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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.
I was looking for quick and easy recipes that contained sausage and came across this. The pic made it look delicious and it was!! Definitely a favorite recipe find on Pinterest! Highly recommended
I used hot Italian turkey sausage. Otherwise followed the recipe. So good. I’m on my own so I cut the recipe in half approximately. Second serving I added rice which stretched it to 3 servings. One I added a slice of Provolone on top. Would be fabulous in a bun but very good without. Will make again.
Sounds good but I’ll make my own sausage. Ground pork, salt, pepper fennel and red pepper. I’ll use virgin olive oil.
Jim – Your comment shows what a douchebag you are. Go ahead and make your own sausage, but you don’t need to tell everyone. You’re the worst.
Jeff, really. He just said he’d make his own sausage. Your the pathetic one.
Jeff, you’re the worst. Who made you so angry? Giving miserable, giving sad, giving pathetic and not demure.
The sausage peppers and onions were absolutely delicious. Loved it. My husband loved it as well.
I have made this recipe many times and just love it. Do you have a crockpot version?
How many sausages. 1 Packet is insufficient info for those of us that cant get them. Just as easy to tell us how many sausages hence only 3*.
My husband recently passed away, so I have not been in the mood for cooking. I saw your recipe and I felt invigorated to try it. Thank you for this EASY and TASTY, recipe. I made it for my family for dinner using some sweet Italian sausages I had in the freezer saved for the same old spaghetti meat sauce dinner, I’ve made over and over for the past 43 years. I was so proud of how it turned out, that I had to send photos to my sister who could not attend this year’s Italian festival in New York’s Little Italy. One package fed the three of us for two meals and we didn’t feel weighed down afterwards. It was Absolutely Delicious! Thank you! I’ve already made plans to bring some to summer gatherings instead of boring, plain old hotdogs. Thank you so much! GOD Bless.
So sorry about your husband Rebecca and I am happy to know you enjoyed the recipe.
Excellent
Excellent! Easy to prepare, keto friendly. Great for leftovers too!
Sounds good and something I’ll try with a couple mods, like true authentic Italian version, simply using more tomatoes etc, but I’d be making this with said exceptions as more of comfort food, like something out of a crock pot. A single dish recipe served in Soup/Pasta bowls along with fresh sliced French bread. Off the top of my head anyway.