Sausage With Peppers and Onions
Updated Aug. 5, 2024

- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 8Italian pork fennel sausages, sweet or hot (about 2 pounds)
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 or 4medium bell peppers, a mix of red and yellow, sliced into ¼-inch strips
- 2medium red onions, sliced into ¼-inch half-moons
- Salt and pepper
- 2garlic cloves, minced
- 1tablespoon red wine vinegar
- Pinch of crushed red pepper
- Pinch of dried oregano
- Basil leaves, for garnish
- 4large eggs (optional)
Preparation
- Step 1
Prick each sausage in several places with a skewer or the tip of paring knife to prevent bursting. Put sausages in one layer in a skillet. Add water to cover and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes, then cover, turn off heat and let steep.
- Step 2
Place a wide skillet over high heat and add 2 tablespoons olive oil. When oil is hot, add sliced peppers and onions. Season generously with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring frequently, until softened and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Adjust heat as necessary if mixture seems to be cooking too quickly. Add garlic just at the end, stir to incorporate and cook 1 minute more. Stir in the vinegar.
- Step 3
Transfer pepper mixture to a platter. Over medium heat, coat pan with 1 tablespoon olive oil, add sausages and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side, to brown. Top pepper mixture with cooked sausages. Sprinkle with crushed red pepper and oregano and garnish with basil leaves.
- Step 4
If desired, in the same wide skillet, fry eggs sunny side up in a little olive oil to accompany. Season with salt and pepper.
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This is an old favorite. I suggest cooking the peppers in the same pan in which you've already browned the sausages. The peppers release juices that deglaze the pan and pick up some sausage flavor. I find adding red wine vinegar at the end too vinegar-y.. For brightness, I use a dash of rice vinegar or a mild champagne vinegar. And don't just use basil as a garnish. Toss the peppers with lots of the chopped herb while the peppers are still hot.
Too complicated. I cook the sausages in a small amount of water; cook out the water and saute the sausages. Remove the sausages; saute the onions and peppers in a little oil. Put back the sausages, add everything else, cook for a few minutes.
I preheated the oven to 350 degrees. Placed the hot and sweet sausages, sliced peppers and onions and chopped garlic in a shallow baking dish. I sprinkled with dried basil and oregano and a drizzle oil EVOO. I covered the pan with aluminum foil and baked for 30 mintues, removed the aluminum foil then baked uncovered for another 30 minutes. Perfect results everytime. Very flavorful.
Very nice. Served it with fried polenta. Always a favorite
I really like this recipe. I make it often. I use chicken sausage and it. is excellent. I know it is an old recipe but as I started experimenting with new foods this was one of the first and I come back to it often.
Cooked peppers and onion for much longer, probably at least double the time. Added some blanco vermouth near the end, just two minutes before stopping. Excellent.