This sausage and peppers recipe is an Italian-American classic, with sweet bell peppers served with Italian sausage. Serve it on its own or on a bun! Make it mild or spicy.
Who’s in the mood for a super easy yet flavor dinner? I know I am. Always! This is one of the easiest recipes out there, with spicy Italian sausages and lots of peppers that all come together in a recipe I grew up with.
Blog Post: https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/recipes/sausage-and-peppers/
Sausage and Peppers Recipe – How to Make Sausage and Peppers
Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 Italian Sausages I used hot, but use sweet for a milder version – try it with turkey Italians for a lighter version
3 Bell Peppers sliced into strips (Use a variety of colors – I use 3-4 jalapeno peppers instead of green bell for a spicier version, along with 2 colorful bells)
1 medium sweet onion sliced
6 cloves garlic chopped
1/2 cup red wine or use chicken broth or water
15 ounces fire roasted tomatoes you can use canned diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, or tomato sauce as well
2 teaspoons dried basil or use fresh chopped
2 teaspoons dried oregano or use fresh chopped
1 tablespoon spicy red pepper flakes for a spicier version, optional
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Directions
Heat the olive oil in a large pan to medium heat. Add the Italian sausages and brown them on each side, about 5 minutes, turning occasionally.
Remove the sausages and set them aside. Return the pan to medium heat.
Add the sliced peppers and onions to the pan and cook them down for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to get all of the peppers. Cook until they begin to soften up. I like to get a bit of a char on them.
Add the garlic and cook another minute, until the garlic is fragrant.
Add the red wine (or white wine, broth or water) to the plan to deglaze it. Scrape up any of the flavorful brown bits from the bottom. Cook for 3-4 minutes to reduce the liquid.
Add the tomatoes, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper to taste. Return the sausages to the pan – just nestle them into the peppers and sauce.
Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the sausages cook through and the mixture becomes a bit saucy.
Serve and enjoy!
Serving Suggestions: You can serve sausage and peppers on their own on a plate, or add a sausage to a bun or Italian roll and pile on the peppers around it. Try serving it with prepared pasta. You can also serve it over rice or cauliflower rice.
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Chapters:
0:00 Why I Love This Recipe
0:43 Prepping The Sausage
2:18 Cooking The Peppers
3:37 Adding The Onions
4:07 Starting The Sauce
5:23 Tomato / Spices
6:44 Tucking In The Sausage
7:32 Recipe Background
7:53 Finishing / Serving
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21 Comments
Dang dude I'm not sure how I'm just now discovering your channel, but that looks fiiiiire 👍👍🍻subbed
You are the best!!🙏🍷
Thanks Mike for another delicious recipe! The other half loves your cowboy caviar! Which I made yesterday for the weekend snack.
Marsala wine works really well in this.
Just got back from store with the stuff to make this and decided to see how other people make this looking for tips or tricks. I almost bought some jalapenos, but did not know how that might work out, since I was going more for Italian flavors. Yours' sounds real nice, hot and spicy with lots of garlic, the way we like most stuff. Some brands of hot Italian sausage are not hot enough to suit us, so we usually end up adding crushed red peppers and a dash of cayenne to many dishes. Glad I found your channel.
Awesome! Love sausage and peppers!
This will be going on the stove for tonight dinner so thank you Mike
Liked and subscribed, thank you for including the recipe in the notes!
Very nice. Thank you. (after the first sausage browning, I slice them in half lengthwise and brown some more… then everything is exactly the way you do it.)(btw… the video thumbnail is superb!)
Looks amazing.
Such a good channel and such a good man! Best wishes from Houston TX! 😎🥂
Sausage, Onions and Peppers is pretty big in my area (NE of Philly), and I have always included the tomatoes in there. I've started removing the casing from my sausages before cooking them. I find it presents nicer and eats easier. I haven't tried it with the Jalapenos, I will consider that for next time.
Italian sausage is impossible to find in my area. Would adding a little crushed fennel seeds added when you add the other herbs and spices work?
That is SO CLOSE to the way I leaned to make this back in NYC! Looks fantastic.
Biggest differences the way I learned as a kid :
* Slice the sausage before browning in oil. You want the oils in the pan when you take the sausage out and toss in the peppers and onions.
* Sauté the onions and peppers (all sweet bell for my mom, but I'm going to try the jalapenos soon) in the sausage oil. Add more oil if needed. Garlic at the end… of course.
* Build a full on pot of marinara sauce on top of those onions and peppers. Not just some tomatoes, a whole sauce. Like a 1/2 gallon of sauce for 3 pounds of sausage and at least 6 or 7 peppers.
* Put the sausage back in, heat all the way through. Eat.
* And yeah, both sandwiches and on pasta are big in my house.
This one gets 1/2 in the fridge, and 1/2 in the freezer for a month or so later.
Hi thanks for the great videos. I would like to know what the little glass bowls are that you put your individual ingredients in.
He forgot to grate a block of parmesan cheese over the loaded up sausage and pepper sandwich.
Get some long hots on that
I could see using deer sausages for this, I’ve got a whole freezer full, and I need to get cooking; next deer season is a few months away.
I use to make my own version of this! Now I'm ordering food for it. Thanks for reminder
Who knows how many variations of this. I've used brats, beer, and banana peppers as well because it's what was on hand. Not as good as normal, but it'll work in a pinch (being hungry is the best seasoning there is).
for a non american.. what is italian sausage?