Bangers and Mash - a quick and easy Irish sausage with onion gravy served over mashed potatoes. Pure comfort food for Saint Patrick's Day!
Served on a bed of mashed potatoes and a side dish of sweet peas and my Irish Soda Bread, this dish is perfect for a busy weeknight.
Every Irish recipe I've made is pure comfort food. Take my Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew as an example. It's packed with chunks of tender beef, potatoes and carrots, and rich and flavorful broth. This recipe for Bangers and Mash is no different. Juicy sausages are sizzled in a skillet (cast iron is the best here) with flavor-packed onion gravy. This dish is so easy to make and perfect for busy weekdays, not only holidays.
Ingredients (your shopping list):
- potatoes
- Irish bangers sausage (beef, pork or lamb sausage)
- butter
- sour cream
- salt and pepper
- olive oil
- onion
- garlic
- beef stock
- cornstarch
How to make it?
- Start by making mashed potatoes. Use your preferred method. I use my Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes recipe.
- Slice the onion. Measure out beef stock and whisk it with cornstarch.
- In a skillet, heat up olive oil. Brown sausages on each side. Remove from pan.
- Add butter to the same skillet. Add onion and garlic. Saute until fragrant and nicely brown. Add beef stock and cornstarch mixture. Simmer until thickened into a sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Add sausages back to the gravy and heat it all up together.
- Serve sausages with gravy on a bed of mashed potatoes and a side of green peas.
What sausage should I use?
I was actually able to find Irish bangers, which are pork sausages. They are already cooked, just need to be browned and heated up. You can use pork, beef or lamb sausage.
More Irish recipes:
- Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew
- Irish Soda Bread
- Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Pork Stew
- Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie
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Bangers and Mash (Sausage with Onion Gravy over Mashed Potatoes)
Ingredients
- 1 lb russet or red potatoes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 pork sausages I used Irish bangers
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1.25 cups beef stock
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch See note
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Start by making mashed potatoes. Use your preferred method. I use my Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes recipe. Add butter and sour cream and mash well. Season with salt and pepper.
- Slice the onion. Measure out beef stock and whisk it with cornstarch.
- In a skillet, heat up olive oil. Brown sausages on each side. Remove from pan.
- Add butter to the same skillet. Add onion and garlic. Saute until fragrant and nicely brown. Add beef stock and cornstarch mixture. Simmer until thickened into a sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Add sausages back to the gravy and heat it all up together.
- Serve sausages with gravy on a bed of mashed potatoes and a side of green peas.
Melanie Bauer says
Looks fabulous! Love those combinations and this is great also when we need something quick and easy meal, need to put it on our menu!
Jacquelyn Hastert says
This combination sounds amazing! I can't wait to give this a whirl very very soon.
Taylor says
Pure comfort! Perfect for St. Patrick's Day!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thanks, Taylor!
Chrissie Baker says
This recipe was delicious, though and I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a quick meal!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you so much, Chrissie!
Dee says
This looks amazing! So easy and super tasty
Kimberly says
One of my absolute all-time favorites! Fell in love this when I lived in England and it's been a tradition ever since!
Kellie H. says
My favorite irish dinner ever!
lauren kelly says
This is my absolute favorite! I love this recipe!
Stacie says
This is the perfect St Patty's day recipe! My family loves to eat meals like this.
Steph says
I loved the combo of sausage and onions...soooo good!