Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage Recipe (with Apples)
This Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage recipe is an easy, family-pleasing dinner featuring chicken apple sausage and sliced apples glazed in maple syrup!
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Weeknight dinners at our house must fit three criteria:
- Quick.
- Easy.
- Likely to be eaten and enjoyed by picky kids and slightly-less picky parents.
That’s not too much to ask, is it? 😉
I rely on my crock pot a lot for weeknight meals during the school year. I also double the recipe every time I make a casserole so that I have extras to pull out of the freezer for dinners on particularly busy evenings. But aside from crock pot and freezer meals, I often go for recipes that can be prepped, cooked, and ready to eat in about 30 minutes or less.
Enter a longtime family favorite, which happens to be one of the easiest chicken apple sausage recipes out there: Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage with Apples!
Ingredients
One of the best parts of this chicken apple sausage recipe is that you only need THREE ingredients to make it!
- Chicken apple sausage. My kids have always loved chicken and apple sausage, and it’s nicely complemented by both the sliced apples and the maple syrup in this recipe. I almost always make my chicken apple sausage recipes with Aidells chicken apple sausage. It's a natural brand (without added sulfites) that I don’t feel guilty about feeding my family. I can typically find Aidells sold in a 12-ounce package of 4 links or a 16-ounce package of 5 links (the latter being part of a Costco 3-pack). Either size will work for this recipe…but a 16-ounce package of chicken apple sausage will simply increase the sausage-to-apple ratio a bit and give you slightly larger servings.
- Apples. If I'm specifically buying apples for this recipe, I usually buy two apples of different varieties. One invariably turns out softer than the other, and one is usually sweet while the other is more tart, but I think it’s nice to have a little variety. Any apple should work fine, although Braeburns, Fujis, Granny Smiths, Pink Ladies, Galas, or Honeycrisps will hold their shape better in the oven. But it’s A-OK to use your favorites or whatever you have in the fridge! I always have Honeycrisp apples in my refrigerator, so that's often what I use in my chicken apple sausage recipes.
- Pure maple syrup. For brusing on the chicken apple sausage and apple slices. The grade or color of maple syrup doesn't really matter...just make sure it's pure! 🙂
Believe it or not, a variation of this Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage recipe was one of the first recipes I ever published to Five Heart Home -- just two months into blogging -- waaay back in 2013. In that version, I speared chicken apple sausage slices and apple chunks onto skewers and brushed them with maple syrup.
However, in the dozen years since then, I've made this chicken apple sausage recipe countless times. And I don't bother with the extra step of assembling kabobs anymore...I just bake it as an effortless sheet pan dinner!
How to Make this Chicken Apple Sausage Recipe
(The below photos are intended to be helpful, but please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of this post for FULL DIRECTIONS.)
This Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage recipe is so effortless to make that it almost doesn't even count as a recipe!
- Place rack in the center position and preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Cut each chicken apple sausage link at an angle into 6 equal slices.
- Core and cut each apple into fourths. Cut each fourth into three equal pieces. (Depending on your preference, you can cut each fourth into three thin slices or three chunks, as shown in the bottom right corner of this cutting board.)
- Evenly scatter the chicken apple sausage and apple slices onto the prepared sheet pan. Using a brush, glaze each piece with half of the maple syrup.
- Roast for 15 minutes. Flip the chicken apple sausage and apple pieces over and brush them with the remaining syrup.
- Roast for 10 to 15 more minutes or until the apples are tender and the edges of the chicken apple sausage are beginning to crisp.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
Modifications
If you don't have (or can't find) chicken apple sausage, no problem!
You could easily make this recipe with another type of sausage instead, such as kielbasa or plain chicken sausage.
Just don't choose an alternate sausage with a strong flavor that won't be naturally complemented by the sweet apples and maple syrup.
Doubling the Recipe
Depending on the size of the package of sausage that you buy, this recipe yields three moderate or four small servings.
If you have more mouths to feed (or larger appetites) than that, the recipe can easily be doubled. However, you may need to divide it between two sheet pans so as not to overcrowd the ingredients.
If roasting on two pans, rotate the pans and switch their racks after the first 15 minutes.
Back when my kids were young, making a singe recipe was enough...but now I always have to double it!
And there you have it! A yummy, easy, sheet pan dinner that will satisfy the family while requiring minimal time and effort from the cook.
My kids always cheer when they hear that this chicken apple sausage recipe is on the dinner menu...even after all these years. 🙂
I hope it proves to be just as popular at your house!
More Easy Sausage Recipes
- Sausage Kale White Bean Soup
- Slow Cooker Cajun Bean Soup
- Slow Cooker German Lentil Soup
- Sausage Tortellini Soup
Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage Recipe (with Apples)
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Ingredients
- 1 package fully-cooked chicken apple sausage
- 2 medium apples, washed and unpeeled
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Cut each chicken apple sausage link at an angle into 6 equal slices.
- Core and cut each apple into fourths. Cut each fourth into 3 equal pieces (either slices or chunks).
- Evenly scatter the sausage and apple slices/chunks onto the prepared sheet pan. Using a brush, glaze each piece with half of the maple syrup. Roast for 15 minutes.
- Flip the chicken apple sausage and apple pieces over and brush with the remaining syrup. Roast for 10 to 15 more minutes or until the apples are tender and the edges of the sausage are beginning to crisp.
Equipment Needed
Notes
- I use a rimmed “half sheet pan” for this recipe, measuring 13”x18”x1”.
- I typically use Aidells Chicken Apple Sausage, which is sold in a 12-ounce package of 4 links or a 16-ounce package of 5 links (the latter being part of a Costco 3-pack). Either size will work for this recipe…but a 16-ounce package of chicken apple sausage will simply increase the sausage-to-apple ratio a bit and give you slightly larger servings.
- This recipe is easily doubled, but you may need to divide it between two sheet pans so as not to overcrowd the ingredients. If roasting on two pans, rotate the pans and switch racks after the first 15 minutes.
- If you want an apple that will hold it’s shape in the oven, Fuji, Braeburn, or Honeycrisps all work well. I always have Honeycrisps on hand, so that’s usually what I use.
