Italian Sausage Peppers And Onions In A Bun Food

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS ON TOASTED GARLIC BUNS

Steps:

• Instructions
• Poke the sausages all over with a fork.
• In a large, deep, heavy skillet, pour in the extra virgin olive oil, heat on medium heat.
• Place the sausages in and cook until fairly brown.
• Add the garlic to the sausages when they are not fully cooked, but fairly golden brown, so that the garlic does not burn from cooking too long.
• Place the sausages into a large (13 x 9?) baking dish, draining the oil to stay in the skillet.
• Place the sausages in a pre-heated 400 degree oven to stay warm while cooking the peppers and onions.
• Add the sliced onions to the hot left-over olive oil in the skillet.
• Cook onions until browned and caramelized, but still crunchy, 6 minutes.
• Add mushrooms to the cooked onions until browned and caramelized, 6 minutes.
• Add the cooked onions and mushrooms to the sausages in the oven, draining the oil from them to be left in the skillet to saute' the peppers.
• Add more olive oil to the pan if there is not enough.
• Add all of the peppers and saute' 6 minutes; keep them at a nice level of crunchiness, not wilted or soft.
• Remove the sausages, onion, and mushrooms from the oven.
• Add the peppers to the sausage, onions, and mushrooms to the sausage mixture.
• Add the oregano, basil and red pepper flakes; blend well
• Add tomato sauce and wine at this point and carefully blend together.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Return to the 400 degree oven and bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
• While baking, melt a stick of butter.
• Add garlic powder to the melted butter to your preference level, about a Tablespoon.
• Blend well.
• With a pastry brush, thoroughly and heavily brush on the garlic butter on both sides of the hoagie/submarine buns.
• After the sausage, peppers, and onions are done baking, turn on the BROILER.
• Place the buns under the broiler for about 2 - 3 minutes and watch them so they do not burn!
• When golden brown, remove from the oven.
• Place a sausage on each bun and smother with the peppers, mushrooms, and onions!

QUICK 'N' EASY SAUSAGE ON A BUN

Steps:

• Cook sausage in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat 12 min. or until done (160ºF), turning after 6 min. Remove sausages from skillet; cover. Discard drippings from skillet.
• Add peppers, onions and dressing to skillet; cook and stir 5 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in tomatoes. Bring to boil; cook 5 min., stirring occasionally.
• Cut sausages lengthwise in half, being careful to not cut all the way through to bottom of each. Open sausages; place, cut sides down, on bottom halves of rolls. Top with vegetable mixture and cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS & ONIONS

Steps:

• Add oil to a large skillet over high heat.
• Brown the sausages well on all sides, I like to get a good amount of color on them. Color=flavor!
• Remove the sausages to a platter and set aside.
• Add the bell peppers and onions to the same skillet and cook for about 5 minutes, getting them a little bit brown as well.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the garlic to the veggie mixture for the last minute.
• Next add the sausages back to the pan and dump in the tomato sauce and diced tomatoes with juice, the salt, Italian seasoning, onion powder and brown sugar.
• Bring to a boil then reduce to low and simmer covered for an hour or until sausages are cooked through.
• When you are ready to serve, toast your hoagie buns on both sides, then add the cheese to the inside of the buns and place back in the oven to broil until the cheese is melted.
• Add the Italian Sausage & peppers & onions to each hoagie and sprinkle with lots of Parmesan cheese. Serve with some of the tomato sauce on the side for dipping.
• My kiddos like their sausages cut up in bite size pieces before I put it on their hoagies, but that is optional.

SAUSAGE, PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the sausages and cook until brown on both sides, about 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and drain.
• Keeping the pan over medium heat, add the peppers, onions, salt, and pepper and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the oregano, basil, and garlic and cook 2 more minutes.
• Add the tomato paste and stir. Add the Marsala wine, tomatoes, and chili flakes, if using. Stir to combine, scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to release all the browned bits. Bring to a simmer.
• Cut the sausages into 4 to 6 pieces each, about 1-inch cubes. Add the sausage back to the pan and stir to combine. Cook until the sauce has thickened, about 20 minutes.
• Serve in bowls. Or, if serving as a sandwich, split the rolls in half lengthwise. Hollow out the bread from the bottom side of each roll, being careful not to puncture the crust. Fill the bottom half of the roll with sausage mixture. Top and serve sandwiches immediately.

GRILLED ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Combine bell peppers and onions in a large bowl. Add olive oil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine. Using a toothpick, poke 4 holes into each sausage to prevent them from exploding on the grill.
• Place vegetables in a grill basket and cook for 2 minutes. Add sausage directly to the grate and grill for 4 minutes. Flip sausage over, stir vegetables, and grill for 4 minutes more.

SAUSAGE, PEPPER AND ONION HOAGIES

Steps:

• Place the sausages in a large nonstick skillet. Pierce the casings with a fork. Add 1-inch water to the pan. Bring liquid to a boil. Cover sausages, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Heat a second skillet over medium high heat. Add oil, 2 turns of the pan. Add garlic, onion, cubanelle and red peppers. Season vegetables with salt and pepper.
• Drain sausages and return pan to stove, raising heat back to medium high. Add a drizzle of oil to the skillet, brown and crisp the casings. Remove sausages, slice into 2 inch pieces on an angle and set pieces back into the pan to sear.
• Split and toast the bread under broiler. Melt oil, butter together in small pan over medium heat. Add garlic and let it sizzle 1 or 2 minutes. Brush rolls with garlic butter and sprinkle with a little dried Italian seasoning blend.
• Combine the cooked peppers and onions to the sausages. Add hot peppers and hot pepper juice to the skillet. Toss and turn the sausage, peppers and onions, picking up all the drippings from the pan. Pile the meat and peppers into the garlic sub rolls and serve.

ITALIAN SAUSAGES WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Place sausage in hot cast iron skillet and brown on all sides. Add water, cover and let steam for 5 to 8 minutes or until sausages are no longer pink in the middle. Remove to plate. Drain off any remaining water from skillet. Add olive oil to same skillet along with peppers and onions. Cook over medium heat until soft, about 20 minutes. Place sausage in a roll with peppers and onions. Serve.

FESTIVAL-STYLE GRILLED ITALIAN SAUSAGE SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat. Lightly oil grate, and set 4 inches from the heat.
• Pierce the sausages in a few places with a fork, and set aside. Slice off the bottoms of the onion halves so they will sit flat on the grill. Brush the bell pepper and onion halves with 2 teaspoons of olive oil.
• Place the sausages, onions, and peppers on the preheated grill. Cook and turn the sausages until well browned and juices run clear. Cook vegetables until tender and peppers are slightly charred. Remove vegetables and sausages from the grill.
• Place the peppers in a paper bag, close, and cool slightly. Remove and discard the charred skin from the peppers; slice peppers into strips. Slice the onion halves. Place salt and pepper to taste, and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a bowl. Add the peppers and onions, and toss until evenly coated. To serve, place sausages in sandwich rolls, and top with the pepper and onion mixture.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet. Add the sausages and cook over medium heat until browned on both sides, about 10 minutes.
• Remove sausages from pan onto papertowel.
• In same pan, add onions, salt, and pepper. Cook until golden brown and softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add Italian seasoning, basil, and garlic. Cook 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste, stirring to coat the onions, then add the Marsala, tomatoes, and chili flakes. Stir to combine, scaping the bottom of the pan to loosen all the browned bits. Bring to a simmer.
• Cut the sausages into 1 inch pieces and add to the onion tomato mixture. Stir to combine and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated and the mixture has thickened, about 30 minutes.