The Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner with Veggies and Pesto is about to become your new favorite one pan dinner recipe. This simple recipe pairs chicken sausage with a colorful variety of vegetables, all tossed in a pesto before roasting. It’s a comforting, satisfying meal prep dinner that requires minimal prep and clean-up.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Balanced Plate: Between the protein from the chicken sausage and the carbohydrates from the sweet potatoes, this meal is designed to keep you feeling satisfied.
- Minimal Prep, Easy Cleanup: Everything roasts on a single sheet pan lined with parchment paper, keeping your dishwashing to a minimum.
- Great for Meal Prep: This chicken sausage sheet pan meal holds up wonderfully in the fridge, making it a great option for a nourishing lunch the next day.
Ingredient Notes
- Savory Chicken Sausage: Look for a high-quality pre-cooked chicken sausage at your local grocery store. A sweet Italian chicken sausage or a chicken apple sausage flavor profile pairs well with the veggies and pesto.
- Sweet Potatoes: These provide a nourishing, fiber-rich foundation for our sheet pan sausage dinner.
- Pesto: We love to toss everything in the pesto before it hits the oven.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of ingredients and measurements.
Recipe Tips & Variations
- Switch Up the Veggies: This recipe is a starting point for cleaning out your fridge. Swapping in baby carrots, butternut squash, green beans, yellow onion, or russet potatoes works great depending on what you have on hand.
- Add a Touch of Heat: If your family loves a little kick, sprinkle a few red pepper flakes over the prepared baking sheet before roasting.
- Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Adjustments: This dinner is naturally gluten-free! To make it completely dairy-free, simply ensure your chosen chicken sausage brand is dairy-free, and use a vegan/dairy-free pesto. We even have our own recipe for a dairy-free basil cashew pesto you can follow!
- Vegetarian Swap: You can easily swap the package of chicken sausage for your favorite plant-based sausage links or a can of drained, rinsed chickpeas for a satisfying vegetarian option.
How to Make Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Meal
For the full recipe instructions, scroll down to the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil for easy cleanup.
Cut the red bell pepper, red onion, and sweet potatoes into uniform pieces (about ½ to 1 inch in size). Cut the broccoli into small florets and slice the pre-cooked chicken sausage into ¼-inch rounds.
Place all of the chopped vegetables and sliced chicken sausage into a large bowl. Add the pesto to the bowl and toss everything together until the veggies and sausage pieces are evenly coated.
Step 2: Pour the mixture onto your prepared baking sheet and spread everything out into a single, even layer so it roasts perfectly.
Place the sheet pan in the oven and bake for 25–30 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are easily pierced with a fork and the sausage edges are lightly crisped. Top with optional grated parmesan. Salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the oven, let cool slightly, and enjoy!
Pesto Lover? Try These Next!
You might also love our easy chicken pesto sliders with mozzarella and our fan favorite pesto crusted salmon.
Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner FAQs
Store any leftovers in individual airtight containers in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. The best way to reheat this sheet pan meal is to pop it back onto a baking sheet in the oven or air fryer at 350°F for 5–7 minutes to keep the veggies crisp, though a microwave works perfectly for a quick lunch!
Absolutely! If you prefer turkey sausage over chicken sausage, you can easily use it as a 1-to-1 swap. Just ensure you are buying pre-cooked sausage links so that the cooking time remains exactly the same.
This recipe is naturally gluten-free. To keep it dairy-free, use a dairy-free store-bought pesto (or make your own following our dairy-free basil cashew pesto recipe) and double-check your chicken sausage package ingredients.
No! Most store-bought chicken sausage comes fully pre-cooked.
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Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan With Veggies and Pesto
Ingredients
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 6 links chicken sausage
- 1 medium red onion
- 1 head of broccoli
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- ⅓ cup pesto
- Salt & pepper, to taste
- Grated parmesan, optional for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil for easy cleanup.
- Cut the red bell pepper, red onion, and sweet potatoes into uniform pieces (about ½ to 1 inch in size). Cut the broccoli into small florets and slice the pre-cooked chicken sausage into ¼-inch rounds.
- Place all of the chopped vegetables and sliced chicken sausage into a large bowl. Add the pesto to the bowl and toss everything together until the veggies and sausage pieces are evenly coated.
- Pour the mixture onto your prepared baking sheet and spread everything out into a single, even layer so it roasts evenly.
- Place the sheet pan in the oven and bake for 25–30 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are easily pierced with a fork and the sausage edges are lightly crisped. Top with optional grated parmesan. Salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the oven, let cool slightly, and enjoy!
Notes
- Save time/prep ahead: You can chop the sweet potatoes, bell peppers, and onion up to 2 days in advance. Store them together in an airtight container in the fridge so all you have to do on a busy weeknight is toss and bake. For a faster route, purchase pre-chopped broccoli florets or pre-cut sweet potato cubes from the grocery store.
- Dietary variations: To keep this recipe completely dairy-free, double check that your chicken sausage brand is dairy-free and swap the standard pesto for a vegan or dairy-free store-bought version. For a vegetarian plate, replace the sausage links with a can of rinsed chickpeas or your favorite plant-based sausage substitute.
- The recipe can be found on My Fitness Pal by searching "BWB Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner." The nutrition content provided for each recipe is an estimate created through the My Fitness Pal database. Please be aware that the nutritional content of each recipe may vary based on the products you use, the precision of your measurements, and the source you use to obtain nutrition data. While we try to provide accurate information, we give no guarantee regarding the accuracy of the nutritional information provided.
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