Quick, delicious and family friendly this Easy Sausage Traybake is the perfect midweek meal. Throw everything into one tray and cook for 45 minutes – what could be simpler?
This Easy Sausage Traybake is one of those ‘I can’t believe it’s not on the blog’ recipes. It’s a real Gargano family favourite, not least because it is seriously low effort!!
Simply throw sausages, new potatoes, peppers and onions into a large oven tray / roasting tin, add a little salt and pepper, some herbs, garlic and a splash of oil. Then pop it all in the oven to do its thing for 45 minutes.
The result? Deliciously cooked sausages (soooo much better than fried or grilled), crispy new potatoes, sweet roasted peppers and onions and a very happy family – this is one of those meals I KNOW the kids will eat without complaint.
It’s also the perfect meal for cooking when I know Mr G is going to be late back. I simply put his portion (cooked) in an oven proof bowl, then he pops it in the oven for 15-20 minutes to reheat when he gets back – happy hubby!
And the same logic can be applied to leftovers (if you have any). I often make extra of this Easy Sausage Traybake so I can have it for my lunch the next day. It’s like having a homemade ready meal!
This recipe is actually an adaptation of Mary Berry’s Roasted Sausage Supper, but I’ve been cooking it for so long it’s been adapted many times, so apart from the basic ingredients it bears little resemblance to her original recipe.
This Easy Sausage Traybake is also the recipe which began my love affair with traybakes (in case you are new round here, I am obsessed with traybakes as being one of the easiest, quickest and most delicious ways to cook), which makes it all the more ridiculous that I haven’t yet shared it with you all!
Still, I have now 😀 Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!!
Wine -wise, this Easy Sausage Traybake goes brilliantly with gutsy Southern French reds, young riojas and other similar wines. If you prefer white, this goes surprisingly well with Sauvignon Blanc.
Love traybakes as much as me? Then you might like to check these out…
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- Chicken Tikka Masala Traybake
- Mexican Chicken Traybake
- Moroccan Lamb Traybake
Easy Sausage Traybake
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 good quality sausages (the nice big ones, I usually use Tesco Finest Traditional Pork)
- 400 g new potatoes halved (or quartered if very big)
- 3 red/yellow/orange peppers cut into large chunks
- 2 red onions cut into thick wedges
- 8 cloves garlic bashed with skins still on
- 3 sprigs thyme or rosemary
- Salt and pepper
- 300 ml hot chicken stock (optional - if you want a sauce)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200C / 180C fan / gas mark 6 / 400F.
- Place all the ingredients (except the chicken stock) in a large oven tray or roasting tin.
- Use your hands (or two large spoons) to turn everything in the oil, so it is well coated. Rearrange everything on the tray in one layer.
- Place the tray in the oven for 25 minutes.
- After 25 minutes remove the tray from the oven, turn the sausages and pour over the chicken stock. Return to the oven for a further 20 minutes, or until everything is done to your liking (45 minutes total cooking time).
Notes
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Jacqui Bellefontaine says
This recipe is just the perfect midweek meal. My boys would love it I shall have to make it next time both boys are at home. #CookBlogShare
Eb Gargano says
Oooh I’m pleased to hear it. 😀 Let me know what they think! Eb x
Cat | Curly's Cooking says
I love sausage tray bakes! The idea of adding stock for a sauce is fantastic, I’ve not seen that before x
Eb Gargano says
Me too. We have them all the time. Monday is traybake night in our house!! I love the stock as it makes a kind of gravy, well not exactly a gravy, more a ‘jus’ but it’s just perfect to go with this. Mary Berry adds white wine, but I prefer chicken stock (and keep the white wine for drinking!) Eb x
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder says
Quick, easy and delicious traybake is always a winner with everybody in our house. Absolutely LOVE the addition of stock to make a sauce, will be trying that out next time! 🙂 x
Corina Blum says
I think a sausage traybake is such a great midweek meal. I’ve got a recipe that I often make and it always goes down well, although the kids tend to mainly eat the sausages and leave the vegetables! Thanks for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice!
Mandy says
Such a classic easy peasy foodie meal Eb! My kids would love this. Haven’t made a traybake for ages, must rectify that soon
Eb Gargano says
Thanks Mandy – it really is!! My kids love it so much and always get excited when I tell them they’re having it for dinner 😀 Eb x
Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says
Oh, goodness…sausage and this array of vegetables are so delicious! How brilliant to cook it all on a tray. I can’t believe I haven’t tried this! YUM.
Eb Gargano says
Thanks Michelle – yes such a fab combo – and so easy to throw together on a busy weeknight!! Eb x
Emma Bryll says
Fairly basic and quite easy. However, the potatoes sadly cannot hope to get crispy.
