Baked Italian Sausages in Oven with Peppers

Looking for a quick and easy meal? Learn how to bake Italian sausage for a simple, versatile sheet pan dinner! So, this recipe gives you not only a dish but many more. Starting with some simple steps, you can improvise and cook lasagna, burritos, or pasta from the Italian sausages with peppers. However, you can always just stick to the main recipe and enjoy your hearty delicious dinner.

First of all, let’s learn what an Italian sausage exactly is. Therefore, in North America, Italian sausage (“salsiccia” in Italian) most often refers to a style of pork sausage. So, the main difference in Italian sausage when compared to other sausages is the seasoning. In addition, the particular ingredient that usually sets Italian sausage apart is fennel. Also, this is a licorice-scented herb that gives Italian sausage its unique taste that is different than other types of sausage.

Baked Italian Sausage

A sausage is a kind of meat that is formed with ground meat, mainly pork, chicken, and beef combined with salt, spices, and other seasonings. This sausage and peppers are famous Italian-American dishes that southern Italian migrant workers introduced to America.  Throughout the early 1920s, it is a very popular food that they eat it at parties and street festivals.

Grilled, broiled, or pan-fried Italian sausages are combined with sautéed bell peppers and onions that have been seasoned with vinegar and traditional Italian herbs including basil, parsley, oregano, and thyme. You can serve the flavourful sausage & pepper combo on its own or occasionally with sauce. You can eat sausage and peppers plain, on spaghetti, or in Italian sandwiches. Also, there are sweet and spicy varieties of Italian sausage. So, it is typically served grilled with giardiniera or other vegetables and is not usually preserved.

The richness of peppers and the spiciness and juiciness of Italian sausage make for a traditional Italian dish that shouldn’t be messed with. The one dish you must have at least once in your life is baked Italian sausage with peppers. This is similar to the traditional but quicker and more delicious. The entire family like this sausage and peppers recipe because it is flavourful and so easy to make that it can go from the refrigerator to the oven in as little as 10 minutes.

More About Baked Italian Sausage

This recipe is mouthwatering and very quick.  Although they are usually made on the stove, this baked form is a simple preparation method and easy to clean. This dish is cooked with vegetables, savory Italian sausage, and a wonderful herby sauce to top it off. It is also among the simplest methods for correctly cooking Italian sausage. The popular Italian traditional mix of sausages, peppers, and onions has endured for a reason: It provides substantial flavor with no effort and is just delicious. This dish has a flavor that is both spicy from the Italian sausages’ flavor and savory from sauce and herbs, but not excessively spicy.

How To Bake Italian Sausage?

Hi guys, I’m Sharon popping over from the What The Fork Food Blog. It’s my first time here as a contributor, and it’s nice to meet you! Today I want to show you how to bake Italian sausage and turn it into a sheet pan dinner! Sausage is always a hit in my house. So, we have it with spaghetti, for breakfast, in grinders, on pizza, in baked pasta, in soup, stuffed into olives, etc. Therefore, it never goes to waste.

I’ve been intrigued by all these sheet pan dinners I’ve been seeing on Pinterest – where everything is all thrown onto one baking pan and baked all at once for an easy dinner. So, after recently making a chicken sheet pan dinner, I was hooked. SO EASY! Only one pan to clean! Prep it, pop it in the oven, and take it out when it’s done! It seriously made me want to start turning all our meals into sheet pan dinners.

Italian Sausage Is a Versatile Recipe

I love this roasted sausage and peppers sheet pan meal for a few reasons. It’s a pretty simple meal itself, so you can pair it with a salad, and dinner is done But wait! You can easily take this meal up a notch.

• Toss the roasted sausage and peppers with some olive oil and pasta for a more filling meal.
• Also, you can chop up the sausage and peppers and use them as a filling for lasagna. That will be a tasty lasagna with an Italian twist!
• Additionally, you can also chop the sausages and peppers and prepare some fine burritos.
• You can even just prep this whole pan and portion it out for easy (and delicious!) lunches during the week.

The versatility of this easy dish is what makes it sing. It’s one of those base recipes that can do it all and be whatever you want it to be. This amount of sausage in this recipe can also easily be doubled or tripled, so you can make a few types of meals out of it. As a busy mom, recipes like that are stars in my house. Enjoy!

