so easy and delicious. Thankyou 🙂
I love all of the recipes that I have tried on here so far. All easy to follow and super delicious! Great page. Thank you, Nagi!!
Another winner! I was being asked to make more before my Husband and little boy had even finished. This will be a regular from now on, thank you x
Yummy. Another great recipe!!
Hi, I loved this recipe. Made it twice so far. I was just wondering, is it possible to make this in a slow cooker/instant pot?
Is this dish ok to freeze and reheat?
Absolutely wonderful. I had meat free sausages in the fridge which I was wondering how to use up and this was amazing. Had to turn off the oven once finished and leave there to get the gravy to thicken plus didn’t brown like normal sausages would and I had to use a bit more oil (sorry Nagi, I hate when people amend your recipes and would have used normal sausages if I had them and will do next time as I’m sure it would have been even better). My husband loved this as he’s been quite ill for a few days and unable to keep anything down so this was his first ‘proper’ meal. Thanks Nagi xx
This was delicious! Made it exactly as written and wouldn’t change a single thing. The gravy, oh my golly gee it was so delicious! My gluten free flour didn’t thicken it up nicely, so I added a wee bit of potato starch at the end to give it some body. Hubs said he would head to the grocery to pick up some more sausages!
100/10. Hands down the best recipe with sausages ever uploaded onto the internet. It is next level delicious
Really delicious and so easy! Am working my way through several of your one-pot meals. Thanks for a great site and really clear instructions.
Delicious didn’t change a thing! Tonight is the third time I’m making it!!!
What is the baking time if I cut the recipe in half? Any temp change when making half? Thanks
I’ve made this recipe a few times, anywhere between about 1/4 to 1/2 of the original recipe. Instead of a baking dish, I use a 2 qt dutch oven, and keep the cooking time the same
second meal from your collection this week, again another winner!! xx
Wow, yum!! Easy peasy!! Better than expected. This will now be my go to sausage oven bake recipe!! Thanks so much for all your wonderful recipes and Dozer antics!!
Oh Nagi! I wish I had found you several years ago! I believe women lose their their cooking touch as they age, at least in our family, and you have saved it for me at 63! My 70 yr old husband is thrilled with the delish new meals I’m putting on the table! I think this was the 5th of your recipes I have made and again it was a hit. I really appreciate a quick one pot dish and this was wonderful. I used 8 mild Italian sausages. Like another reviewer, my baking time on convection was longer and I turned it to 400 F in the second 25 minutes to cook the potatoes and brown the sausages in my double oven. I make frozen dinners for my elderly mother and this ourselves and this made enough for dinner last night, two freezer dinners for Mom and two for us. It will also become a staple in my repertoire and looked so beautiful in the pan!
Life saver Nagi! My kids love sausages but I used to always burn them on the stove – picky husband also endorses (this and your sausage rolls that we recently tried)…. winner!!
One question – if I halved the ingredients, do you have a sense of the cooking time if I want to make a smaller pot?
Thanks again!! Definitely coming back for more recipes!