Need a quick dinner idea? In just 30 minutes you can have this Creamy Sausage and Potatoes on the table! It’s the perfect easy dinner and one of our favorite sausage and potatoes recipes.
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Simple, quick dinners are one of my favorite things ever! I’m all about finding ways to get a satisfying meal on the table without needing to spend hours in the kitchen, especially with school starting again and trying to get back into a more scheduled routine.
Because as much as I love being in the kitchen, I’d much rather spend that time hanging out with my family when they’re around, you know?
I was trying to figure out what to make for dinner recently and remembered this Creamy Sausage and Potatoes dish that my mom used to make when I was a girl. I was a super picky eater (yup, unfortunately, it’s true!), but this was one dish I was always happy to see sitting on the table when we gathered for dinner.
Little did I know that one of the reasons my mom made it so often was because it’s easy to make and inexpensive too!
The thing that takes this dish from “just okay” to “wow” is good quality, seasoned ground sausage. Because the rest of the dish is pretty basic, the sausage really makes all the difference. Its flavor will permeate each bite, so it’s worth choosing a good brand for this sausage and potatoes recipe.
When I make it, I love using Shady Brook Farm’s Mild Italian Turkey Sausage- it tastes just like what I remember my mom making! And the great thing about turkey is that it’s a lean, healthier substitute for traditional pork sausage.
I also love that Shady Brook Farms works with more than 700 independent farmers who raise their turkeys without growth-promoting antibiotics! I don’t know about you, but I’m all for avoiding hormones in my food as much as possible!
I kind of knew my family would like this Creamy Sausage and Potatoes, but it still made my day when I was met with these comments: “Mom, this is really good!” (from our pickiest eater) and “You need to make this again!” and “Wow, this is very tasty, Babe!” Our 18 mo. old gave her own approval by eating thirds.
And me? Well, I thoroughly enjoyed every bite. But what made it even better was the fact that it took me just a tad over 30 minutes, start to finish, to get this dinner on the table. Now that, my friends, is a true winner!
Creamy Sausage and Potatoes- a simple, quick dinner
Creamy Sausage and Potatoes- a 30 minute dinner
Ingredients
- 1 lb. quality ground Itialian sausage
- 1 med. onion, chopped
- 4 to 4 ½ c. potatoes, diced into ½ in. chunks (no need to peel, unless you want too!)
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 1 ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 1 c. milk
- parsley optional
Instructions
- Fry sausage and onion until browned.
- Add enough water to cover sausage, then simmer for 10 minutes. Do not drain!
- While sausage is cooking, dice potatoes. (I love using my Vidalia Chop Wizard for dicing the potatoes. Super fast!)
- Add the potatoes, salt and pepper to meat.
- Cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
- While the potatoes are cooking, whisk milk and flour together until smooth.
- Add to the sausage and potato mixture and cook on low to medium heat just until thickened, stirring occasionally.
- Top with parsley and ENJOY!
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Leslie
Yummy!! Subbed low sodium broth for the water, added carrots, celery, spinach, and parm.
FANTASTIC!
Also, for those complaining about greasiness—I used chicken Italian sausage and didn’t run into this issue.
Thank you for sharing!
Lydia Beiler
Thanks for sharing this, Leslie! I love the idea of adding in those veggies.
Ellie
This was so so good! Even my picky eater ate it and asked for seconds.
I did drain the meat after cooking it, and also after adding the water and potatoes to avoid the grease. No grease and it was great! Thanks for the easy, delicious breakfast/dinner recipe! Will be making this again.
Lydia Beiler
I always love hearing when a recipe I share is a hit with a picky eater! So glad you all enjoyed it, Ellie!
Adriana Oginski
This was delicious, I added some cream cheese, celery and carrots. It was really good.
Lydia Beiler
Those sound like tasty additions, Adriana! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Sue
Horribly greasy! I strained the sausage several times and it just didn’t work.
Donna Shaynak
I just made this for tonight’s supper. I live alone, so I only made a half recipe.Oh my words, it is so quick and easy…and pure DELICIOUSNESS. I served it over toast and topped it with little shredded cheddar. Thank you so much for sharing.
Lydia Beiler
I’m so happy to hear that you loved this! And serving it with toast and cheese sounds delicious. Yum!
Warren
I just wanted to say thank you for this recipe, it allowed me to make something different out of ground sausage and while I followed the recipe for the most part, I tweaked it a little by adding brussel sprouts and cheese and it was a hit with my little guy!
Lydia Beiler
You are so very, welcome, Warren! Delighted to hear that it was a hit. And the brussel sprout addition sound fantastic.
Kim
Made it tonight for my family as a quick and easy meal. It was a hit! They added cheese to the top and I served it with biscuits. My husband suggests mushrooms next time. Great recipe.
Lydia Beiler
Cheese is always a fun addition! Glad you all enjoyed it, Kim.
Jane
I followed directions. It was so greasy I wasted expensive organic and on the leaner side for pork sausage. I wondered why recipe didn’t say to drain it, less a tablespoon or so, but followed directions. Then re-read after epic failure that you used a turkey sausage brand that was in parentheses. Please clarify in your title that it is Turkey Sausage for people like me that might miss that. I bet it’s good and will try again with chicken or turkey.
Lydia Beiler
I’m sorry that it turned out too greasy for you, Jane. I know how frustrating it is to make a recipe and feel like you wasted good ingredients! You are right, the recipe did say that I used turkey sausage. I did just remove that in the recipe card though because I have actually made this recipe many, many times using various brands of regular sausage and have never had an issue with it being too greasy (and I really don’t like greasy food).
For what it’s worth, this recipe is one my mom made when I was younger and she also used any brand of sausage that she had on hand. The reason I used turkey sausage here was because years ago I partnered with Shady Brook Farms to create awareness about their turkey sausage and this is one of the recipes that they partnered with me on. All that to say, the turkey sausage isn’t actually an important thing, which is why I only had it in parenthesis in the recipe card.
I do hope you can try the recipe again and try draining off some of the grease, since your sausage sounds like it produced more than you like. I think you will enjoy it!
Lawrence C Gracee
My mom has always made this growing up with the exception that she cooks the sausage, adds 2 lbs sausage, a large amount of sliced potatoes, covers completely with water and brings everything together to a hard boil stirring occasionally until potatoes are tender. My mom has always made it this way which I have as well for many years now. I’m going to juice milk and flour with mine for the first time for a change of pace. Something different! Thank you
Lydia Beiler
I hope you love this version as much as my family does, Lawrence!
Tammy
This was really good. Mine thickened nicely but I did serve it in bowls. Only change is I topped it with cheese. I will definately make it again.
Lydia Beiler
Delighted that it was a winner with you, Tammy!