One-Pan Sausage and Gnocchi Dinner with Dairy Free Cream Sauce
This Healthy One-Pan Dairy Free Dinner is amazing. Filled with delicious chicken sausage, cauliflower gnocchi, and made creamy with coconut milk and delicious seasonings. I used Trader Joe's Cauliflower Gnocchi to make this a gluten free recipe, but you can also use regular gnocchi. This recipe is also dairy free, soy free, egg free, and nut-free but does contain coconut.
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 165kcal
Ingredients
- 1 -12 oz pack Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage - I got mine from Trader Joe's
- 2 -12 oz bags Frozen Cauliflower Gnocchi from Trader Joe's - see replacement options in the blog post
- 1 -15 oz can Peas (drained)
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 teaspoons brown rice flour - if you're not gluten free you can just use all purpose flour. If you are gluten free you can also replace this with gluten free all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper - more or less to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon salt - more or less to taste
- 1 can reduced fat coconut milk
Instructions
- Cut up sausage and add it to a large pan (preferrably stainless steel because it will give you all the good "stuck to the pan" flavor when you add in your coconut milk). Cook on medium high for about 5-8 minutes or until sausage begins to brown. Once sausage is golden on the sides remove it from the pan and place it in a bowl.
- Remove your pan from the heat (just to let it cool slightly while you add the next ingredients). Add in oil, garlic and flour. Place back on the heat and turn down to medium. Mix these ingredients well until the flour is very lightly brown.
- Then add in your nutritional yeast, salt, and pepper. *If your ingredients begin to burn at any time remove from heat quickly and turn down your temperature.* Add in your canned coconut milk and turn back up to medium-high. Mix very well with a wooden spoon scraping up any (tasty) stuck on bits from the pan.
- Add in your frozen gnocchi, peas, and sausage. Mix well to combine. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to keep it at a simmer. Cover and cook for about 7 minutes, or until gnocchi are heated through, mixing every couple minutes to ensure the gnocchi doesn't stick together.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
If you plan on making this meal early then reheating you may have to add a bit of water to loosen it up. The sauce thickens as it cools.
If you use a different type of gnocchi you may need to add a bit of water to assist in cooking during step 4.
I am not a nutritionist. The nutrition facts provided are not always 100% accurate and are calculated using general brands and figures. If you need exact nutrition facts please consult a certified dietician or nutritionist.
Nutrition
Calories: 165kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 184mg | Potassium: 63mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg