This 45 minute healthy and satisfying Sausage Curry recipe is easy to make and made in one pot! Serve your retro-style sausage curry with cauliflower and potatoes with a side of white rice and enjoy for a warm, hearty meal for weeknight dinners.
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Sausage Curry
If you love comforting and high-protein one-pot meals, then this curry recipe is perfect for you! This dish begins with crisping sausages in the pot. Then a rich and creamy curry sauce is created with garlic, onions, spices, potatoes, cauliflower and green beans are simmered to perfection. Finally the sausages are added back to the pan along with cilantro and frozen peas; that's it!
If you love recipes using sausages, then these Sausage & Date Stuffed Mushrooms will be perfect for you too!
Ingredients
- Sausages: I use beef, but any kind (sweet or hot Italian) works great.
- Garlic & Ginger: Fresh garlic = flavor bomb. Ginger is optional but adds zing.
- Olive Oil: Use a good-quality EVOO!
- Onion: Finely chopped onion (or shallot) adds a hint of sweetness.
- Potatoes: 1" cubes cook in 30–40 min—soft, buttery, and help thicken the curry.
- Cauliflower, Green Beans, Peas
- Cilantro, or parsley!
This isn’t a traditional “Keens Curried Sausages” dish—no curry powder here.
How to make one-pan sausage curry
Step 1: Begin with sautéing the sliced sausage in a dutch oven in some olive oil for about 10 minutes until most of the edges are crispy. Transfer the cooked sausage to a bowl and set aside for later!
Quick tip: If sausages start to stick to the bottom of the pan, add 1-2 teaspoons of water to deglaze the pan and use your mixing spoon to scrape off any bits from the bottom of the pan, then mix everything together.
Step 2: Be sure there is enough oil left in the pan or add some more. Then, sauté the onions for 5 minutes just until they start to become translucent.
Step 3: Mix in the aromatics, including fresh garlic, salt, red pepper flakes, ginger, ground coriander, turmeric, cumin & cinnamon. Cook just until the garlic is cooked through, about 2 minutes. It will become very fragrant.
Step 4: Next, add in all the veggies including the cauliflower, potatoes and green beans followed by the crushed tomatoes and vegetable broth!
Step 5: Simmer all the ingredients in the pot for 30-40 minutes or until the potatoes are fully cooked through and the cauliflower becomes very soft.
Step 6: Finally, turn off the heat and add the cooked sausages, cilantro and frozen peas to the cooked curry and mix everything together. Cover the pot and let sit for 5 minutes before serving!
Chef tips
- Make sure potatoes are fully cooked—taste one before turning off the heat.
- Great for meal prep: make on Sunday and portion for 2–3 days.
- Start cooking basmati rice before the curry so it’s ready to serve hot.
Storing & Reheating
- Store sausage curry leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 4 days. If the curry has become a bit too thick, add 1-2 teaspoons of water per serving, mix together and microwave!
- I have not personally tried it out, but I would recommend freezing the curry in a freezer-safe ziplock or container for up to 3 months.
Variations and substitutions
- Use any type sausage you love!
- Try half russet potatoes and half sweet potatoes. Swap cauliflower for broccoli!
- Use whole cumin seeds if you like!
- Swap the vegetable broth for chicken broth or mushroom broth.
Serving ideas
- Serve over basmati, jasmine, or brown rice.
- Try with mashed potatoes (russet, Yukon, or sweet).
- Pair with hearty bread like sourdough.
- Spoon over rice noodles for a fun twist.
- Stir in ¾ cup coconut milk for extra creaminess.
- Swap in vegan sausages for a plant-based version.
Frequently asked questions
In this recipe, I use a combination of spices to provide the curry flavor rather than using curry powder. Feel free to add 1 teaspoon of curry powder to the recipe if you want to try it out!
The classic curried sausage concept originated from Germany. The recipe shared here is not closely related to the German curried sausage, and is more like an Indian curry that just so happens to have sausages added!
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Instructions
- In a large Dutch oven pot or soup pot, add the sausage with 1 teaspoon of oil. Saute over medium-high heat, for about 10 minutes, until the sausage has crisped a bit. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of oil from the sausage left in the pot. If no oil remains in the pot from the sausage, add 2 tablespoon oil.
- With the heat on a medium flame, add the onion. Saute over medium-low heat for 5 minutes until softened and translucent.
- Mix in the garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes, coriander, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon and salt. Cook for 2 minutes until fragrant.
- Mix in the potatoes, cauliflower, green beans, crushed tomatoes and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer and cook covered, with the lid slightly ajar, until the potatoes have softened, about 30-40 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and mix in the cooked sausage, cilantro and peas. Cover the pot and let sit for 5 minutes before serving!
Test Kitchen Notes
- Easily swap the cilantro for herbs of their choice such as parsley.
- Russet potatoes are ideal for this recipe since their starches help thicken the saucy mixture!
- Using vegetable broth is ideal, but you can also use a Mushroom Broth or Chicken Broth if you have it on hand.
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Chani Katz says
This recipe looks sooo good. Definitely saving this recipe . Yum!
Alexandra says
What a delicious recipe this is - packed full of wonderful warming spices and flavours, and so hearty and comforting. This is definitely an ideal recipe for the whole family to enjoy, and perfect for us, as we always have sausages on hand!
Dalya Rubin says
Thank you so much for the sweetest comment!! I'd love to hear how you like it and if you make any ingredient swaps if you give it a go 🙂
Andréa Janssen says
We love a good curry around here and this sausage curry was so delicious. The spices, warming, great flavor, we liked it a lot.
Dalya Rubin says
I'm so happy to hear you love it!!
Nora says
This sausage curry sounds amazing! Can't wait to give it a try! Thanks!
Covita says
Delicious flavor. I love this curry!
Great recipe
Fruma says
This recipe is delicious! I never thought to saute sausages before to get them crispy, but they were a game changer!!!
Dalya Rubin says
YAYY!! I love that you tried something new & liked it!
Lathiya says
I love curry and this one looks scrumptious.