Sausage: It’s What’s For Dinner

• January 18, 2024
• Soul Brothers Meats
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3 Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes for Sausage

Sausage is such a versatile food. There are so many ways you can prepare it. If you couple the combinations with the massive variety of flavors that sausage can contain … Well, your options are limitless.

If you are looking for a simple, and quick, meal for a busy weeknight, or are just ready to spice up the same-old, same-old, try out some of these tasty options.

1. Sheet Pan Sausage

This easy combo not only comes together in minutes, but also saves the dishwasher from too much extra work. You can prep this ahead, too, and simply spread it on a cookie sheet when dinner time arrives. 

This is one quick, low-effort, and easy-clean-up meal. Children with some knife practice can even help and get this one going on their own!

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Sausage of your choice
• 2 green peppers
• 1 large onion
• 2 cloves of garlic (more/less to taste)
• 2T Extra Virgin olive oil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Cover your cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper
3. Slice sausage into half-inch “coins” or rounds
4. Cut up onion and peppers to thin strips
5. Place all on the cookie sheet
6. Drizzle with olive oil
7. Season with salt and pepper
8. Bake all for 10 minutes
9. Flip all ingredients 
10. Bake for 10 more minutes

You can serve over rice, potatoes, or on a hoagie roll. This recipe also can be made with nearly any combination of veggies. Try swapping out some mushrooms, spinach, zucchini or squash for your traditional peppers and onions. Test out the combinations you enjoy. 

2. Sausage Tacos

Yes, you read that right. Why not turn Mexican night into a great excuse for more sausage? Sausage can be fried easily in a pan and swapped for traditional ground beef. With hard or soft shells, you simply begin your usual taco night with a grilled or fried sausage link, then top as you prefer. Flavored sausages, such as a jalapeno and cheese combination, can make for a great zest to spice up your South of the Border night!

3. Sausage Alfredo

Nearly any chicken recipe can be completely turned on its head when you opt for a flavorful sausage instead of a bland and boring chicken breast. In this case, sausage spices up a pasta dish that is both super filling but also can feed a crowd!

Ingredients

• 16 oz. box of dry bowtie pasta
• 1 large jar of alfredo sauce*
• 16 oz. of your favorite flavored sausage

*In this recipe, you can save time and effort with a pre-made jarred sauce. Alternatively, you can sautee three garlic cloves in ½ c. of unsalted butter, adding 3 cups of heavy cream once fragrant. Stir in 1 ½ cups of parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste. This will make a tasty, homemade alfredo to match your taste.

Directions

1. Prepare pasta to box directions.
2. Add non-stick spray to a pan over medium heat.
3. As pasta cooks, heat sausage in a pan, turning frequently.
4. Warm the jarred (or prepare your own homemade version) sauce in a saucepan over low heat.
5. Drain pasta.
6. Slice sausage into rounds/coins about ½ inch thick.
7. Combine all into a large bowl.

You can serve this with garlic bread and a small side salad. Mix up the recipe with different veggies (to sneak a few more into the family diet) with options like mushrooms, spinach, zucchini, or other favorites.

Mix Dinner Up with Sausage Varieties

With so many ways to prepare tasty sausages, there really is an endless supply of recipes. Consider swapping sausage for other meats in some of the family’s favorites. It can make for a great surprise, and really mix up the humdrum usuals.