Sausage, Kale and Potato Skillet Dinner

A Simple, Satisfying Skillet Recipe

And just like that, summer is in the rearview mirror. We’re back to long days that begin just a little earlier—or maybe a lot earlier—than we’d like them to, back to trying to cram in a family dinner that’s a little more than a total afterthought even though we feel like there’s no time. When you don’t have much bandwidth—to cook, clean or even think very hard—this kale, sausage and potato skillet recipe will have your back.

Three Ingredients (Plus a Few More).

With three main ingredients—chicken sausage, kale, and red potatoes—there’s no fussing over a big shopping list, or worry that you forgot one of the key ingredients last time you went to the store. If your cupboard is bare, the ingredients for this easy chicken sausage and kale skillet supper could be gathered in a five minute pit stop, meaning that making this quick skillet dinner is still faster than take out. Here’s what you’ll need:

• Olive oil (vegetable oil works, too)
• One head of garlic
• An onion
• Dried thyme
• Chicken sausage
• Boiled red potatoes
• One bunch of kale
• A lemon

How to Cook Potatoes in a Skillet

The secret to perfectly cooked skillet red potatoes—brown and crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside—is to boil them first! You can make this quick and easy one-skillet dinner even faster by boiling the potatoes ahead of time—it’s an ideal meal prep day task.

Here’s how to make the best skillet potatoes:

• Cut the red potatoes into uniform pieces before you boil them, so that they cook quickly and evenly.
• Salt the water you boil them in! That way the potatoes are already pre-seasoned before they even hit the skillet.
• When you’re ready to fry the potatoes in the skillet, let the oil get hot before you add the red potatoes to the pan.
• Add the potatoes to the warm oil and resist the urge to stir them! Instead, let them fry in the hot oil for a while before you move them around in the pan. This allows them to develop a nice brown, crispy crust. Once you see some good browning, begin to stir them occasionally so that all sides of the potato pieces have a chance to get crispy.

This Kale, Sausage and Potato Skillet Is All of the Things—but Most of All EASY.

Loaded with curly kale, and fragrant with onion and garlic, our one-pan sausage and potato skillet recipe is both hearty and healthy. Best of all? It’s easy, too. This skillet dinner is born out of an intuitive kind of cooking, where you could almost imagine that there is no recipe—heat and ingredients and time team up, and meal just sort of flows. It doesn’t demand much of you—not many ingredients, not much time. Just simple simple simple. It’s as easy as:

1. Brown the potatoes.
2. Add the chicken sausage to the crispy potatoes.
3. Next comes the onion! By now, the savory smells should have summoned your family to the kitchen. Maybe they’re even setting the table.
4. When the onion is softened and becoming irresistibly golden, turn the heat down and stir in the garlic and kale.
5. When the kale is wilted, dinner is served!

Tools You’ll Need:

• This chicken sausage and potato skillet dinner is all about—you guessed it—the skillet! Cast iron is classic, and this one is our fave.
• A good sharp knife is your BFF.
• And let’s not forget the joys of a really good stir spoon.

Other One-Pan Dinner Recipes We Love:

Put that skillet to work!

• Pork Chops with Mushroom Cream Sauce
• Philly Cheese Steak Skillet
• Baked Gnocchi
• Skillet Chicken Pot Pie

One-Pan, No Fuss, Everyone’s Happy.

We hope that our sausage, kale and potato skillet recipe was a hit in your home. Snap a photo of your finished chicken sausage skillet dinner, and maybe even a video of the beautiful people you feed it to. Tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper. Happy eating!