Costco Italian Sausage Recipes
Costco's Kirkland Italian sausage comes in a large pack that's almost too convenient — slice it, crumble it, or cook it whole, and you've got a deeply flavorful protein ready in minutes. It's pre-seasoned with fennel, garlic, and herbs, which means it does most of the flavor work for you. These recipes lean into that bold sausage flavor and pair it with ingredients that are easy to keep on hand.
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Costco Italian Sausage and Gnocchi Skillet
Costco Italian Sausage and Gnocchi Skillet
This one-pan sausage and gnocchi skillet is the kind of recipe that becomes a weeknight staple the first time you make it. The Costco Italian sausage is rich and deeply seasoned, the gnocchi soaks up the creamy tomato sauce as it cooks, and the whole thing comes together in 30 minutes with almost no cleanup. It's a complete dinner from a single pan.
Costco Italian Sausage with Peppers and Onions
Costco Italian Sausage with Peppers and Onions
Sausage, peppers, and onions is one of the most reliable dinners in the Italian-American repertoire. Costco's Italian sausage has the perfect fat content and seasoning for this dish — it browns deeply without drying out, and the rendered fat goes right back into cooking the peppers and onions. Serve on a roll, over polenta, or with crusty bread.
Costco Italian Sausage and White Bean Soup
Costco Italian Sausage and White Bean Soup
Sausage and white bean soup is one of those recipes where the main ingredient does nearly all the work. Costco's Italian sausage is so well-seasoned that it transforms a simple broth into something rich and deeply flavored in 40 minutes. Add white beans, kale, and a Parmesan rind if you have one, and you have a soup that tastes like it's been cooking since morning.
Sheet Pan Costco Sausage and Vegetables
Sheet Pan Costco Sausage and Vegetables
A sheet pan dinner with Costco Italian sausage is about as low-effort as a real dinner gets. Slice the sausage, chop the vegetables, toss with olive oil and Italian seasoning, spread on a sheet pan, and roast. Everything caramelizes together in the oven and you end up with a complete, satisfying meal that only used one pan.
Italian Sausage Stuffed Peppers
Italian Sausage Stuffed Peppers
These stuffed peppers use Costco Italian sausage as the star filling — it's already seasoned with fennel and garlic, so all you do is brown it, mix with rice and Rao's marinara, stuff into bell peppers, and bake. The result is a complete meal in an edible bowl. Make a batch of six and you have dinner covered for most of the week.
Costco Lasagna from Scratch
Costco Lasagna from Scratch
Homemade lasagna from Costco ingredients is the ultimate value meal: Kirkland Italian sausage, Rao's marinara, a large tub of Costco ricotta, and shredded mozzarella. This recipe fills a full 9x13 pan and feeds 12 people generously — at a cost that's hard to beat. It takes about 90 minutes total but most of that is hands-off oven time.
One-Pan Tortellini Skillet with Italian Sausage and Spinach
One-Pan Tortellini Skillet with Italian Sausage and Spinach
This one-pan tortellini skillet skips the boiling-water step entirely — the tortellini cooks right in the marinara sauce, absorbing flavor as it plumps up. Italian sausage, Rao's marinara, and a handful of spinach round out the dish. It's the kind of weeknight dinner that looks like you put in more effort than you did, and cleanup takes 5 minutes.