Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage & Veggies With Maple-Thyme Drizzle

diciembre 22, 2024

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Inside: Need an easy weeknight dinner? This Skillet Chicken Sausage and Vegetables bakes in 30 minutes and is slathered with a flavorful, kid-friendly sauce.

A white bowl with chicken sausage and vegetables in frying pan with a fork.

READER REVIEW:

“I have two picky eaters – both of my kids ate everything! Thank you for such a simple and delicious food recipe!

This has quickly become one of our favorite weeknight meals.

As a cook and dietician, I love that it’s quick, easy, and full of vegetables.

As the resident dishwasher, my husband appreciates that there is only one tray to clean.

Ingredients for skillet chicken sausage and vegetables lie on a gray countertop.

Ingredients You Need for Skillet Chicken and Vegetable Sausages

Sweet potato
4-Link Chicken Sausage: I use ALDI Apple Chicken Sausage. You can also exchange in kielbasa.
Broccoli
Bell pepper: Choose a sweet type (look for red, yellow or orange), not green pepper which is more bitter.
Maple syrup: Use pure maple syrup, which only has one ingredient (maple syrup)
Olive oil
Mustard: You can use Dijon or stone ground.
Garlic
Thyme: I use dried thyme.
Salt: I use kosher salt

A white plate with cut sweet potatoes, sausage, broccoli and red pepper.

How to Make Skillet Chicken and Vegetable Sausages

These are the basic steps. See recipe card for full details.

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Chop potatoes, sausages, broccoli, and peppers – everything should be bite-sized so it cooks evenly (and can be eaten without a knife!).
Prepare the sauce: Mix all the sauce ingredients and set aside.
Bake the potatoes first: this gives them a head start in the cooking process. After 15 minutes, add everything else, drizzle or brush with sauce and continue baking.
Drizzle over the rest of the sauce, pour into bowls and enjoy.

On it is a small jar of sauce. a counter with a silver spoon inside.

Tips for preparing this meal

Use a baking sheet that is large enough. I recommend a half sheet pan, which measures approximately 18″ x 13″.
If you want to make a larger portion, use a second baking sheet. Crowding things on a sheet can cause uneven baking.
Feel free to mix everything together on the baking sheet or keep them separate as shown below (tip: picky eaters might appreciate keeping things separate!).

A tray bake with pan-fried chicken sausages and vegetables lies on a white countertop.

Variations

Use your favorite type of sausage or kielbasa.
Make the sauce with honey instead of maple syrup.
Switch out vegetables your family likes best, like white potatoes instead of sweet potatoes, fresh green beans instead of peppers, or halved Brussels sprouts instead of broccoli.

A white plate of skillet chicken sausage and vegetables sits on a countertop with a brown linen napkin and a glass of water.

What can you serve with this meal?

This meal is great with buttered bread or garlic bread.

How should I store leftovers?

Put them in an airtight container and refrigerate. Eat within three days.

Can I make this vegetarian?

Absolutely. Just use plant-based sausages.

Ingredients

2 cups diced sweet potato
4 links chicken sausage
2 cups broccoli florets
1 bell pepper, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 tablespoon + 3 teaspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon mustard (Dijon or stone ground)
2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
Cut the sweet potato, broccoli and peppers into small pieces.
In a medium bowl, toss sweet potato with 1 teaspoon olive oil and place on baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
While the sweet potato is baking, whisk together the sauce ingredients in a small dish: maple syrup, 1 tablespoon olive oil, mustard, garlic, thyme, and salt.
In the same bowl you added the potatoes, toss the sausage, broccoli, and pepper with 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Place on a baking sheet with the potatoes, spread with half the sauce and bake for 15 more minutes.
Remove from the oven, spread with the remaining sauce and serve.