Celebrate Thanksgiving with minimal effort using a Sheet Pan Thanksgiving Dinner. Delicious turkey and sides ready in no time! Try it today!
There are a few components you absolutely need for a delicious Thanksgiving Dinner and this easy shortcut will give you a tasty Turkey Dinner in just an hour and a half on one baking sheet. For more easy dinners, try my Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Dinner (for 2!) and Thanksgiving Turkey Meatloaf.
Why You’ll Love This Thanksgiving Dinner?
- Perfect for when you want a tasty Thanksgiving meal without having to spend the day in the kitchen.
- Ready in about an hour and a half and makes clean up super easy!
Sabrina’s Sheet Pan Thanksgiving Dinner Recipe
This Sheet Pan Turkey recipe is the only recipe you need for the whole Thanksgiving day! Instead of spending time prepping Turkey Breast, Stuffing, Brussels Sprouts, and Sweet Potatoes all separately, you get them all done with one baking time on a single prepared baking sheet. No switching back and forth between recipes, it’s all right here! You’ll be amazed just how well this sheet pan dinner turns out.
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Ingredients
Brussels Sprouts:
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Sweet Potatoes
- 2 large sweet potatoes , peeled
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Stuffing:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , divided
- 4 stalks celery , finely chopped
- 1/2 yellow onion , finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 21 ounces cube stuffing
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 large eggs
Turkey:
- 3 turkey thighs , or 1 turkey breast
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Instructions
To Cook:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a baking sheet with vegetable oil spray.
Brussels Sprouts:
- Cook the bacon until crisp, then chop and set aside.
- To a large mixing bowl add 2 tablespoons bacon fat, salt, pepper, and Brussels sprouts and toss well.
- Add Brussels sprouts to ¼ of your sheet pan.
Sweet Potatoes:
- Cut potatoes into 1/2-inch chunks and toss with melted butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add Sweet Potatoes to ¼ of your sheet pan.
Stuffing:
- Add 4 tablespoons unsalted butter to a large skillet on medium heat.
- Add in the celery and onions, cook for 6-8 minutes until translucent.
- Add in the salt, sage, rosemary, thyme, and black pepper and stir.
- To a large bowl add the cube stuffing, vegetable mixture, and toss.
- Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter.
- In a second bowl whisk together chicken broth, eggs, and add in melted butter.
- Pour the mixture over the bowl and toss gently to moisten the bread cubes.
- Add the stuffing to the remaining half of the sheet pan evenly.
Turkey:
- Add the turkey to a bowl and rub with vegetable oil, salt, rubbed sage, rosemary, thyme, and black pepper.
- Place the turkey on top of the stuffing.
To Finish:
- Cover sheet pan with foil and cook for 30 minutes.
- Remove foil and cook an additional 30 minutes until turkey and the stuffing under it reaches 165 degrees (use a thermometer so you don't accidentally eat stuffing that is not safe to eat.
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Chef’s Note
There are lots of ways you can experiment with the taste of this recipe depending on what herbs you use. Try using fresh herbs instead of dry like fresh rosemary and fresh thyme in the herb mixture. You could also add new flavors with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, or freshly minced garlic cloves, Cajun seasoning, nutmeg, or paprika.
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About this Recipe
Sheet Pan Turkey Dinner gives you sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, herb-roasted turkey, and stuffing. You can use this recipe with turkey thighs or turkey breast. Whichever one you use, the turkey recipe comes out with wonderfully crispy skin and tender on the inside. It’s the perfect quick Thanksgiving feast if you’re feeding a small group, and it’s the ultimate sheet pan meal that you don’t have to spend all day on!
Can this be made ahead of time?
Sheet pan meals are already super easy but you could definitely prep the ingredients ahead of time to make it even easier. The potatoes can be cut a day ahead of time and stored in the fridge covered in water to keep them from turning brown. You can season your turkey and store separately. When you are ready to cook, lay your ingredients out on the sheet pan and pop it into the oven. Your Thanksgiving dinner will be ready to enjoy in no time at all!
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Prep Time: To get ready for the whole recipe preheat oven and spray the rimmed baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
- Cooking Time: Tent with foil then put the sheet pan in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and cook for an additional 30 minutes. Use an instant-read thermometer to check the internal temperature of both the turkey and the stuffing. If they’ve both reached 165 degrees, you can take it from the oven and serve.
Pairing Suggestions
Since this is already the entire meal all in one, there really is no need to make anything in addition. However, Thanksgiving dinner isn’t complete without Dinner Rolls, and Cranberry Sauce on the side. For an easy dessert, try my Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Pudding.
How to Store
- Serve: Don’t leave your leftover turkey dinner out at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
- Store: Once the Thanksgiving meal has cooled to room temperature you can put it in an airtight container to store in the fridge. Either put each part of the meal in separate containers or store it all together. The dinner should stay good for about 3-4 days.
- Freeze: You can also freeze your turkey dinner for up to 3 months.
Frequent Questions
Make sure your veggies are cut into even pieces before assembling on the sheet pan. Use a thermometer to check that your turkey and stuffing reach 165 degrees. If you are worried about your sides being overcooked, you can pull them off early.
No, turkey with the bone in takes much longer to cook so the rest of your meal will over cook or burn by the time the turkey is done. Stick to turkey thighs or breast to make sure that everything cooks evenly at the same time.
Variations
- More Veggies: You can try roasting other sides on the sheet pan like Butternut squash, or green beans. Cut up the Butternut squash and season them the same way you would the sweet potatoes. You don’t need to do much prep for the green beans just rinse them and coat them in your choice of oil and seasoning before adding them to the sheet pan.
- Sweet: To make a sweet candied Thanksgiving Dinner, coat the sweet potatoes and turkey in brown sugar. You could also mix brown sugar in with the herbs for the stuffing.
- Lemon Honey Garlic Turkey: To make Lemon Honey Garlic Turkey just make an easy lemon honey garlic sauce to dip the turkey legs in. You’ll need 3 cloves garlic, ½ cup honey, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, and ¼ cup water. Mince the head of garlic, then whisk the ingredients together. You can pour them over the baked turkey or just dip the finished turkey in it.
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I’ll be preparing this Tuesday as a possible Thanksgiving Day plan. I guess it will just be my husband and I feasting together.
Looking forward to trying this unique method of cooking four foods at once!! Thank you.
Enjoy!
Hi. I ‘m not familiar with cube stuffing.
It’s comes in a package from the grocery store (sometimes bagged or boxed). Hope this helps!
What size sheet pan should we be using?
I used a half sheet but you can use whatever size you have. Enjoy!
Brilliant!
I love her recipes.
Thank you!
for sheet pan stuffing, how do you measure 21 oz cube stuffing, how many cups ?
It’s a little under 3 cups of stuffing.
What size is sheet pan do you use? I plan to make this but not sure about pan size.thank you.
I used a half sheet pan for this recipe (18×13) but you can use whatever you have on hand. Enjoy!
What a genius idea for an easy Thanksgiving meal! We may all be looking for that this year.
Thanks, Molly.