Sheet Pan Sausage, Sweet Potatoes, and Onions
Summary
How to make Sheet Pan Sausage, Sweet Potatoes, and Onions
Sheet Pan Sausage, Sweet Potatoes, and Onions
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Peel and dice your potatoes into ½ “dices. Peel your onions, cut in half and then cut each half into quarters.
- Prick each sausage with a fork 4-5 times.
- Add your onions and potatoes into a large bowl, coat with 2 T of the olive oil, and the all-purpose rub. Place the veggies on the prepared baking sheet. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Take the pan out of the oven.
- Coat the sausages in the remaining 1 T of olive oil. Place the sausages on the other half of the baking sheet. Place back in the oven and roast for another 25 minutes.
- When done, take the pan out of the oven, pour the lime juice and zest over the veggies and give it a mix. Serve and enjoy!
- Put all ingredients into a mason jar and shake. This rub is great on chicken and pork. This can be stored in your spice cabinet up to a year.
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Let us know how it was!All-Purpose Rub: make, store, and uses
Combine the All-Purpose Rub ingredients in a mason jar and shake until blended.
Use the rub on chicken and pork, or wherever you like the flavor. Store the blended rub in your spice cabinet; it can be kept for up to a year.
Why the timing matters (par-roasting the veggies first)
The recipe’s two-stage roasting—vegetables first, then adding the sausages—gives the sweet potatoes and onions time to soften and begin to caramelize before the sausages go on the pan. Roasting at 425 degrees encourages browning and sweeter, deeper flavor; adding the sausages after the initial 20 minutes helps prevent the sausages from overcooking while the denser vegetables finish.
Why prick the sausages — and how to tell they’re done
Pricking each sausage a few times lets steam and some fat escape as they heat, which reduces the chance of the skins bursting and helps them brown more evenly on the pan.
Equipment & pan tips for even roasting
Lining the sheet pan with parchment, as the recipe instructs, makes cleanup easier and helps prevent sticking. The recipe’s ½-inch dice for the sweet potatoes gives pieces a consistent size so they cook at a similar rate to the onions and caramelize during the initial 20 minutes in the oven.
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