Best way to cook sausages - non BBQ

[UTH]

As ever, loads of opinions out there.

Guessing my options are pan fry, grill, oven cook based on my limited kitchen resources at the moment.

I'd usually go for fairly low, slow pan frying, but anyone got any interesting ideas?

[Pothole]

Get a bit of colour on in a baking tray on the stove, then into the oven for 20 minutes or so. 180C will do.

[21TonyK]

Fry from cold, very, very low. Do not prick them. Let all the gunge go sticky and cover them.

[UTH]

21TonyK said:

Fry from cold, very, very low. Do not prick them. Let all the gunge go sticky and cover them.

Very low by which method?

Indeed I'd never prick them

[21TonyK]

UTH said:

21TonyK said:

Fry from cold, very, very low. Do not prick them. Let all the gunge go sticky and cover them.

Very low by which method?

Indeed I'd never prick them

Sorry, fry.

[juice]

At least 45 mins in a frying pan on the hob (very low.)

[hyphen]

Perhaps a hot griddle first? Get some marks on them, then fry?

[baconsarney]

Always did mine in the oven... then last year I bought an air fryer

[sherman]

Lightly oil a baking tray or greaseproof paper. Put your sausages on the tray .Oven at 190c for half an hour. Remove and eat.

[Gluggy]

Not been a fan of oven cooking them, for some reason the texture always seem a little off when done that way. I'd get a pan fry them on a medium(ish) heat for a min or so to give them some colour and then turn to low to let them cook through.

[UTH]

Gluggy said:

Not been a fan of oven cooking them, for some reason the texture always seem a little off when done that way. I'd get a pan fry them on a medium(ish) heat for a min or so to give them some colour and then turn to low to let them cook through.

Yeah this sounds like my best bet. Bring on BBQ season, that's really where sausages belong.

[grumbledoak]

sherman said:

Lightly oil a baking tray or greaseproof paper. Put your sausages on the tray .Oven at 190c for half an hour. Remove and eat.

^^^ This one. Turn halfway, chuck the paper after. Good results, low hassle, low mess.

[NMNeil]

Scottish electricity of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekjt_HuLD9w

[thebraketester]

We grill them usually but I prefer them slowly fried.

[Vasco]

Hadn't appreciated that so many people still fried things. I assumed that everybody grilled or oven cooked sausages these days.
Are these good quality sausages from butchers and farm shops or just standard stuff from the supermarket?

[AlexC1981]

I like to grill them under a medium heat, but controversially I prick them otherwise I find them greasy. I suppose a low fat sausage wouldn't need pricking. Last time I cooked sausages without pricking they spurted like a geyser all over the oven.

I find the skin comes out chewy when oven cooked, unless I overcook them and then they come out tough. I haven't tried the slow fry method.

[UTH]

Vasco said:

Hadn't appreciated that so many people still fried things. I assumed that everybody grilled or oven cooked sausages these days.
Are these good quality sausages from butchers and farm shops or just standard stuff from the supermarket?

Tonight’s are top notch from my butcher.

[sociopath]

Life's too short to not fry sausages.its also too short to faff about for 45 minutes when 10 minutes in a frying pan can sort them perfectly

[paralla]

I had no idea anyone did anything other than fry them slowly.

Doing them in an oven sounds like some kind of bourgeois class trading. They are sausages!

[LeadFarmer]

I've got a Hotpoint combination microwave that has a crisp function and comes with a crisping tray. Thought it was a gimmick at first, but it actually works, and is now the only way I cook bacon, sausages etc. Can even cook pizzas on it and the crust gets crisp. It cooks bacon perfectly.