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This simple and delicious Italian Sausage and Peppers recipe is a breeze to whip up for a family meal. It’s a classic meal that never gets old. Serve it over rice or pasta or stuff it into hoagie rolls for a filling dinner the whole family will enjoy.
Flavorful chunks of Italian sausage are combined with diced tomatoes, garlic, oregano, basil, lots of red and green bell pepper and onion. It’s a comforting meal but light enough to be enjoyed on a warm summer day.
For this Italian Sausage and Peppers recipe I used Johnsonville Natural Italian Sausage. Johnsonville Naturals is a new product line that not only includes Italian Sausage, but 3 flavors of bratwurst too: White Cheddar, Jalapeno Cheddar, and Andouille.
They are perfect for lightening up your summer meals.
Johnsonville Naturals have the great taste you know and love Johnsonville Sausage for, but with a short ingredient list. They have no MSG added, zero grams trans fat, no fillers, and are gluten free.
Not only is this a meal you can feel good about serving your family, but it can be made start to finish in under 30 minutes, making it great for those busy summer days when you glance at the clock and realize it is 5 pm and you haven’t even thought about dinner yet.
Learn more about Johnsonville Naturals and find more recipes at Johnsonville.com
Watch Our short How To Make Italian Sausage and Peppers Video Below
Italian 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.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Wonderful! tasty! I also used poblano peppers!
Serve it over rice I love my rice lol. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe! May God blessed you!
Delicious and easy!!
I tried this tonight it was delicious I used rotelle tomatoes to give it a little kick.
I added more diced tomatoes and served it over pasta. It was delicious!
The only to have Italian Sausage. This recipe although a southern one takes me back to the Jersey shore sausage sandwiches which I truly loved.
I will try this an top with mozzarella cheese and put under the broiler to melt.
Nice move. I’ll try that next. We have been using Parmesan.
Always a favorite in my home. I brown bite size sausage pieces, then the onions and peppers. Afterwards, all ingredients cook on low in the crockpot for 4 to 6 hours. The sausage is so tender it’s like a meatball! Spices are deliciously melded! Serverd on a brat roll with mozzarella.
Excellent but next time I may parboil the sausage a little
What did you do with the diced tomatoes and paste?
“Return sausage to pan along with ALL other ingredients.‘ I know, it was easy to miss.
Absolutely delicious!! Today I doubled the recipe using Italian chicken sausage to serve for Christmas due to family members who doesn’t eat meat. 🤞 it will be as good!