Easy Sausage Casserole For Kids

A quick and easy sausage casserole recipe with a smooth, thick gravy. It's a hearty and comforting meal that's perfect for busy weeknights. The whole family, especially the kids, will love the rich flavours and tender sausages.

You might also like my easy sausage hotpot recipe! Another tasty one-pot meal using sausages!

This simple sausage casserole is perfect cold-weather comfort food, easily adaptable, and delicious served with mashed potatoes or rice, and seasonal vegetables like roasted Tenderstem broccoli and air fryer asparagus.

👩‍🍳 Love sausages? Try my easy slow cooker sausage casserole too!

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• ✔️ Why should you try it?
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• Top Tips
• 🍴 Serving suggestions
• 📖 Variations
• 🥡 Storage
• ❓ FAQS
• 😋Related recipes
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✔️ Why should you try it?

1. It's a hearty and satisfying meal that's perfect for the colder months when you're craving something warm and comforting.
2. The recipe requires minimal prep and only uses one pot, which means less washing up for you!
3. Loved by adults and kids alike. It's also a really versatile dish that can be served with a variety of sides, making it easy to please everyone.
4. Make a double batch and freeze some for another day.

🥘 Ingredients

Pork Sausages - chipolata sausages are smaller in size and are a good option if you want to make this casserole more kid-friendly. However, if you prefer a heartier texture, you can use thick sausages instead.

Olive oil - for frying the sausages and cooking the vegetables. You could also use vegetable oil or sunflower oil.

Red onion - added to the casserole for its natural sweetness and texture. It provides a good contrast to the savoury flavour of the sausages and helps to balance out the dish.

Garlic - fresh garlic cloves are added for flavour.

Carrots - for sweetness and extra nutrients. They also provide a nice texture to the dish.

Red Pepper - a great addition to this casserole as it adds a bright and colourful element to the dish. You can also use yellow or orange peppers if you prefer.

Flour - to thicken the sauce and create a rich and delicious gravy.

Thyme - a herb that's commonly used in casseroles and stews. It adds a distinct earthy flavour to the dish and pairs well with the other ingredients.

Smoked Paprika - adds a smokiness to the casserole. You can use normal paprika if you don't have smoked.

Tomato Puree - for a rich tomato flavour. It also helps to thicken the sauce and create a nice consistency.

Chicken stock - use a stockpot or stock cube, or even homemade chicken stock if you have it on hand.

🔪 Instructions

The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post

One: Heat the oil in a non-stick shallow casserole and brown the sausages. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Two: Add the onion and garlic and cook on a medium heat for 4-5 minutes until the onion becomes soft.

Three: Stir in the chopped carrot and sliced pepper and cook for a further 3-4 minutes.

Four: Add the flour, thyme and smoked paprika and stir for 1 minute on a medium heat.

Five: Pour in the stock and squeeze in the tomato puree. Bring everything to a boil then turn down the heat to low. Place the sausages back into the sauce.

Six: Simmer with a lid on for 30 minutes until the sauce has thickened. Stir occasionally to prevent the sausages from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

🍴 Serving suggestions

This easy sausage casserole recipe is delicious with sides such as cheesy mashed potato, roast potatoes, boulangere potatoes, sweet potato, carrot and swede mash, or turmeric rice. Crusty bread is good too!

I like to serve a portion of seasonal vegetables on the side. Something like roasted tenderstem broccoli, honey roasted carrots and parsnips, or slow cooker red cabbage are good options.

Leftovers can be served on a baked potato the next day for lunch, or stirred through pasta (just slice the leftover sausages up into bitesize pieces).

📖 Variations

• Swap the pork sausages for veggie sausages to make it vegetarian-friendly.
• Use different vegetables in the casserole such as sliced mushrooms, courgettes, spinach or leeks.
• Add diced apple for sausage and apple casserole. A tart apple like Granny Smith is best.
• Add a cooked and diced white potato at the end of cooking for a sausage and potato casserole!
• If your kids struggle with eating vegetables just use the ones you know they will eat, even if that means it's just carrots! A handful of frozen peas or sweetcorn could also be added for the last 10 minutes of cooking.
• Up the protein by adding a drained can of butter beans or cannellini beans to make a sausage and bean casserole. Lentils would also work in this dish.
• Make it spicy by adding 1 teaspoon of chilli powder at the same time as the smoked paprika.
• Use beef stock for a richer flavour, or vegetable stock if you're making this vegetarian-friendly.
• Use fresh thyme instead of dried if you have it to hand. Try different herbs such as rosemary or oregano.
• Add a tin of chopped tomatoes to stretch the meal out.
• Make a slow cooker sausage casserole instead!

🥡 Storage

Store - The sausage casserole can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days (in an airtight container) and reheated in the microwave until piping hot.

Freeze - The casserole can also be frozen for up to 3 months in a freezer-safe container.

❓ FAQS

😋Related recipes

More family-friendly warming comfort food to try:

• Smoky Chorizo Bolognese
• Chicken Goulash
• Leftover Roast Beef Stroganoff
• Creamy Sausage Pasta
• Mild Chilli Con Carne for Kids
• Easy Sausage Curry
• Chicken and Mushroom Stroganoff
• Lamb Tagine with Apricots
• Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake
• Slow Cooker Pulled Beef

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