Sausage and Potatoes

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Wash potatoes and leave the skins on. Cut into large, equal-sized chunks, and place them in a large mixing bowl. Slice the onion thickly, separate and place them in the bowl as well.

Add all of your dry ingredients, along with the olive oil, and give it a good mix to evenly distribute everything together.

Cut each sausage link into thirds and place in the bowl with the potatoes and onions. From here, I mix this all together with my hands. Gently mix the sausage into the potato and onion mixture, trying not to break apart the sausage as you do this.

Dump this all into a 13 x 9 baking dish and cover with aluminum foil.

Place in the oven and allow this to cook for a minimum of one hour. After an hour, turn the oven up to 400 degrees, remove the foil and place back in the oven until the sausage is nicely brown. Stir every few minutes so all the sausage gets some equal browning space. This can take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes to achieve. Make sure you watch this closely after returning to the oven so your potatoes and sausage don’t burn.

Notes: I used “light tasting” olive oil, which is my preference. If you prefer a stronger tasting oil, like extra virgin olive oil, feel free to use it.

While I normally cook with fresh, chopped garlic, I don’t use it in this recipe, and substitute the garlic powder. Fresh garlic tends to pool in the bottom of the dish, or on the top, and burns when browning the sausage.