Eb Gargano says
Hi Emma, thanks for this feedback. I am sorry to hear your potatoes did not go crispy. It is definitely possible – mine always are! What you see in the photos is exactly how mine come out – no camera tricks, I promise!! I can think of two things which might have gone wrong for you… Most likely is that your oven tray was not large enough – this means the potatoes steam rather than roast. I would suggest, if you try this again, you use a bigger tray or split this between two smaller ones. The other possibility is that your oven is a bit on the cool side (all ovens vary!). If this is the case, I suggest you turn your oven up a notch. Hope that helps! Eb 🙂
C says
Hi do you remove the garlic once cooked as it still has skin on it? Thank x
Eb Gargano says
OK, so you have two options here. Option 1 is what I usually do… I leave the skins on and serve them up on the plates for my family to take the skins off themselves (Personally I like to mash my garlic clove with the back of my fork and then mix it in to everything else… but my daughter likes to eat the garlic cloves whole!) Option 2 would be to remove the garlic skins before serving up and then either serve the garlic cloves whole or mash them and mix into the rest of the traybake before serving up… It really depends on how much time you have and your serving preferences. All ways taste good! Eb 🙂
Danielle says
An absolute winner in my house. I will be making this a lot when I go back to work and have a lunch everyone will be jealous of!
One question, do you think this recipe will work with chicken rather than sausages?
D x
Eb Gargano says
Yay! I am so happy to hear that! Yes, it will work with chicken… chicken thighs/legs (with skin on and bone in) work best in traybakes… just follow the recipe as written, but no need to turn the chicken… so actually even easier! I have quite a few other chicken traybakes on Easy Peasy Foodie if you want to try some different ones… just search ‘chicken traybake’ and they’ll all come up. Eb 🙂
Michelle says
Can you use beef sausages? as that is what l have in my freezer, looking forward to traybaking
Eb Gargano says
Absolutely! This will work with any kind of sausages. Enjoy traybaking 😀
Helen says
Used Linda McCartney plant based sausages and veg stock. Delicious and will make again but next time I might do as Mary Berrry and add white wine instead of stock.
Eb Gargano says
Aaah – good to hear this worked well with Linda McCartney sausages! Let me know what you think if you do try it with white wine… personally I prefer the stock version, but we all have different tastes, so I’d be very interested to hear your thoughts on how they compare. And thanks for the 5 stars! Eb 🙂
Elma Gahagan says
Great recipe, I usually make chicken tray bakes but we love this traybake, my husband loves gravy/sauce so I add 450 mls chicken stock. I mix a teaspoon of cornflour with a teaspoon of water and stir this in for last 5 minutes of cooking. I sometimes add small can of drained butter beans at halfway mark as again my husband loves them.
Eb Gargano says
Thanks for this lovely comment. I am so pleased to hear you like it so much… love your adaptations too! Eb 🙂
Louise says
I veganised this recipe using Richmond meat free sausages and veg stock. It went down a treat!
Eb Gargano says
Oh yay – so pleased to hear it worked out well with meat free sausages! Eb 🙂
Kathleen Horne says
Made this last night. Wow! Next level sausage tray bake!! Adding the stock makes all the difference. Really appreciate the tips and advice under Notes!! Very helpful. Will be making this again, it’s delicious. Thank you ??
Eb Gargano says
Aw, thanks Kathleen. I am so pleased to hear that you enjoyed it so much! Eb 🙂
Jess says
This recipe was SO easy and delicious! Never in my life would I have thought to add broth to a tray bake, but it made everything the perfect texture! Not to crunchy, not too soft. We love sausage but I have trouble getting it to cook evenly in a pan. This is going to be a new go-to!
Eb Gargano says
Aw, thanks so much for this lovely feedback! I’m delighted you’ve found a new go-to recipe 😀
Ashley Gill says
This is a great recipe, but I like to change it up quite a bit. I like to add carrots, I boil the potatoes and carrots together first for 12 mins to get them nice and soft in the middle.
Also, in of stock, I add gravy granules with red current jelly and red wine to make it a nice thick gravy. It’s gorgeous and like a Sunday roast. With the potatoes, I roast them separately and add them to the veg with three gravy at the end so it’s all nice and crispy and serve with yorkshire puds.
I’m from yorkshire, so this is perfect for me!
Eb Gargano says
Great to hear how you have adapted my recipe – sounds delicious!
Toni Long says
This is a wonderful recipe. I finished eating it in 10mins! Added carrots (as someone did in one of your comments). The whole thing was soooo easy to do and soooo delicious.
I am now looking up your chicken traybakes. Can’t wait until next Saturday to do one.
I think I will become a traybake fiend.
Eb Gargano says
That’s so great to hear. I am so pleased you liked this recipe so much and that it has got you excited to make more traybakes! (Huge traybake fiend over here!!) Eb 🙂
Samantha says
The sausages I had were pork & apple so I omitted the thyme and added some sage leaves. I had sprouts in my veg box so added those and some carrots too, and a chunked Braeburn apple.
Delicious and so easy!
Eb Gargano says
Yay – that’s so great to hear! Love the sound of your adaptations 😀 Thanks for this lovely review and especially the 5* rating! Eb 🙂