How to Bake Italian Sausages with Peppers

Looking for a quick and easy meal? Learn how to bake Italian sausages for a simple, versatile sheet pan dinner! This recipe gives you not only a dish but many more. Starting with some simple steps, you can improvise and end up cooking 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. 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. This is a licorice-scented herb that gives Italian sausage its unique taste that is different than other types of sausage.

How To Bake Italian Sausages: EXPERIENCE & TIPS

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. 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.

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 it 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 Sausages With Peppers: RECIPE

All in all, here is the 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.

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How to Bake Italian Sausage with Peppers

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Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

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Ingredients

• 1 pound Italian sausage
• 1 red pepper sliced
• 1 orange pepper sliced
• 1/2 large red onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper

Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 pound Italian sausage 1 red pepper sliced 1 orange pepper sliced 1/2 large red onion chopped 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place the sausage, red pepper slices, orange pepper slices, and onion on a large sheet pan with sides. Drizzle with the Italian seasoning, olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Toss together and make sure everything is coated with the oil and seasonings.
3. Spread the sausage and peppers out on the pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until the sausage is no longer pink in the middle.
4. Optional: Place the sausage under the broiler for a minute or two after baking to brown the sausage and char the peppers a bit.

Recipe Notes

• Use enough olive oil to coat all of the vegetables and sausage. You may need to use a bit more depending on how much sausage you use and how big your peppers are.
• Use Italian seasoning to taste. If you’re eating the sausage and peppers as is, you may want to use a bit more. I usually use a little less because I’m adding the sausage and peppers to other dishes and I don’t want the Italian seasoning competing with other flavors I might be using.

Final Toughts

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 any further questions on this topic in the comments too. 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! Try these three winners of mine for adding an Italian twist to your dishes!