How To Cook Sausage in the Oven (2024)

🐖Ingredients

Sausage—breakfast sausage patties or links. Or larger sausages like Italian sausages, kielbasa, brats, or smoked sausages. Use pork, turkey, or chicken sausage.
PAM cooking spray or parchment paper to prevent sticking. Or aluminum foil for easy cleanup.

There is no need to stand at the stove and make a mess—cooking sausage in the oven is less work, less messy, and produces better results. We haven't cooked sausage any other way for years.

Baking breakfast sausage patties or links only takes about 15 minutes, while larger sausages, like brats, kielbasa, smoked, or Italian sausages, will take about 25 minutes to cook.

Check out other great breakfast recipes, like How to Cook Bacon in the Oven, Oven Baked Blueberry Pancakes, and Cinnamon Roll Cake.

👨‍🍳How to Cook Sausage in the Oven—Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

You may use breakfast sausage patties or links. Or cook larger sausages like brats or Italian sausages.

1. Prepare a baking tray with sides with cooking spray, parchment paper, or aluminum foil.

2. If using breakfast sausage patties, dimple in the center to prevent puffing.

3. Evenly spread the sausage on the prepared tray.

4. Bake in a preheated 400° oven. Flip or rotate about halfway through baking.

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5. Cook to an internal temp of 160° or 165° if the sausage has poultry. The cooking time for breakfast sausage is about 15 minutes and for thicker sausage about 25 minutes. You can do a few minutes under the broiler if you want more browning.

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⏲️How long to cook sausage in the oven

In a 400°F convection oven, breakfast sausage patties or links take about 15 minutes to cook while larger sausages take about 25 minutes. Cook to a final internal temperature of 160° or 165° if the sausage has poultry

Baking time will vary by the thickness of the sausage, oven temperature, amount of preheating, and even the pan can affect cooking time. So, use an instant-read thermometer and check the temperature early.

✔️Tips to make it right every time

Pork sausage, turkey sausage, or chicken sausage will all cook the same. If you cook sausage patties, dimple the center by ¼ inch and about ¾ inch in diameter to prevent puffing during cooking, which can lead to overcooking the surface before reaching a safe temperature.

Use a baking tray like a sheet pan with sides. Line the pan with foil for easy cleanup if you're making link sausage, but if you're making patties, spray the tray with PAM or add parchment paper since the spatula will frequently rip the foil.

A convection oven and a high oven temperature will both promote the sausage's browning, so use convection if you have it and a pan with low sides, like a sheet pan. But a conventional oven will also work.

This recipe quickly cooks smoked sausage, brats, kielbasa, and Italian sausage. Sliced bell pepper and onion can be added to kielbasa, smoked, or Italian sausages to make quick, delicious hoagie sandwiches or a sheet-pan dinner.

The oven temperature can match the other dishes you are cooking. I have cooked as low as 350° and as high as 450°. The time will vary, so cook by internal temperature.

If you have reached the correct temperature but the sausage is not fully browned do not bake more, but use a few minutes under the broiler for more browning.

❄️Storage and reheating leftovers

This recipe is perfect for leftovers, as you can cook a whole package at once.

To store, Seal airtight in a container or storage bag and refrigerate for 4 days. You can also freeze it for 1 to 2 months.

To reheat: If frozen, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Microwave to reheat.

❓FAQs

How To Cook Sausage in the Oven

The best and easiest way to cook crispy and juicy sausage is in the oven. We always bake breakfast sausage patties or links, Italian sausages, or other full-size sausages for perfect sausages every time without the mess.

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Nutrition Estimate

Calories : 182 kcal (9%)Carbohydrates : 1 gProtein : 10 g (20%)Fat : 15 g (23%)Saturated Fat : 5 g (25%)Cholesterol : 46 mg (15%)Sodium : 425 mg (18%)Vitamin A : 100 IU (2%)Calcium : 20 mg (2%)Iron : 0.4 mg (2%)

Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

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