17 Delicious and Easy Smoked Sausage Dinner Recipes
These smoked sausage dinner recipes feature a variety of easy and delicious dishes that will take the stress out of weeknight cooking.
From simple sheet pan meals to hearty one-pot pasta creations, there’s a smoky and flavorful dish here for every craving.
Smoked sausage is one of those ingredients that’s great to keep on hand in the freezer. It’s so versatile that it can add the most incredible, robust, and smoky flavors to just about any recipe.
Whether it’s sizzling in a skillet or smothered in a creamy cheese sauce, smoked sausage can transform an ordinary dish into a mouthwatering meal. And that’s what you can expect with these recipes!
Why We Love These Sausage Recipes
These recipes show you just how many wonderful ways you can add smoked sausage to your menu planning. And because the sausage is already seasoned, most of these dinner ideas only require a few other simple ingredients.
It not only comes seasoned but most smoked sausage types are pre-cooked. This helps to speed up the cooking process, creating delicious, hearty, weeknight dinners in a snap.
But the best thing about these recipes is they offer an array of flavorful options, all in one place. With all of these choices, even your pickiest eaters will find a new favorite go-to recipe.
You can enjoy each of these dishes just as they are, or with a slice of homemade Cheddar No Knead Bread, Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits, or this Rosemary Garlic Bread.
Common Types of Smoked Sausage
The best part about most of these recipes is that you can swap out regular pork or beef smoked sausage with whatever you have on hand. Here are some of the most common types used in recipes.
- Smoked turkey or chicken sausage: Chicken and turkey sausage has a mild flavor compared to regular ground pork sausage. The flavors work well with pasta dishes, stir-fries, or even as a pizza topping.
- Italian sausage: Mixed with herbs and spices like fennel, garlic, and red pepper flakes, this type of sausage has bold, savory flavors. It’s also great on pizza, but it’s commonly used in sausage and pepper skillets and lasagna recipes. I’ve also used it in these stuffed mushrooms.
- Andouille sausage: This sausage is known to have a bold and fiery kick from red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper. It’s awesome in gumbo, jambalaya, and other Cajun or Creole recipes.
- Polish sausages: This sausage is also known as kielbasa. It has a bold and smoky flavor profile that pairs well with tangy sauerkraut or creamy potatoes.
Sausage fans will want to try this Pan Roasted Bratwurst recipe, too.
Smoked Sausage FAQs
Cooked smoked sausage can last in the refrigerator for up to 3 to 4 days when stored in an airtight container.
Smoked sausage is made from ground pork, beef, chicken, or turkey. It’s seasoned with different herbs and spices depending on the type. Smoked sausage is cured and smoked which enhances its flavor.
If you bought too much sausage at the grocery store to make these recipes, throw it back in the fridge. The next day use it to make omelets, breakfast burritos, or frittatas for a hearty breakfast. You can also freeze it (as long as it wasn’t frozen before) and throw it into your next pot of soup.
More Delicious Dinner Recipes
10 Delicious and Easy Smoked Sausage Dinner Recipes
Ingredients
- Cheesy Potato and Smoked Sausage Casserole
- Italian Rigatoni with Smoked Sausage
- Smoked Sausage Green Bean Potato Casserole
- Smoked Sausage Cajun Alfredo
- Southern Fried Potatoes with Sausage
- Smoked Sausage with Peppers and Rice
- One Pot Smoked Sausage Pasta
- Sausage and Peppers Skillet
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies
- Texas Cowboy Stew
- Cream Cheese Smoked Sausage Pasta
- Garden Vegetable Smoke Sausages
- Slow Cooker Cabbage and Sausage
- BBQ Smoked Sausage Chili
- Bean Soup with Sausage
- Potato Kielbasa Soup
- Perogies and Sausage Skillet
Instructions
- Choose a smoked sausage dinner recipe.
- Gather up the ingredients.
- Cook and enjoy!
