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!
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?
I haven’t tried, sorry Jane!
Jane, have you tried this in a slow cooker?
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
Wow – turned out perfectly. I added a mixture of spicy and non-spicy sausages and also added sweet potato. The kids loved it. Winner dinner. Thanks
Hi, just realized I don’t have flour but I do have pre-made turkey gravy, think it will be ok?
I’m sure that will be fine Kitty! 🙂 N x
We are devouring this right now! Made the lemon pepper chicken with risotto and the oven baked meatballs last week. I am so happy to have found you and your wonderful recipes! Next up, enchilada casserole and a repeat of the meatballs (family is asking for them again!).
WOW, so pleased to hear you’re using so many of my recipes!! N xx
This was absolutely delicious i used chicken broth because thats all i had i will use beef broth next.
Hi Nagi, I found your blog yesterday and already printer a few (a lot) of your recipes, last night I made your Sausage Bake and it looks exactly as your pics and tasted really really very good, a warm homely meal. Thank you for your lovely (and easy) recipes.
So glad you found me Nicole! And super pleased to hear you enjoyed this!! N xx
You list this recipe as gluten free. With regular flour it won’t be. Can I use cornstarch instead of flour?
I use gluten free flour. It works just fine.
Thanks for this scrumptious recipe. Making for dinner tonight. Can’t wait.
Question: If I was to add some cooked leftover chicken into this dish, when do you suggest I add it during the cooking process?
Amazing made it tonight whole family loved it 👍👍👍 Will be making it again and hardly any was up job well done and very tasty
So great to hear Brett!! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed this – N x
1428mg of sodium????
Hi Chacho! It’s a hard one, comes down to the salt in the sausages. They tend to be very high in salt 🙂 N x
My father is on a diet (doctor ordered to get his blood pressure and cholesterol down). He is very much a meat and potato man. What do you think if I was to play a switcharoo (and not tell him obviously) and use either turkey or tofu sausage? Do you think it might work?
Turkey sausages yes! Not sure about tofu! 🙂 N xx
What kind of sausages did you use
I usually use pork sausages 🙂 N x
Hello, just wondering what kind of sausages? They look delicious! Thank you
Hi Cindy! I like using pork sausages 🙂 N x
Can this be done in a slow cooker
Not this one, sorry Marie! 🙂 N xx