The ultimate retro sausage recipe – Curried Sausages! Browned sausages in a curry flavoured sausage gravy with carrots and peas, it’s totally 80’s, totally kitsch, and we totally love it.
Curried Sausages
Curried sausages are as retro as bell bottom pants. And as the fashion astute are well aware, flares are gradually making a comeback…..
But curried sausages never went out of fashion as far as I’m concerned!!
If you’re dubious about this retro classic, think of it this way: Curried Sausages are really just sausages with gravy, with addition of curry flavour.
So if you like those 3 things, then this sausage recipe has your name written all over it!
What you need
There’s not that much that goes in this – and other than the curry powder, it’s the same ingredients as Bangers and Mash (Sausages with Gravy and Mash).
You will find some old school recipes that make curried sausages with water instead of broth / stock, but I personally find it lacks flavour.
You will also find some old-school recipes that call for the sausages to be boiled instead of browned. That made me want to cry!?
Feel free to add more vegetables – there’s plenty of sausage gravy so it can take it!
How to make it
Curried Sausages is a great quick dinner recipe. The part that takes the longest is browning the sausages – about 6 to 8 minutes. The curried sausage gravy only takes about 5 minutes to make!
brown sausages, then remove and cut into chunks if desired – or keep them whole
sauté onion and garlic – essential flavour base for an otherwise simple sauce;
cook off curry powder – this little extra step will bring out the curry flavour, again, essential step for a simple sauce. I do this in all my simple curry recipes including my everyday Chicken Curry and Curried Rice;
cook off flour – this will thicken the gravy (sub cornflour/cornstarch for gluten free, directions in recipe notes);
slowly add the chicken stock while mixing; then
add sausages, carrots and peas;
simmer for a few minutes – sauce will thicken into a gravy consistency
serve over mash, rice, noodles or mop up with bread!
In case you hadn’t caught on yet – Curried Sausages is most definitely NOT a traditional Indian curry! While the curry flavour is certainly not as strong or complex as with Indian curry favourites like Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken, it’s far quicker to make with a fraction of the ingredients and delicious in its own right.
I’ve been quite restrained with the vegetables in this recipe, but it can certainly take more – there’s plenty of of the curry gravy. Otherwise, try it with a side of a garden salad or leafy greens tossed with French Dressing, Balsamic Dressing or even the simple vinaigrette used in this Everyday Cabbage Salad. – Nagi x
Curried Sausages
Watch how to make it
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Curried Sausages
Ingredients
- 0.5 tbsp oil
- 600g / 1.2lb sausages , of choice (Note 1)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 onion , halved and sliced
- 1 carrot , peeled, sliced on the diagonal
- 1 tbsp curry powder , or more (Note 2)
- 3 tbsp flour , any type (Note 3 for GF)
- 2 cups (500ml) chicken stock/broth , low sodium
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt , plus more to taste
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup peas , frozen
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Cook sausages, turning to brown all over then remove. Optional: slice sausages into pieces on the diagonal.
- In the same skillet, add garlic and onion. Cook for 2 minutes until translucent.
- Add curry powder and stir for 30 seconds.
- Add flour and mix for 30 seconds.
- Gradually pour in chicken stock, mixing constantly.
- Add carrots, sugar, salt and pepper, stir well.
- Add sausages and peas, bring to simmer and cook for 3 minutes or until sauce thickens.
- Serve over mashed potato, rice, pasta or noodles. For low carb, try mashed cauliflower!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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Made this tonight simple easy and delicious. No left overs for tomorrow’s lunch even though I made extra so good.! Thanks
Easy and good! I’ll definitely make it again. I used bratwurst and cooked it under my oven’s broiler the night before, so it wouldn’t take so long in the pan. I used broccoli instead of peas because that’s what I had on hand. Thank you, Nagi!
tried this yesterday, excellent full of flavour
Wow that was really super nice, followed recipe, but added a heaped Tbspn of Greek yogurt.
Mashed cauliflower & parmesan as a side. This is quickly becoming an easy made favorite
Another winner Nagi!! I change it up adding a tin of tomatoes, some tomato paste (and extra beans/peas/corn) so it’s not exactly the same but it mellows the curry out for my little people -it’s Miss 5s fav, hubby loves it and I do mine with less sausage and mix some of the sauce thru some zucchini noodles- yummm
I’m so glad it was a hit Hayley, sounds fabulous!! N x
Our favourite curried sausages by far!
This recipe is delicious! The flavour is amazing. My hubby loved it said is was old school cool. My only suggestion is to cook the carrot longer as they are a little bit crunchy. Thank you!
I did wonder how the carrots cook in this time
In the video it didn’t show adding the flour.
Hi Katie, yes it’s not shown in the video but is required to thicken the sauce. N x
This curry sausage recipe is delicious 😋 I used soy sausages with added veg of broccoli, chives, spring onion, cauliflower, spinach, beans and corn. Is was very much enjoyed by everyone, it was completely eaten up! Thank you for your delicious recipe
Best curried
sausages I ve ever made. Husband requests twice a week lol
Taste great, but only 3 minutes cooking for carrots left them quite raw so cooked longer.
Do you think that this could be done in the slow cooker?
Hi Kate, not this one as written sorry, you really want the browning on the sausages. N x
This was a hit with everyone here. So easy to make and full of flavour too.
I added extra veg and chunks of apple to ours to up the kids veg intake and no one complained. This is definitely a winner and a new favourite with us.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this retro dish! So flavoursome (HAS to be good quality sausages), so simple, family friendly one pot meal – thank you for sharing your recipes Nagi (and your mum) – makes dinnertime just that much easier to deal with 🙏
Very yummy! A fantastic recipe.
Made this tonight was yummy
Another fantastic recipe. Threw in the left over baked sausages (one left) with potatoes and gravy from last night, along with another 4 sausages and this was incredible. Your food is beyond belief tasty. Thank you so much. Recipes that fill the heart and soul. X
Sometimes I just have to give my husband comfort food and boy did he appreciate this, as did I. Easy and good for the soul.
I love hearing this Ann, thanks so much for taking the time to let me know!! ❤️
Love this , it’s amazing
I made this and everyone in the family loved it, which is amazing, as there is always that ONE that doesn’t like something. Thank you so much for all your great recipes.
Delicious! My hubby loves the old classic Curried Sausages so it’s a semi-regular in our household. This is definitely one of the better, more flavourful recipes we’ve tried.