Sheet Pan Italian Sausage with Sweet Potatoes

Sausage Bake Dinner makes an entire hands-off meal in one dish. This easy baked Italian sausage recipe combines roasted sausage, sweet potatoes, and onions for a flavorful sheet pan sausage and veggies meal!

Sheet Pan Italian Sausage With Sweet Potatoes

Roasted Sausage Sheet Pan dinner is an easy, and foolproof family meal. It uses only one pan so clean up is a breeze! Plus, this baked sausage recipe easily adapts to whatever seasonal fruit or veggies you have on hand.

Sheet pan dinners are my saving grace for busy weeknights. First of all, I love a recipe that doesn’t require cooking at the stove! Simply cut up sweet potatoes, onions, pears and toss them on a baking sheet.

Mix the olive oil, spices, and veggies right on your baking dish so there is minimal clean up. Throw it all in a preheated oven, add the Italian sausage halfway through baking, and you have yourself a complete meal in less than 30 minutes!

Plus, this easy sausage bake dinner morphs into so many different versions. For a classic Italian sausage and peppers meal, use bell peppers and onions to compliment the meat. But like another sheet pan fave of ours, crispy roasted gnocchi with broccoli, you can adapt it for other meats or veggies.

I tested the recipe using seasonal pears, but apples would work just as well. In the summer substitute peaches or nectarines and cook it on a grill pan (my essential summer cooking tool).

Sausage Options

Cooking times will change depending on the type of sausage used. If the sausage cooks before the veggies are roasted, remove the sausages and keep warm while the potatoes, onions, and pears finish cooking.

1. Hot or Sweet Italian Sausage – Pork sausages need to reach of temperature of 160ºF (71ºC)
2. Chicken Sausage – Poultry sausage needs to be baked until a temperature of 165ºF (74ºC)
3. Turkey Sausage – Bake until it reaches a temperature of 165ºF (74ºC)
4. Smoked Sausage – Since this type of sausage is pre cooked, add it to the sheet pan for last 10 minutes of cooking.

Yummy Veggie Variations

I love the flexibility of easy sheet pan sausage and veggies. Baked Italian Sausage Dinner uses sweet potatoes, pears, and onions for a fall sheet pan dinner. Substitute different vegetables, fruits, and even spices based on the time of year and what is in season.

For instance, use Italian seasoning, peppers and onions for a traditional baked italian sausage meal served with tomato sauce. Or, substitute peaches, carrots, and chicken sausage for a lighter summer meal.

Here are some additional fruits and veggies that may be added or substituted:

• green beans
• brussels sprouts
• bell peppers and onions
• cubed red potatoes or russet potatoes
• fruit – apples, peaches, or nectarines
• red peppers
• butternut squash
• carrots

Let’s Make This Together!

(Below shows step-by-step photos and modified instructions. For the complete recipe, along with ingredient amounts, scroll down to the recipe card.)

1. Preheat oven to 425ºF. On baking sheet toss sweet potatoes, onion, olive oil, allspice, cinnamon, maple syrup, salt, and pepper.
2. Spread the veggies out and bake for 10 minutes.
3. Add pears and toss to combine with seasonings and sweet potatoes.
4. Nestle sausages in between fruit and sweet potatoes. Return to oven for 10 – 15 minutes.

Expert Tips

• If the sausage cooks before the veggies are roasted, remove the sausages and keep warm while the vegetables finish cooking.
• Substitute apples for the pears or any other potatoes for the sweet potatoes.
• Use under ripe pears so they roast without becoming overly mushy.
• Cut sweet potatoes in evenly sized 1 inch cubes so they cook quickly and uniformly.
• Turkey sausage, chicken sausage, or smoked sausage may be substituted. See above for cooking time and internal temperature adjustments.

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