Smoked Sausage with Potatoes and Green Beans

Spicy, smoky, and savory, Smoked Sausage with Potatoes and Green Beans cooks up in one skillet in less than 30 min. It’s a perfect weeknight dinner idea!

One Pot Smoked Sausage with Potatoes

I am here for the one pot meals! Alllllll day, every day – well not quite all day, but you get the idea. Now I don’t just love one pot meals because they are easy to make, but because they are so easy to clean up, too. If there’s one thing I dread more than a super labor intensive meal on a busy weeknight, it’s having a sink full of pots and pans I need to take care of before I can relax and unwind for the night.

This one pot meal has got it all: meat, potatoes, and a green veggie. That meat, of course, is smoked sausage, which if you’re not into – I suggest you get into real quick. It’s salty, smoky, and savory goodness. I love a good smoked sausage because of ALL that flavor. There’s something about the aroma of smoked sausage with potatoes. When you cook up this one pot meal, your whole family will be waiting at the table for dinner. 

Recipe Ingredients

Don’t get scared off by all of the ingredients on this list. Any full-on one-pot meal is going to have a lot going on. Remember, some ingredients will be used more than once and you wont need to make anything else for dinner!

Here is everything you’ll need for this one-pot smoked sausage with potatoes and green beans meal.

FOR THE GREEN BEANS:

• olive oil
• red pepper flakes
• green beans
• garlic
• salt and fresh cracked black pepper

FOR THE POTATOES:

• small baby potatoes
• butter
• olive oil
• salt and fresh ground pepper

FOR THE SMOKED SAUSAGES

• olive oil
• smoked sausage
• dried oregano
• garlic
• chicken broth or beef broth
• chopped fresh parsley and red pepper flakes, for garnish

How to Make Sausage and Potatoes

1. Green beans: Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large (14-inches) skillet over medium heat.
2. Add the pepper flakes and stir around to coat with the oil.
3. Add the green beans and cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes, or until the beans start to brown.
4. Stir in the garlic and salt, and cook for 10 seconds.
5. Pour in the water and cover the skillet. Cook for 1 to 2 more minutes, or until the green beans are crisp and tender.
6. Remove the green beans from the skillet and keep them covered.
7. Potatoes: Wipe down the skillet and set it back over medium heat.
8. Heat 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
9. Add the prepared potatoes to the heated skillet and season them with salt and pepper. Cook the potatoes for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they’re golden and cooked through. Stir frequently. 
10. Remove the potatoes from the skillet. Cover them and set aside.
11. Sausage: In the same skillet, heat up 1 tablespoon olive oil.
12. Add the sliced sausage and cook them over medium heat for 5 minutes. 
13. Season with Italian seasoning and oregano.
14. Stir in the garlic, and continue to cook for 20 seconds.
15. Deglaze the skillet with the chicken broth and stir around to coat. 
16. Combine: Return the prepared green beans and prepared potatoes back to the skillet. Mix it all together and cook for a minute or two, or until everything is heated through.
17. Taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly.
18. Serve: Garnish with parsley and pepper flakes.

Serving Suggestions

This is a one pot meal, which means exactly what you think. The entire meal is in one pot. Once you make this dish, you have no need to make anything else. Unless, of course you want to. 

If you do want to, this is a great meal to serve with some homemade fresh bread! I love to have fresh doughy bread or this easy flatbread with anything that’s a bit spicy and has sauce to sop up. I also like to start this meal with a big tossed salad!

How to Store and Reheat Leftovers

To store your leftovers, allow them to come to room temp and then place the leftovers in an airtight container. Your leftovers will stay in your refrigerator for about 5 days. 

You could also place the leftovers into a freezer safe zip top bag and keep them in your freezer for about 5 months. This is a great make ahead freezer meal because it is a complete meal in one spot and all you need to do to reheat this meal is add the contents to a skillet and warm it on the stove top.