Italian Sausage in Oven With Peppers Recipe

All in all, here is a fantastic recipe that will most certainly blow your mind! It is insanely easy and quick! So, give it a try and tell me what you think about it.

Ingredients And Notes

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Sausage

Sausages include significant amounts of iron and vitamin B-12, both of which are necessary for forming hemoglobin and healthy red blood cells. If all you have is a sausage that has already been cooked, you need less time and less effort for the preparation of this recipe. Use the flavor of your choice cook with beef, pork, chicken, or turkey sausages and sweet, mild, hot, or spicy flavors. They are famous as Italian recipes or Sicilian-style sausages in the UK.

Bell peppers

Red pepper is the richest source of vitamin C. Additionally, peppers are a significant source of fiber and vitamin A. So, bell peppers of any color will work great.  For a lively supper, choose a colorful range of red, yellow, and orange. the small sweet peppers have a great flavor. sausage needs more time to cook but peper are ready in a few minutes so add after the sausage and lock its flavour.

Red onion

These aromatics significantly enhance flavor. It stops the growth of cancer cells. Sulfur molecules, which are abundant in red onions, shield the body from malignancies and ulcers. Any onion would work in this meal, but the red onion has a stronger flavor.

Olive oil

Extra virgin olive oil is a fantastic ingredient to keep in your kitchen pantry since it has a deep flavor, is versatile, and has many health advantages. So, this is the base of the sauce that the veggies will be tossed in and will provide the best flavor. Then, pour olive oil over the peppers to add flavor and promote roasting.

Seasoning

It is a delectable combination of several spices that makes a superb addition to enhance the Italian flavor combination. Vitamins A and B6 are also present in trace amounts in some herbs. Furthermore, Italian seasoning has a somewhat higher content of vitamin C than is often found in dried herbs.

Why Make this Italian Sausage with Peppers Recipe?

• very simple and Easy to make in 10 minutes.
• Olive oil and sauce easily give a tonne of flavor.
• This adaptable, simple dinner can be served in different ways without much extra effort.
• Prepare a meal of sausage and peppers in a matter of minutes. 
• You can use your baked Italian sausages to your favorite sub bun for a traditional favorite or serve it as a straightforward low-carb meal.
• When preparing sausage for a large group, it is simple to double or triple the recipe and use many sheet pans.
• Keto, low carb, gluten-free, and dairy-free.

Health Benefits Italian Sausages

This nutritious meat has countless health advantages! Just 5 are on the list below:

·   enhancing tissue well-being.

·   Supports healthy blood circulation

·   Maintains a healthy appearance

·   Prevents a migraine

·   Stops illness.

Storage Tips

Store: You can keep the baked sausage with peppers and onions leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days when sealed in a container.

Reheat: Place in a small skillet and cook through over medium-low heat to reheat. you can cut the sausage into pieces to speed up the reheating.

Freeze: Sausage, peppers, and onions are freezer-friendly foods. Freeze for up to two months after placing in an airtight container. Before heating on the stovetop, let the food defrost overnight in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Information Italian Sausage

Per serving

Calories	290 kcal	Carbohydrates	10 g
Protein	14 g	Fat	23 g
Saturated Fat	4 g	Potassium	169 mg
Iron	1 mg	Saturated Fat	1 g
Vitamin A	1335IU	Fiber	1 g
Sugar	3 g	Vitamin C	96 mg
Cholesterol	60 mg	Calcium	20 mg

Final Thoughts

Finally, it’s your time to share your experience with this recipe and all your thoughts on it. So, tell me everything in the comments section: What do you think about Italian sausages and their particular flavor? Did you find it hard to learn how to bake Italian sausages? Did your kids enjoy this dish? Additionally, did you go for the main recipe, or did you improvise? If so, what did you add, and what was your final result?

Also, please, do not hesitate to ask further questions on this topic in the comments. I will make sure to answer you as soon as possible! Last but not least, if you are eager to find out more recipes that include Italian sausages, I got you! So, try these three winners of mine to add an Italian twist to your dishes!