Stuffed Sausage
Did you know that with one simple trick you can stuff your own sausage? In just five minutes I stuffed Italian sausage with mozzarella cheese and popped it into the oven to bake for dinner. This Stuffed Sausage Recipe is perfect for any night of the week.
I am the queen of fast dinners. And by that, I don’t mean I make the most delicious fast dinners all the time (although some are pretty darn good) what I mean is that most nights of the weeks 5 pm rolls around and I haven’t even thought about dinner yet. But somehow I get it on the table by 6 anyway!
During the school year, the afternoons are packed full of homework, emptying lunch boxes, washing school uniforms (because someone always falls into the mud or spills their lunch) and other mom tasks. And then in the summertime just seems to fly by. Easy dinners like this stuffed sausage are always a necessity no matter the month.
I have a few tips for last minute dinners that are still real food (because we all know frozen pizza is quick and easy – and we are not above that in my house either).
1. Always have fresh or thawed meat in the fridge. And/or meat that cooks quickly from frozen like individually frozen chicken tenders.
2. Always have steam bags of frozen veggies and/or washed and ready fresh vegetables and salad greens.
3. Keep a stocked pantry with a variety of spice blends.
4. Have a nice assortment of condiments in the fridge.
With those items, you can put dinner together in a flash.
How to Make Stuffed Sausage
So, my trick to stuffing sausage is simple. Use kitchen shears to split open the casing along one side. Do not remove the casing. Simple open the sausage down the middle, stuff in the cheese stick, and then reform the sausage around the cheese stick.
Can I stuff the sausage with other ingredients?
You can use this same method and add any ingredient you like to your sausage. I want to try adding some lightly sauteed peppers and onions to the sausage. I know you can buy sausage at the grocery store with peppers and onions added in but I’m positive they will taste so much better with fresh.
What sauce should I use for Stuffed Sausage
I use any no sugar added marinara.
Before, above. After, below. The cheese gooed out a little bit but for the most part, it stayed inside each stuffed sausage link.
A few of our favorite quick low carb meals are:
Chicken tenders with a creamy parmesan sauce with broccoli.
Turkey burgers on top of salad.
Tacos with all the fixings. (This is even easier if you make a big batch of taco meat and freeze some).
And this stuffed sausage.
For a whole list of dinners with less than 5 ingredients check out my post on Easy Keto Meals with 5 Ingredients or Less! This has over 25 Low Carb Entrees.
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Stuffed Sausage Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 Italian sausage links about 1.5-2 pounds
- 5 mozzarella cheese sticks
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Use kitchen scissors to cut a sausage down the side. Do not remove the casing. Put a mozzarella stick inside the sausage and press it back into its shape. Put it casing side down in an 8 x 10-inch baking pan. Repeat with the remaining sausage.
- Pour the marinara sauce over the sausage.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until the sausage is 160 when checked with a meat thermometer.
So delish and easy!!!! Good leftover too!
Delicious and so easy! Thank you for a great recipe!
These look amazing and I am going to add these to our Super Bowl foods for my keto and low carb friends! Thanks for these quick and easy recipes!
I asolutely LOVE this recipe! Perfect for the Keto diet! This is definitely a go to meal for My husband and I! Also One sausage with a side of broccoli is perfectly filling!!
These are amazing! The whole family loved them and I will definitely be making them again!
Can you share your sauce recipe or whatever brand you purchase?
Classico has a couple varieties without added sugar.
557 calories seems a lot for one sausage. Anyway to get that down?
I just reran the numbers and they are closer to 430 each. Sausage is just a higher calorie meat and each has a whole cheese stick inside. You could choose a lean sausage instead of regular. Chicken or turkey sausage may be less.
I put sliced peppers, onion, lots of diced garlic in the baking pan then coated them with olive oil and added basil and dry white wine. Then placed the stuffed sausages on top and poured my marinara sauce over then baked them uncovered. The wine and sauce will help the peppers and onion cook perfectly and meld the flavors.
Was this baked with or without at top/covering?
Without. I did not cover it.
Any suggestions for storing and reheating the lefovers?
I store in a glass pyrex with a lid and microwave leftovers.
This was AMAZING! Affordable, easy, kid approved and so delicious! Will be on our regular meal rotation!
I want to add cauliflower rice to this. would you suggest cooking the cauliflower in the oven with the sauce and sausage?
Yes. You can put it under the sausage.
Cooking this now! My house smells delicious. I sautéed onions, garlic, and green peppers and put them on top. Pairing with steamed lemon broccoli. Can’t wait to try!
I have made this many times now with different types of sausage and it is always delicious! Wondering if this could be put in the crock pot and if you have tried before?
I have not tried this in the crockpot but it should work!
DO YOU FRY UP PEPPERS AND ONIONS AND JUST POUR ONTOP? JUST CURIOUS ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE PEPPERS AND ONIONS?
My recipe doesn’t call for peppers and onions but if I was going to add them I’d probably saute them first. If you add them raw they will end more ‘al dente’ and I prefer mine softer.