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This Italian Sausage and Potato Skillet recipe is the best tender potatoes recipe mixed with ground sausage, in the best creamy tomato sauce, and a handful of veggies.
As far as easy dinners go, this is a great main course that could be a complete meal if you want to! There are proteins, veggies, and starches all in one pot.
Make this sausage skillet recipe when you have a hankering for some delicious comfort food!
Why you’ll love this family favorite recipe!
I love that this potato sausage dinner is easy to make and only needs a few simple ingredients to get an amazing creamy sauce and tender potatoes mixed with the sausage. Making this a delicious potato recipe that is perfect to add to your easy weeknight meals.
Table of Contents
Ingredients for Italian Sausage & Potato Skillet:
- Oil: Add a little olive oil or avocado oil to saute the onions and bell peppers
- Onion: Use whatever onion you have on hand. I like to use diced yellow onion
- Pepper: Use either an orange or red bell pepper that has been seeded and diced
- Protein: Adding ground Italian sausage will give the best flavor to this potato skillet recipe
- Paste: Tomato paste will help add flavor and thicken up the creamy skillet meal
- Seasoning: A little simple Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and ground black pepper will be perfect
- Potatoes: Grab some baby gold potatoes and quarter them to add to the easy meal
- Broth: Add in either low-sodium vegetable broth or chicken broth to the skillet sausage dinner
- Cream: Heavy cream adds the perfect amount of richness to the cooked sausage dinner
- Veggies: Simple baby spinach is a great way to add a vegetable to this simple meal
- Cheese: Use shredded Parmesan cheese as the perfect addition to add another level of flavor
How to Make Italian Sausage & Potato Skillet:
Saute onion and pepper:
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Sauté the chopped onion and bell pepper for 4–5 minutes until softened.
Cook sausage and potatoes:
- Add the ground sausage and cook, breaking it apart with a spatula, until browned and fully cooked, about 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in the quartered baby potatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
Add broth and cream:
- Pour in the broth and heavy cream.
- Cover and simmer for 15–20 minutes, until potatoes are fork-tender.
Add cheese and spinach:
- Turn off the heat and stir in the spinach and Parmesan cheese.
- Serve hot, optionally with crusty bread or a side salad.
Italian Sausage and Potato Skillet
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ yellow onion, diced
- 1 large bell pepper, diced
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- ½ lb baby gold potatoes, quartered
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 cup low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup baby spinach
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, or more to taste
Instructions
Saute onion and pepper:
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Sauté the chopped onion and bell pepper for 4–5 minutes until softened.
Cook sausage and potatoes:
- Add the ground sausage and cook, breaking it apart with a spatula, until browned and fully cooked, about 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in the quartered baby potatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
Add broth and cream:
- Pour in the broth and heavy cream.
- Cover and simmer for 15–20 minutes, until potatoes are fork-tender.
Add cheese and spinach:
- Turn off the heat and stir in the spinach and Parmesan cheese.
- Serve hot, optionally with crusty bread or a side salad.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How to store an easy skillet recipe:
Fridge: In an airtight container, add any leftover sausage skillet and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days, or take it out for a simple lunch the next day.
Tips and tricks for making the sausage and potatoes skillet recipe:
Type of sausage:
When making this recipe, I like to use ground sausage. But you could use spicy sausage or even chicken sausage if you prefer.
Potatoes to use:
For this comforting meal, I like to use the little golden potatoes. But baby reds or just chopped golden potatoes would work as well in this weeknight dinner.
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