This Sticky Sausage Tray Bake combines sausages with veggies and shortcut sweet sauce, thrown together in minutes – you can’t go wrong. Such an easy midweek favourite!
This Easy Sticky Sausage Tray Bake is comfort food packaged in one healthy meal that is super easy and so delicious.
I know those midweek healthy dinners can be eyed up with suspicion sometimes, especially when the vegetables aren’t hidden. But there’s one never-fail option that you should definitely take – sausages. This all-in-one sausage tray bake is almost like a roast dinner without the faff.
Then there’s the sticky sauce that lifts the whole thing. Any doubters on marmalade out there, please give this a go before you write it off. I don’t like marmalade on toast but I love this. It’s a fab shortcut to sweet sticky sauce and kids will give it the thumbs up!
Why you’ll love this Sausage Tray Bake recipe
⭐️ Preparation is short and sweet
⭐️ Warmed up leftovers can be plated up the day after
⭐️ It’s a one-pot winner with the whole family!
About this Sausage Tray Bake recipe
You know how much I love a one pot recipe, and this is as easy as they come! Simply put all of the ingredients onto a baking tray and bake for 45 minutes… a total hit of a hands-off meal.
Sausages are a fantastic ingredient for making a hearty family dinner in lots of different ways. They’re value for money, easy to work with and usually everyone loves them.
If you love this recipe you should also give these sausage recipes a try: Foolproof Toad in the Hole, Cowboy Pie, Slow Cooker Sausage Stew and Creamy Sausage Pasta.
Sausage Tray Bake Ingredients
- Onions – Red or white onions are fine
- Carrots
- Leeks
- Baking potatoes
- Pork sausages – Use whichever sausages you like. The cooking times are for large, thick sausages. If you are using thinner chipolata-type sausages, they will take less time to cook, so roast your veggies for one hour (in total) but add your sausages during this time, according to pack instructions
- Olive oil – Regular, NOT extra virgin
- Dried thyme
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Marmalade – See notes below on this
How to make Sticky Sausage Tray Bake
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- Put the vegetables and sausages onto a baking tray and toss together with oil, thyme and seasoning.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the sausages are starting to turn golden.
- Flip the sausages over, spoon on the marmalade and cook for another 15 minutes.
Substitutions
- Sausages – If you prefer you could try chicken sausages if you don’t eat pork, or veggie sausages will be great too. Just check timings and adjust the instructions if you need to.
- Vegetables – You can choose any equivalent of root veg, which always roasts the best. But always go for what you and your family enjoys the most, bearing in mind some ingredients may need less time in the oven.
Leftovers
In the fridge These are great for leftovers as a lunch or dinner another day! You can keep this recipe in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat fully in the microwave or in the oven (covered with foil) before serving.
In the freezer This recipe doesn’t freeze particularly well as the ingredients might break apart when defrosting and reheating again. That said, you can freeze it, it just won’t be at its best.
Top tips for making Sausage Tray Bake
Marmalade!
This is the secret ingredient to getting that sticky, sweet sauce. But shhh… don’t tell the kids! They will love it to eat but, if I told them what it was? Probably not!
Any type of marmalade is fine to use. Even if you think you don’t like marmalade (I would never eat it on toast ordinarily), please give it a go in this. It’s just such an easy shortcut to heaps of taste.
Casserole mix
This is one of my favourite kitchen hacks. Sometimes supermarkets stock bags of pre-chopped vegetables (Aldi and Waitrose both do I know, but not all year sadly!)
If you can get hold of these, substitute the chopped vegetables in the recipe for 2 bags. The one I use includes potatoes. If yours doesn’t, you can also add these in separately.
FAQs
Yes! My other one-pan tray bake wins to try out are Spanish Chicken and Chorizo, Italian Cod with Pancetta, Chicken Fajitas and Honey Mustard Chicken.
Yes but I would defrost them beforehand.
Yes, just replace the sausages with a vegetarian alternative and adjust the cooking time if needed.
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Sticky Sausage Tray Bake {Easy & Delicious}
Ingredients
- 2 Onions Peeled and cut into chunks.
- 3 Carrots Peeled and cut into chunks.
- 2 Large leeks Washed well and cut into large chunks.
- 4 Large baking potatoes Cut into large chunks.
