Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal (Video)
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal is delicious and this is unbelievably easy for a family dinner!
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This Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal is a perfect dinner idea for fall or winter, and this is about as easy as it gets for a dinner that’s healthy and tasty.
We loved the sweet potatoes for a pop of color and flavor, but if you’re being stricter on carbs you can use more broccoli and just a tiny bit of sweet potato; or skip the sweet potatoes completely if you’d like.
We thought this combination was so delicious when we tested the recipe, and I liked it so much that a few days later I made it again just for a quick dinner for myself (something that rarely happens in a house where there is always an abundance of leftover food from recipe testing!)
If you like the sound of these ingredients I hope you’ll try this tasty sheet pan meal! I bet it’s going to be a dinner your family will ask for over and over!
What ingredients do you need for this recipe?
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- sweet potatoes
- Olive Oil (affiliate link)
- Balsamic Vinegar (affiliate link)
- Garlic Powder (affiliate link)
- fresh ground black pepper to taste
- pre-cooked chicken, turkey, or pork sausage
- broccoli
- salt to taste
About the oven temperature for this sheet pan meal:
Thousands of people have made this recipe, and it has gotten raves from almost everyone who’s tried it. But a small number of people have reported that for them the sweet potatoes cooked too quickly at the 450F/230C. I am puzzled, because I’ve made it myself with no problems at that temperature and so many people have commented how much they like the recipe and not mentioned issues. If you’re not 100% sure your oven is calibrated correctly (or you know it cooks a bit hot) I would adjust the temperature (maybe even to 400F/204C) and simply cook it for a longer time.
What kind of sausage did we use for the sheet pan meal?
This dinner idea started with the Aidell’s Bacon, Mushroom, and Swiss Sausage that I got infatuated with after I sampled it at Costco, but any pre-cooked chicken, turkey, or pork sausage will work here. It’s pretty easy to find sausage that’s low in carbs, and this one has only one carb per sausage and it’s gluten-free as well. (And no, Aidells hasn’t paid me to promote their sausage and I doubt they’ve even heard of my blog!)
Why are Sheet Pan Meals so popular?
Sheet Pan Meals are an idea that started showing up a few years ago, and I think they’re such a perfect way to make an easy dinner. And the idea of dinner that cooks on one pan is definitely one reason these are so popular!
Want more ideas for tasty sheet pan meals?
You can see all my sheet pan meal experiments in the category for Sheet Pan Meals or check out Low-Carb and Keto Sheet Pan Meals for my lowest carb sheet pan meals and ideas from other bloggers.
How to Make Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal:
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- Preheat oven to 450F/230C. However, a small group of people have reported the sweet potatoes cooked too quickly at that temperature. If you’re not 100% sure your oven is calibrated correctly (or you know it cooks a bit hot) I would adjust the temperature (maybe even to 400F/204C) and simply cook it for a longer time.
- Preheat oven and spray sheet pan with non-stick spray.
- Cut up two medium sweet potatoes into cubes that aren’t too small.
- Whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic powder, and black pepper.
- Toss sweet potatoes with half that mixture.
- Spread sweet potatoes out on a sheet pan and start to roast.
- Slice sausage into slices about 3/4 inch thick.
- When sweet potatoes have roasted 15 minutes, add sausage pieces to the sheet pan and roast 10 minutes more.
- Cut up broccoli into same-size pieces (about the size of the other ingredients.)
- Toss broccoli with the rest of the oil-balsamic mixture.
- Remove sheet pan from the oven and turn sausage pieces over. Then tuck broccoli pieces between sausage and sweet potatoes.
- Cook 15 minutes more, or until broccoli is done to your liking and sausages and sweet potatoes are nicely browned.
- Season with a little salt and fresh-ground black pepper and serve hot.
- This will keep in the fridge for a day or two and reheats surprisingly well.
More Tasty Dinners with Sausage:
- Cheesy Zucchini and Sausage Sheet Pan Meal
- No-Noodle Lasagna with Sausage and Basil
- Cabbage and Sausage Sheet Pan Meal
- Italian Sausage Stew
- Beef and Sausage Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
More ideas for Sweet Potatoes:
I know sweet potatoes aren’t low in carbs, but I have to have them occasionally in the winter. Check out Favorite Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes to see more of my favorite dishes that use sweet potatoes!
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal is easy and tasty for a fall dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into medium-sized cubes
- 3 T olive oil
- 1 T balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 1 pkg. (4 or 5 links) pre-cooked chicken, turkey, or pork sausage (about 14-16 oz. sausage)
- 1 lb. broccoli, trimmed and cut apart to make about 3/4 pound broccoli pieces
- salt and additional fresh-ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F/230C and spray sheet pan with non-stick spray. However, if you're not 100% sure your oven is calibrated correctly (or you know it cooks a bit hot) I would adjust the temperature (maybe even to 400F/204C) and simply cook it for a longer time.
- Cut up two medium sweet potatoes into cubes that aren't too small. (I made cubes that were about one inch across.)
- Whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic powder, and black pepper.
- Put sweet potato cubes into a bowl and toss with half the oil-balsamic mixture.
- Spread sweet potatoes out on a sheet pan, put pan in the oven, and start to roast for 15 minutes.
- Slice sausage into slices about 3/4 inch thick. (We trimmed off the ends so the sausage would have a flat end on both sides.)
- When sweet potatoes have roasted 15 minutes, add sausage pieces to the sheet pan and roast 10 minutes more.
- Cut up broccoli into same-size pieces (about the size of the other ingredients.)
- Put broccoli into the bowl and toss broccoli with the rest of the oil-balsamic mixture.
- Remove sheet pan from the oven and turn sausage pieces over. Then spread sausage and sweet potatoes apart and tuck broccoli pieces between them.
- Put sheet pan back in the oven and cook 15 minutes more, or until broccoli is done to your liking and sausages and sweet potatoes are nicely browned.
- Season with a little salt and fresh-ground black pepper and serve hot.
Notes
Recipe created by Kalyn and tested with help from Kara.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 357Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 4gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 387mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 9gSugar: 7gProtein: 21g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal is a great dish for low-glycemic diet plans, and for phase two or three of the South Beach Diet. Sweet potatoes do have some carbs, but you could make a tasty version of this by using half the amount of sweet potatoes and more broccoli if you prefer.
Find More Recipes Like This One:
Check out Sheet Pan Meals for more easy dinners like this one. Use the Diet Type Index to find recipes suitable for a specific eating plan. You might also like to follow Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest, on Facebook, on Instagram, on TikTok, or on YouTube to see all the good recipes I’m sharing there.
Historical Notes for this Recipe:
The sheet pan meal with sweet potatoes, sausage , and broccoli was posted in 2019 and it became an immediate hit on the blog. The recipe was last updated with more information in 2023.
97 Comments on “Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal (Video)”
450 was too high for this recipe. Â I followed the directions and my sweet potatoes were getting burnt. Â Also the sausage was blackening and broccoli was charred. Â The pieces that I could eat were good. Â Next time I will adjust that temp drastically. Â Entirely too highÂ
I’m sorry you had that problem and I wish I knew why it was happening that way for some people but not at all for others. I have made this several times using 450F and there are comments from people who have made it over and over with no mention of the temperature being too high. And there are literally hundreds of comments from people on Pinterest, with no complaints.
There are some comments below from me regarding why I think it might be happening. But I am also going to add a section in the post suggesting people start with a lower temperature if they feel uncertain whether their oven is calibrated correctly, or if they know it cooks a bit hot.
Would the baking time or temp change a lot if I used turkey Italian sausage (made of raw ground turkey)? I would probably leave them whole and cut up after baking.
Thanks!
If you have a microwave you could microwave the sausage for a few minutes to partially cook them. If you don’t do that I think you’d definitely need to cook them a bit longer. I can’t say for sure how long since I haven’t made this with uncooked sausage, but I’d guess 10-15 minutes more.
Can you use frozen broccoli? And If so, at what step would you add it? Same as normal after sausage cooks 10 min or at the same time as the sausage pieces go in so the frozen broccoli cooks for 25 min?
Sidenote: I did roast sweet potatoes & frozen broccoli at 415° last night for 30cmin & the broccoli was a little soft & over cooked but still had good roasted flavor.
Sorry I missed this comment. I moved my site to a new web host, and the site was up but I just realized today that no comments were coming to my e-mail for NINE DAYS, yikes.
Glad you went ahead and tried it, and interesting to hear how it worked with frozen broccoli.
We love this recipe! Have cooked this 5 times now and followed the recipe exact. The time and temperature are perfect! Thank you for this yummy recipe.Â
Oh how I love to hear that! So happy you are enjoying it; thanks for taking time to let me know.
I just did the first 15 min and my sweet potatoes almost look burnt on the end they were on? Is 450 really the temp? Seems too hot?!? I’m afraid they’ll be burnt to a crisp by the time I add and cook all the other stuffÂ
I did check the recipe, and yes I cooked it at 450F for the times specified.
I don’t know why you’re having that issue, but hundreds of people have commented on this recipe on Pinterest, and many more here saying how much they liked it.
There are some things I’d check. Are you sure your oven temperature is calibrated correctly? Some ovens cook much hotter than what the temperature says.
Also, some brands of balsamic vinegar have a lot more sugar than others. If that’s the case with the brand you have the sugar might brown more.
Are you spraying the baking sheet with non-stick spray?
I’m sorry you’re having that experience and don’t know what else to suggest, other than lowering the oven temperature if you think you need to. But for me (and obviously many other people) it worked perfectly at this temperature.
The recipe has been thoroughly tested at this temperature and time but of course you are always welcome to make it any way you prefer.
I had the same issue. Turned down the oven to 425.Â
As I said in the reply above, I am not sure why you are having an issue with the temperature other than the things I mentioned.