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This Sheet Pan Kielbasa Sausage and Sauerkraut Dinner offers unique flavors and is an easy way to get a quick meal on the table. Aside from prepping a few veggies, it’s largely a hands-off recipe, which means more time in your life!
Packed with flavor and protein, this sauerkraut and sausage recipe is also gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo, and Whole30-friendly and will be a hit with the whole family.
Sheet Pan Kielbasa Sausage and Sauerkraut Dinner
Whether we’re making sheet pan Ranch chicken and vegetables, sheet pan herb butter salmon, or gluten free sheet pan pancakes, sheet pan recipes never disappoint. And we love the unique flavor combination of this Kielbasa sausage and sauerkraut recipe! The cauliflower, potatoes, and smoky kielbasa are complimented nicely with the sweet apples and tangy sauerkraut.
Even better, all the ingredients are easy to throw together using only a sheet pan and your oven! And leftovers make for a great meal prep lunch. So, I like to make a double batch to serve for dinner and store for later. It’s a gamechanger on busy days.
Ingredients Needed and Substitutions
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- Veggies: Onion, cauliflower, and Yukon gold potatoes combine to make this a hearty, nutritious, filling meal. Feel free to mix and match any veggies you have on hand such as green beans, bell peppers, or extra cabbage.
- Apple: If you’ve never paired sweet apples with your veggies, you’ve been missing out! We love Fuji, but any sweet, crisp apple such as Gala or Honeycrisp will taste great.
- Oil: We prefer the neutral flavor of avocado oil for this recipe, but olive oil will also work.
- Seasonings: Sea salt, black pepper, dried thyme, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper create a bold, savory, herbaceous taste with just a touch of heat.
- Sausage: We use Polish kielbasa sausage, but you can use any sausage you like best such as smoked sausage, turkey kielbasa, or even Italian sausage!
- Sauerkraut: Sauerkraut is a great way to get a nice hit of probiotics. So, we always love to sneak in these foods whenever possible. Plus, if you’ve never tried the combo of salty sausage with sweet apples and sour umami sauerkraut, we promise you’ll love it.
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- 100% Grass-Fed, Grass-Finished Beef
- Free-Range Organic Chicken
- Humanely Raised Pork
- Wild-Caught Seafood
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How to Make Sheet Pan Sausage and Sauerkraut
- Combine: Toss the onion, cauliflower, potatoes, and apples with oil and spices, and spread the mixture in an even layer on a baking sheet.
- Bake: Transfer the produce to a preheated oven, and bake until tender and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
- Add the sausage: Stir to combine and coat the vegetables in the apple juices. Then, move the mixture toward the middle of the sheet pan, creating a mound, and place the sausage on top.
- Bake: Add another drizzle of oil, and bake again.
- Add the sauerkraut: Place 1 to 1½ cups of sauerkraut on one side of the sheet tray, and continue to bake until it is warmed through. Be careful not to let it burn!
- Serve: Let your sauerkraut and sausage cool slightly. Then, slice the sausage into pieces, add it back to the veggies, and serve with whole-grain mustard for topping. Enjoy!
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Tips for Success
- Make sure to read the recipe all the way through (of course), and plan to use a timer! This way you can truly walk away from the oven and not have to worry about when you need to add anything for the next step.
- Do the prep ahead of time. Cut cauliflower and onions the night before, and mix them with oil and spices. Then, you only have to cut apples and potatoes once you are ready for the actual cooking.
- Use the correct size sheet pan. When we say sheet pan we are referring to the rimmed half sheet pan which is 18″ by 13″. The size of the sheet pan matters because you do not want to overcrowd the pan when cooking. So, if you are using a smaller sheet pan you may need to use 2 to achieve the same result.
Storage
Transfer the leftover kielbasa sausage and sauerkraut mixture to an airtight container, and store it in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Or, freeze for up to 2-3 months! If you plan on freezing, we recommend omitting the sauerkraut until you’re ready to serve.
Then, reheat in the microwave or in a large skillet over medium-high heat just until warmed through.
FAQs
Polish sausage, or Polish kielbasa is traditionally made from ground pork. Kielbasa (from Polish kiełbasa) is any type of meat sausage from Poland, and it’s a staple of Polish cuisine.
On its own, sausage and sauerkraut are typically served with Dijon mustard and rye bread. However, this sausage and sauerkraut recipe is also great with sides like rice pilaf, jalapeño cheddar cornbread muffins, or a spring mix salad.
We don’t recommend it! Many traditional sauerkraut and sausage recipes combine sausage, cabbage, caraway seeds, beer, brown sugar, and apple juice, and cook them long and slow in a crock pot. However, this dish takes a different approach, creating tender veggies and a slightly less saucy consistency.
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Sheet Pan Kielbasa Sausage and Sauerkraut Dinner
Ingredients
- 1 onion sliced
- ½ head medium cauliflower about 12 ounces, cut into florets
- 12 small baby yukon gold potatoes about 1” big, halved
- 2 fuji or other crisp apple, cored and cut into 6 pieces each
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Pinch cayenne pepper optional
- 1-12 ounce polish kielbasa
- 1-½ cups sauerkraut semi drained
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400ºF.
- On a sheet pan combine onion, cauliflower, potatoes, apples, oil and all the spices and toss to combine and then spread out evenly.1 onion, ½ head medium cauliflower, 12 small baby yukon gold potatoes, 2 fuji, 2 tablespoons avocado oil, 1 teaspoon fine sea salt, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon dried thyme, ½ teaspoon smoked paprika, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, Pinch cayenne pepper
- Bake for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- Remove and move all of the vegetables towards the middle of the sheet pan, creating a small pile. Place kielbasa on top and drizzle the sausage with a bit of avocado oil and place back in the oven for 15 minutes.1-12 ounce polish kielbasa
- Remove from oven and place 1-½ cups of sauerkraut on one side of the sheet tray and continue to bake until the sauerkraut is just slightly warmed, about 3 minutes.1-½ cups sauerkraut
- Remove and let sit until the kielbasa is cool enough to handle, about 2 minutes. Slice kielbasa into ¼” slices on the bias and divide sausage and veggies into four portions. Serve with whole grain mustard.
I made the sheet pan kielbasa. I don’t do cauliflower or onion so I left them out and used red potatoes instead of gold. It came great! Next time I will cook the potatoes a little bit longer. Thank you for the recipe
I made this almost exactly as presented. I was short one apple but had everything else. I was fine with leaving out the second apple because i didn’t think the family would like it. Turns out the apple was a wonderful part. It adds a surprise bit of sweetness. I think normally roasted cauliflower would be better but would make it more difficult to cook with just one sheet pan. All in all, it was easy, a good meal and well worth the small time involved. Thanks.
This recipe was excellent!! I wasn’t sure about potato’s, apple’s, and cauliflower alltogether with my sausage & sauerkraut, but it was amazing! Followed recipe to T. Very easy for a last minute meal! I never leave reviews.
Thank you.
Does heating the sauerkraut in the oven affect the probiotics? I assume no since it is only heated for 3 min, but I thought I would ask. And do you have a particular brand you like? Thanks!
Made this tonight and OH EM GEE! SO good and SO easy! I’ll definitely be making it again.
Just meal prepped this for lunch this week and it’s delicious! Will try the other sheet pan meals soon!
Made this last night and it was FABULOUS (and SO easy). I love the addition of the cauliflower to to add texture and “bulk” to a dinner that otherwise might be light on veggies. Absolutely being added to the meal prep rotation.