Sausage and Peppers

Sausage and Peppers - a classic Italian American street food and dish that is super easy to whip up; cooked with Italian sausages, bell peppers, sweet onions and tomato paste flavored with creole cajun seasoning. Stuff it on hoagie rolls for snacks or pair it with pasta or rice for easy weeknight family meal. Either way, you’d surely want this on your menu every now and then!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings - 5

Calories 519kcal

Author Imma

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Olive or Canola Oil
2-3 Tablespoons butter
1-1½ pounds (450-675 g) sweet or hot Italian sausage
2-3 teaspoons minced garlic
1 large onion sliced into 1/4-inch strips (about 2 cups)
2 bell peppers (green, red and/or yellow ) stems and cores removed, sliced into 1/4-inch strips
1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
1-2 teaspoon creole cajun seasoning
½ teaspoon fresh thyme
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup chicken broth
1 can (15-ounce, 410 grams) diced tomatoes
Salt to taste

Instructions

Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium heat until hot . Add the sausages and brown both sides, for about 3-4 minutes . Remove from the pan, set aside
Add about about 2 tablespoons butter to pan , let it melt , then, onions, garlic, stir for a minute or two , followed by peppers , thyme , cajun seasoning , cook for about 3 more minutes.
Add the diced tomatoes and tomato paste . Gently stir the bottom of the pan to release all the browned bits. Bring to boil , then simmer .
Cut the sausages into into desired pieces , you may leave whole if using small sausages . Add the sausage back to the skillet with broth and gently mix. Cook for about 15 minutes or more. Adjust thickness and taste with more broth ,water, seasonings and/or salt.
Serve warm with breakfast potatoes for breakfast or brunch and or rolls for lunch or brunch.

Notes

This recipe is only as good as the sausage itself. So you should pick the right sausage. You can go with Andouille sausage or sweet and hot Italian sausages which give off a flavorful taste that blends well with the rest of the spices.
If you want to go the healthy route, you may use turkey or chicken sausage and pair it up with the right spices and seasonings to pump up the flavors.
Peppers are as obviously as important in this recipe. This always calls for red bell peppers and is optional for yellow and green. But if you want a little bit of heat, adding red pepper flakes is the way to go and it’s fairly easy to control the amount of heat.
You may add wine to this dish. When using olive oil, you can complement it with white wine but if you’re using a homemade red sauce, definitely go for red wine.
Another option for preparing this dish is to bake them up. Just put all the ingredients in a casserole covered with sauce and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees or until you start to see bubbles on it.
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary significantly based on the products used in the recipe.

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