Italian Turkey Sausage Skillet
on Sep 03, 2014, Updated Nov 05, 2021
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This Italian Turkey Sausage skillet dinner can be made in less than an hour. As a bonus, you can make this easy family meal and feed eight hungry appetites for under $10.
Italian Turkey Sausage Skillet Dinner
This was one of those meals “on the fly,” put together last weekend at our little lake cottage filled with our six boys and our two dogs – Ellie, our adorable but snaggletoothed English bulldog and her brother, Buddy (Guy), the latte-colored and always very busy chihuahua that we adopted earlier this summer.
We’ve been using this great turkey Italian sausage for a while now. I love the flavor and the non-greasy taste. As an added bonus, each savory link contains a fraction of the fat content of pork sausage. It goes very well on pizza, in spaghetti, in lasagna, and even as a breakfast side.
There is nothing like having a 17-year-old boy in the same kitchen with you to convey a sense of dire urgency while preparing a meal – of any kind. Throw in some sauteed garlic and sausage on the stovetop and that urgency is heightened ten-fold, or so it seems. As if he wasn’t enough of a virtual cattle prod, there was a chorus of echoes coming from the adjacent living room.
“Yum!”
“Something smells good, Pa.”
“When are we eating?”
“What smells so good?”
“What time are we eating?”
“How much longer?”
“Do I smell hash browns?”
Comments from the dining room during lunch:
“This is great, Dad!”
“Can I have seconds?”
“What kind of meatballs are these?”
“Can you make this again?”
Go ahead, put this together. I can’t wait to hear the comments that come your way. Oh, and be sure to get back to us on those. -Dan
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Italian Turkey Sausage Skillet
Ingredients
- 6 oz egg noodles
- 1 lb. Italian Turkey Sausage
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small white onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cans cream of tomato soup
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley chopped, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut sausage links into 1 inch pieces.
- Heat olive oil in 10 inch cast iron skillet over medium high heat and brown sausage, without fully cooking.
- Add onion and garlic, stir and saute with sausage until soft and translucent.
- Stir in Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and parsley, set aside.
- Prepare egg noodles in boiling water, as directed, and drain.
- Combine sausage mixture and noodles in mixing bowl, add tomato soup and stir well. Reserve skillet for baking.
- Stir in cheese and milk then transfer back to skillet.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, add additional milk to prevent from drying out, if necessary.
- Allow to stand for 5 minutes after removing from oven. Garnish with additional Parmesan cheese and parsley if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Looks quick, easy and tasty, a perfect dish for hungry teenagers
Indeed, and adults too! Thanks for the great comments here on Platter Talk!
Anything with sausage is a hit in my house. This looks so easy and delicious for dinner!
It is easy and as you said, you can’t go wrong with anything that has sausage in it. Thank you for the kind comments that you left here on Platter Talk!
I remember that sense of urgency when I was cooking from when my son was a teenager ๐ Mind you if it was this delicious dish your son was waiting for no wonder he was keen! I really love meals like this – totally comfort food. And I like the way you’ve used healthier turkey sausage as well.
You have to sneak in healthy whenever you can. We normally use a whole wheat pasta noodle as well. The kids never know, nor will we ever tell them. -Scott
Absolutely mouthwatering! And what a perfect dish for time-crunched night and the start of football season!
This meal is great for anytime. Hope that you give it a try. -Scott
My sons would love this too. Looks delicious and very easy to make!
Very easy and quick to put together. Short on time, but big on flavor. -Scott
This dinner idea is right up my ally! You’ve totally outdone yourself with this one!
Thanks Renee. I hope that you give this a try. Let us know what you think. -Scott
What an easy and affordable dinner this is. I know what it’s like having a teenager pacing wondering when dinner would be ready.
It is so versatile as well. You could use ground beef, ground chicken, ground turkey. Whatever your family prefers. -Scott
I wonder do you deliver?…overseas? lol
Send us a ticket and we will come over and make this for you, gladly. -Scott
When I was 17, eating was always an urgent business — I was always starving, never could get enough. I’d have loved this then. And I love it now! But then I would have eaten the entire batch. ๐ Thanks for this.
I remember those days like they were yesterday. Wait a second, I did try eating the whole batch of this skillet. ๐ -Scott
Oh I am sure my guys would adore this fantastic meal! Yum!
I think that you should make it for them and let us know what they say. I am sure they will be asking for more. -Scott
I bet this would also make a good leftover. I see two skillets in the future. =)