Our family has been making this simple and tasty one-pan sausage and peppers dish for years. Serve in a roll or as a topping on pizza or pasta. For an added kick, combine 1/2 sweet Italian sausage with 1/2 hot sausage!
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 package Johnsonville Naturals Mild Italian Sausage
1 green pepper, thinly sliced
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
2 sweet onions, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions:
Add vegetable oil to a large pan and heat over medium-high heat. Add sausages and cook until browned on all sides. Remove sausage from pan and set aside (Note: You do not need to cook it through at this point.)
Add onion and peppers to grease left in pan and cook over medium heat until softened. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Slice sausage into 1 to 1 1/2-inch pieces.
Return sausage to pan along with all other ingredients.
Cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until sausage is cooked through and sauce is thickened.
Serve on hoagie rolls if desired.
Enjoy
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Sausage and Peppers
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
- 1 package Johnsonville Naturals Mild Italian Sausage
- 1 green pepper thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper thinly sliced
- 2 sweet onions thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Add vegetable oil to a large pan and heat over medium-high heat. Add sausages and cook until browned on all sides. Remove sausage from pan and set aside (Note: You do not need to cook it through at this point.)
- Add onion and peppers to grease left in pan and cook over medium heat until softened. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Slice sausage into 1 to 1 1/2-inch pieces.
- Return sausage to pan along with all other ingredients.
- Cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until sausage is cooked through and sauce is thickened.
- Serve on hoagie rolls if desired.
- Enjoy
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