Potatoes and green beans with sausage make a delicious, complete meal that is hardy, and easy to make. Perfectly cooked potatoes, green beans, and smoked sausage combine to create a dish that is both sticks to your ribs satisfying, but that doesn’t take a million years to make.
Potatoes, green beans, and sausage. It doesn’t get much more basic than that does it? After all green beans and potatoes are the most classic sides any of us have probably ever had. Sausage has been around all of us in one form or another for our entire lives. These are basic food items, but when you put them together, it’s pure magic. It’s always been my experience that the simplest ingredients usually lead to the most delicious food, and this recipe for potatoes and green beans with sausage is the perfect example of that.
Three Pieces to One Puzzle
This recipe is so easy, so good, and so pleasing to everyone who eats it. It’s the simplicity of the dish that leads to its amazing flavor. And we would have it if it weren’t for potatoes, green beans, and sausage, three ingredients that have been around for a long time and that are often taken for granted.
Potatoes
The potato is the fourth on the list of the largest food crops in the world, following only rice, wheat, and maize. No one knows just how long these tubers have actually existed, but food historians agree on when they became staples in the human diet.
Green Beans
Green beans are one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. Like the potato, they’re found in almost every corner of the world, with a wide array of varieties cultivated.
Sausage
Sausage has been around for more years than anyone can count, and today, you can find it in all sorts of forms and varieties. From breakfast sausage to blood sausage and everything in between, there are more kinds of sausage than you can shake a casing at.
Potatoes and Green Beans with Sausage
Now that we know where all the main ingredients for this potatoes and green beans with sausage recipe, let’s take a look at the recipe itself. Like the main ingredients used in it, this recipe is simple. That simplicity is what leads to a recipe with a wonderful depth of flavor and a particularly easy method of cooking. Essentially, you’ll be cooking these three ingredients and placing them together on a plate.
It sounds so simple, and it is, but don’t let that fool you. This is one recipe that is much greater than the sum of its parts.
Tips
This recipe is exceedingly easy, but there are still a couple of tips that bear mentioning here. There are only two, but both of them will help you make the best possible dish, ensuring that your green beans are tender yet crisp and that your sausage is perfectly cooked, both of which are key to making this delicious potatoes and green beans with sausage recipe.
Perfect Green Beans
When sautéing the green beans, it’s important not to overlook the process of adding the water. When your green beans have turned bright green, adding the water and covering the pan helps steam them, leaving you with beans that are both crisp and tender.
Perfect Sausage
Some people opt to simply cook their sausage in the pan until it’s fully cooked through. However, this can lead to overcooked sausage. Be sure to add water to the pan when cooking the sausage. This helps to keep the sausage moist and evenly cooked.
Storing Potatoes and Green Beans with Sausage
This recipe will keep well in the refrigerator in an air-tight container for about four days. For longer storage, you can freeze this recipe, as well. You can freeze it for about three months in an air-tight, freezer-safe container or in heavy-duty freezer bags.
Try These Potatoes and Green Beans with Sausage for Yourself
This recipe is easy to make, simply spiced, and always comes out perfectly. It’s a simple recipe that everyone loves, making it the perfect weeknight meal for your family. Give it a try, and I’m sure both you and your family will agree that this is recipe belongs in your rotation.
Ingredients Needed to Make Potatoes and Green Beans with Sausage
- Yukon Gold potatoes
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Slap Ya Mama
- Parmesan cheese
- Green beans, fresh
- Slap Ya Mama
- Pepper
- Salt
- Olive oil
- Garlic cloves
- Water
- Smoked Sausage
How to Make Potatoes and Green Beans with Sausage
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1 – Preparing the Potatoes
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Place potatoes into skillet and add seasonings. Cook until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over potatoes and stir until all potatoes are coated. Set aside.
Step 2 – Preparing the Green Beans
In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat and add green beans. Sprinkle seasonings over green beans and toss until coated. Cook until they turn a bright green, approximately 5 minutes. Add water to pot, cover, and steam until green beans are tender, about 2-3 minutes.
Step 3 – Preparing the Sausage
Slice sausage into ¼ inch slices. In a large frying pan, add sausage and water. Cook over medium high heat until sausages have browned and most of the water has evaporated. Drain grease, if needed, and set aside. When green beans are done, place potatoes and sausage into pot, stir and enjoy!
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Potatoes and Green Beans with Sausage
Ingredients
For the Potatoes
For the Green Beans
For the Sausage
- 12 oz smoked sausage, sliced into ¼ inch slices
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
For the Potatoes
- In a large skillet, heat oil and add potatoes.
- Add seasoning and cook until potatoes are tender, stirring as needed.
- Sprinkle parmesan cheese over potatoes and stir until all potatoes are coated. Set aside.
For the Green Beans
- In a large pot, heat oil and add green beans.
- Add seasonings and toss until green beans are coated. Cook until they turn a bright green, approximately 5 minutes.
- Add water to pot, cover, and steam until green beans are tender, about 2-3 minutes.
For the Sausage
- In a large frying pan, add sausage and water and cook over medium high heat until sausages have browned and most of water has evaporated. Drain grease, if needed, and set aside.
- When green beans are done, place potatoes and sausage into pot, stir and enjoy!
Video
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JEANNE MARIE says
where do you get Slap Yo Mama ? seasoning . thank you
deliciouslyseasoned says
Hi Jeanne, you can buy this at Walmart, most grocery stores and even order it online.