How to Bake Italian Sausage with Peppers

Looking for a quick and easy meal? Learn how to bake italian sausage for a simple, versatile sheet pan dinner!

Hi guys, I’m Sharon popping over from 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. 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. 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, take it out when it’s done! It seriously made me want to start turning all our meals into sheet pan dinners.

I love this roasted sausage and peppers sheet pan meal for a few reasons. It’s a pretty simple meal in itself – 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, chop up the sausage and peppers and use it as a filling for lasagna, add them to a roll for grinders, or 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 king in my house. Enjoy!

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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.

Want more Italian sausage recipes? Try these on for size!

Italian Sausage Pasta Skillet Recipe

Sausage Rolls with Arugula

Quinoa with Sausage and Roasted Brussels Sprouts