- 500 g Pork sausages
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Dried thyme
- Salt and pepper
- 100 g Marmalade
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- Put the vegetables and sausages onto a baking tray and toss with the olive oil, thyme and salt and pepper.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until just starting to turn golden.
- Flip the sausages, spoon over the marmalade and cook for a final 15 minutes.
Kim Carberry says
Oh wow! These look and sound amazing. My mouth is watering just reading this.
Pamela says
Just made this recipe for tea it taste amazing
Kate - gluten free alchemist says
Yummy recipe! We adore sausages here and always love to find new ways to eat them.
I am so pleased to see the addition of marmalade. My all time favourite sandwich is sausage and marmalade, but whenever I eat one, it draws stares of hideousness as if I am eating a baby! But it is such a great pairing….. x
Janice says
Really tasty, and simple to set up and cook.
Kerry B says
Oh my goodness – fab recipe and SO easy! Sent the link to three friends with kids straight away
Sarah Barnes says
Ahhh so pleased you liked it Kerry. Thanks for the lovely comment x
Ellen says
Soo yummy and quick to make
Ashleigh martin says
Absolutely amazing! Fancied something a little different for a Sunday dinner. This was a perfect alternative. Super easy to make. Went down really well. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe
Victoria says
Just been introduced to you, what a game changer! I cooked this Monday night and my teenager loved it, he normally moans about everything I cook. Trying another recipe tonight! Do you have a book? I would love to buy it.
Faye says
So easy I was able to leave the prep in someone else’s hands while I nipped out!
Loved the extra touch with the marmalade… sure added a nice sweet tangy twist. Will be making for a bugger bunch when the time calls.
Keep them coming Sarah – great work
Sarah Barnes says
So glad you liked it Faye!
Kay Stevens says
Kids loved it, Partner loved it! A quick, tasty, midweek meal. Will definitely do again!
Mim says
This one would work in the slow cooker too, right? Add the marmalade just before the end?
Ciara says
This was sooo good! Made with vegetarian sausage and the whole family (even meat eaters) enjoyed
Racheal says
Super easy and delicious! The marmalade is definitely the secret ingredient! It went down so well with my fussy partner and toddler. I added butternut squash too :p
Angela says
Tasy and easy one pan dinner. Lots of chance to add different vegetables and use up those odd bits at the end of the week. A firm favorite with everyone!
Sarah M says
Made this for the first time tonight. Both myself and my children(who can be fussy at times!) loved it. Will definitely be making this again. Thank you very much for the recipe :).
Debbie says
Hi Sarah is this 200 fan or electric . Thanks
Jenna says
I don’t have any marmalade, in my desperation I’ve mixed black cherry conserve with balsamic vinegar about 3 tbsp jam to 1 1/2 tbsp balsamic. It tastes good I’m hoping it’ll be a good enough glaze! Nothing beats marmalade though!!!
Jenna says
Just thought I’d update after using black cherry conserve and balsamic. I added a gravy with some of the glaze. My toddler ate the sausages?! Once again thank you for making my life easier, my husband said it was super tasty too!!
Jenna says
Made this last night and was delicious. I had been wanting to make it for a while, it was a huge hit! So easy as well which is definitely a bonus.
Becks says
So simple and delicious and the whole family loved it!
Clair says
This dish is absolutely delicious, clean plates all round, very simple to prepare. The kids have asked for it again already. Thanks for the recipe.
Jess says
This is a weekly dish for us now.
I love how easy it is to prep and cook.
The added marmalade really makes this dish!
Heather says
This was so good..
Easy to make, so simple but so tasty
Definitely a favourite
Kim says
Oh my !!! I honestly don’t usually comment on anything ! But this meal was delicious 🥰
Kirsty says
This is now part of our weekly rotation… we (including the fussy kids) love it!
Linda says
OMG! Never in a million years would I have thought to use marmalade in a dish like this! It’s so delicious! I tossed in a cut-up red bell pepper for the last 15 minutes, and was out of potatoes so tossed with cooked penne when finished roasting. Will make with potatoes next time and am sure it will be equally delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Pam Nunes says
Yum yum. Very moreish
Jenny says
I am so looking forward to making this it looks delicious but I’m pretty sure it’s going to take me a lot longer than 5 minutes to peel and chop all of those vegetables. Is that time correct? Thanks, Jenny
Sarah Rossi says
Obviously everyone is different Jenny, feel free to time yourself!