Air Fryer Sausage and Potatoes

Air fryer sausage and potatoes with onions cooked together! Tender with a little crisp on the outsides makes this a hearty meal everyone will love. You can slice Kielbasa or pork Ninja Foodi sausage into dials with bite size taters and a one pot meal is ready.

Potatoes and Sausage in Air Fryer Recipe

You can use any brand but with this is the machine I used to make sausage and potatoes. It was so good, the next morning we made sausage links in air fryer, and paired eggs with sausage patties in air fryer. From there we were hooked!

You can use any sort of meat you might have on hand. Our neighbor gave us these Venison Sausage deer links and honestly I wasn’t sure what to do with them. Thought a bit of crisp on the edges might be wonderful so I used those and WOW!

Air Fryer Sausage Potatoes and Onions

To be quite honest this was something I just threw together. I had a bag of red potatoes that needed to be used, and our friend gave us this homemade jalapeno and cheddar deer sausage. I know, sounds amazing right??

With an added onion and some olive oil of course they all came out perfectly tender and flavorful. Yes you can make just links by themselves. I will share instructions for that too but this duo is AMAZING and a great one pot dinner everyone will certainly love.

This is essentially what I used here. Precooked link sausage of any kind could be used. I buy an apple version at the store pretty often so if I hadn’t been given these, that is what I would’ve added.

Can I cook sausages in an air fryer?

We cooked these as is and they turned out great, I had already done that already but added other ingredients is a bit trickier because of the cook time and correct temp. You don’t want one item to overcook while the other one is still raw, or not tender enough. That was what took a batch to figure out. 

Ninja Foodi Sausage and Potatoes

With this machine you will follow the instructions below. The only difference is that the lid you use is the one that is attached. The button is labeled air crisp that you will use and the basket has handles on the side and comes with the unit.

I generally first refer to my air fryer cook times chart (linked above) which is a good gauge. Then it might take one or two trials but when I get it right it’s time to share with you too! We will start by dicing everything small enough so it comes out tender at the same time. I cut each red potato into 12 equal pieces.

Sausage links need to be precooked, then slice them into dials. The wider the pieces the less crispy they will get. That is up to you as far as how you think you’d prefer them when done. Same goes with the onion.

Ingredients

1. Air fryer basket you will need
2. Pre cooked smoked sausages
3. Onion sliced or diced
4. Potatoes can be red or russet cubed
5. Olive oil keeps it moist
6. Minced garlic is a must for us
7. Garlic salt too
8. Salt and pepper are basic seasonings
9. Could add chili powder or Sriracha powder for heat

Of course you can add any additional seasonings you want. The amount I use depends on the type of links I buy. Since these already had spice to them I didn’t feel like I had to add much.

Can you use frozen sausage links?

You can but you would want to first precook your frozen sausage in air fryer first, slice and continue on with the directions below in the recipe card. Or cook all the way thru and continue on with other items, then you can slice at the end once they’re tender.

Is sausage and kielbasa the same thing?

Kind of. They are both pork made into links with a casing on the outside. Kielbasa is smoked so it is essentially precooked and only needs to be warmed vs. some sausage links are sold raw and need a longer time.

Here is a quick rundown of how we made this. There is a printable version in the recipe card below if you prefer that as well.

How to cook air fryer kielbasa and potatoes and onions

• Slice all ingredients. Preheat your air fryer at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Put cubed potatoes, sliced onions and sausage dials into a large bowl.  Drizzle with olive oil and add garlic. 
• Sprinkle with seasonings and stir together so everything is coated nicely.
• Add half your contents into your basket so they don’t overlap much.
• Close lid and air fry for 12 minutes total, tossing ingredients halfway through.
• Test potatoes with a fork to see if they’re tender enough, if not add 2 minutes at a time up to an additional 5 minutes until everything is just as you like it.
• Remove, serve, add other half of your batch and cook Italian sausage and potatoes the same as the first batch.

We love this and our roasted potatoes in air fryer, they’re both favorite air fryer potato recipes for sure.

A meat thermometer really isn’t needed for this since you’re using precooked meats. Total time will be 15 minutes to 20 minutes total including time to preheat your machine. This allows it to cook more evenly.

Spam Peppers and Potatoes in Air Fryer

Want to change it up from a sausage link to including air fryer SPAM with your potatoes? We have made that too and it is amazing! If you ONLY want to air fry sausages like this by themselves you can just throw those right into your Ninja Foodi or Cosori and cook to a safe internal temperature. You can see the results below, they come out great too.

There is nutritional information included as well with calories, saturated fat and protein listed. This will vary depending on the type of taters you use and brand of sausages. Looking for more easy easy air fryer recipes? Our air fryer Hasselback potatoes are amazing.

Here is a roundup of the best air fryer breakfast recipes around including our Ninja Foodi breakfast that has sausage in it as well. If we’re having people over I love making this air fryer baked brie with apples and brown sugar. OH MY!

Air fryer grilled cheese is my girls’ favorite way to make this classic after school snack.