Pork Sausage Couscous Bowls
Includes recyclable aluminum tray
- Wheat
- Milk
Hearty Italian sausage simmers with springy pearl couscous, tomatoes, spinach, herbs, and a blend of melty Italian cheeses right in our oven-ready tray for this convenient, delicious meal. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and enjoy this dish in a quick 35 minutes. The best part? Toss the empty tray when you're done for practically no cleanup!
Ingredients
½ ounce
Vidalia Onion Paste
2.5 ounce
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
5 ounce
Spinach
1 unit
Oven-Ready Tray
1 unit
Crushed Tomatoes
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
½ cup
Italian Cheese Blend
(Contains: Milk)
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 tablespoon
Tuscan Heat Spice
9 ounce
Italian Pork Sausage Mix
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Remove sausage* from casing if necessary; discard casing. Place sausage in oven-ready tray; using two forks (or your hands!), break up into into bite-size pieces (for 4 servings, divide sausage between two trays). • Add couscous, crushed tomatoes, Italian cheese blend, stock concentrate, Tuscan Heat Spice, and Vidalia onion paste; mix until well combined. Top with spinach. (For 4, divide everything between two trays.) TIP: Evenly spread out spinach and press down, making sure no leaves hang over the edges of your tray!
• Cover oven-ready tray tightly with foil; bake on middle rack for 25 minutes (for 4 servings, bake two trays side by side on middle rack). • Carefully remove foil from sausage couscous bake (watch out for steam!); stir until spinach is well combined.
• Top sausage couscous bake with Parmesan. Return to middle rack and bake, uncovered, until sausage is fully cooked and cheese melts, 10-12 minutes more.
• Divide sausage couscous bake between shallow bowls. Serve.
Ground Meat is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the tasty blend of ingredients, though some found it too salty or acidic. Consider adjusting seasoning to taste.
- Ease of prep: Customers loved the simple one-pan prep and minimal cleanup. Some suggested mixing ingredients in a bowl first for easier stirring.
- Suggestions: Try browning the sausage separately to improve texture and drain excess grease. Consider swapping spinach for kale to prevent clumping.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned it reheated well, with some saying it tasted even better the next day 🍲.
- Cooking tips: Some found the cook time longer than stated; ensure sausage is fully cooked. Adding extra cheese or garlic bread enhanced the meal.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was my first try at one of the oven bakes and I was skeptical, but it was so delicious and satisfying. Perfect for a cold night in winter and really easy to prep! The couscous gave it just the right amount of "filling pasta" without overwhelming the flavors of the other ingredients
This was my first time trying a make and bake with the included aluminum pan. I will try others. This bowl was delicious, and the portion was very generous. I ate four servings and shared another with a friend.
This was something I never had before, and I really liked it. I cooked the pork sausage in advance, which allowed me to drain off the grease and also shortened the baking time.
All the good flavors! I'm not sure if putting the couscous on the bottom of the pan so it would cook evenly would work but, I might try it next time.
Sodium!! 😕 we could not eat it, the salt was too much, we usually love all the HF we order but not the pork sausage couscous prep-and-bake. Suggest skipping the chicken stock ingredient and make it lighter by pre-frying the pork to reduce the fat? Thx.
Very good blend of flavors. Healthy meal. And I LOVED the easy prep and cleanup with the recyclable aluminum tray that was provided!
Our fave from this set. Easy to cook and very flavorful. I wouldn't even think that couscous can be oven baked.
Very good, won't mix spinach in next time would use as a salad or serve sausage couscous mix on top
Good flavors but definitely interesting. We had to add more water and cook longer for the couscous and spinach to be fully cooked.
Great flavor, but did decide to cook the sausage before adding it. I didn't want all the grease in my dish. (I had several tablespoons of grease in the pan after cooking) Will probably choose to make this again. I think kale instead of spinach would be a good swap.
