Baked Cherry Tomatoes, Feta, and Sausage
This Baked Cherry Tomatoes, Feta, and Sausage dinner is hearty and healthy, and made in one pan for an easy and hands off dinner.
Servings: 6
Calories: 583kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil plus more as needed
- ¾ lb precooked chicken or pork sausage, sliced
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2½ lbs cherry tomatoes
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh minced basil
- ½ lbs green beans, trimmed and halved
- 8 oz block of feta (not crumbled feta)
- 1 lb pasta for serving (or use rice or pearl barley)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Bring a large oven-safe sauté pan to just under medium heat. Add the olive oil and sliced sausages and cook until lightly browned on both sides, about 10 minutes.
- Reduce the temperature to medium-low. Add the garlic, stirring occasionally for 1 minute, adding extra olive oil if needed.
- Add the cherry tomatoes, salt, and fresh basil and toss to coat and warm through. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Keep an eye on the garlic to ensure that it does not burn.
- Add the green beans and toss with the tomatoes and sausage. Add the cubed feta. You want the feta to be interspersed throughout the dish so that it softens and cooks in the sauce that will form from the cherry tomatoes cooking down, but also visible towards the top so that when you broil the dish, it browns nicely.
- Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes. Switch to broil and bake for another 2-3 minutes until the feta and some of the tomatoes brown, but do not burn. Keep a close eye on it.
- Serve over pasta. This also goes well over brown rice or barley if you want an alternative to pasta.
Notes
- Sausages: I use precooked sausage cut into slices and pan fried until browned, but you could also use uncooked sausage and remove it from the casings and chop it up in the pan. I go back and forth, making this with chicken sausage or pork sausage. Both are great.
- Cherry Tomatoes: A great place to find flavorful cherry tomatoes year round is Costco. Look for the Hiiro brand. Or use tomatoes from the farmers' market, farm share, or garden.
- Salt: Everyone’s salt preferences vary. Feel free to add more or less salt according to your taste preference.
- Basil: Use fresh basil if possible, or ½ teaspoon dried basil if you cannot find fresh basil. You can also omit the basil altogether if needed.
- Feta: Be sure to use a block of feta, rather than crumbled feta.
Nutrition
Calories: 583kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 1233mg | Potassium: 689mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1562IU | Vitamin C: 49mg | Calcium: 240mg | Iron: 3mg
