Description
This Sheet Pan Sausage and Sweet Potatoes recipe is a flavorful and easy one-pan meal featuring roasted sweet potatoes, sliced onions, garlic, and pre-cooked smoked sausage. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner, it offers a delicious balance of savory and sweet with minimal cleanup.
Ingredients
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Vegetables
- 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 1 large yellow onion sliced
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
Other Ingredients
- 2-3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil or other cooking oil
- 1-2 teaspoons seasoning of choice
- 16 oz. smoked (or otherwise pre-cooked) sausage cut into 1-inch slices (such as andouille, kielbasa, or other sausage)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F to get it ready for roasting the ingredients evenly and thoroughly.
- Prepare Vegetables: On a sheet pan, add the cubed sweet potatoes, sliced onion, and chopped garlic. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle 1-2 teaspoons of seasoning over everything. Toss all ingredients together to coat them evenly and then spread them out in a single layer on the pan.
- First Roast: Roast the potatoes, onions, and garlic in the oven for 20 minutes. This initial roasting starts softening the vegetables and caramelizing their natural sugars.
- Stir and Continue Roasting: Remove the pan from the oven, stir the vegetables well, spread them out again evenly, and roast for another 15 minutes to further cook and brown them.
- Add Sausage: Remove the pan again and stir. Then arrange the sausage slices on the pan, ensuring that a cut side makes contact with the hot sheet pan to help them brown nicely.
- Final Roast: Return the pan to the oven and roast for an additional 10 minutes, or until the sausage slices are browned and heated through.
- Serve: Remove from the oven and serve immediately while hot for the best flavor and texture.
Notes
- You can use any seasoning such as chicken, pork, steak, Greek, or taco seasoning; adjust salt amount accordingly.
- Choose any pre-cooked sausage like smoked cheddar, kielbasa, chicken, turkey, or even a vegan sausage substitute.
- Use sliced onions and chopped garlic over diced or slivered to prevent burning and allow slower cooking.
- Do not skimp on oil; use at least 2 tablespoons to prevent dryness and burning.
- Leftovers can be refrigerated for 2-3 days and are excellent reheated, especially with scrambled eggs.
- If ingredients start to cook too fast or burn, reduce oven temperature slightly.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 400 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 700 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg
