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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
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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.
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So easy and super delish. Next time I make this I will serve with plain noodles and substitute hot links instead of mild for an extra kick. My family loved this. It will be put on my monthly recipe rotations.
Substitute the Johnsonville with a real sweet Italian sausage from your local butcher or Italian shop. The difference is mind blowing!
Have been making sausage and peppers for 50 years. Tried this recipe a few months ago. Deeelicious… can’t get enough of it!!!Have only changed 2 things.. used red peppers and left sausages whole for hoagies.
Wonderful recipe…I could not get over how well the flavors melded together!
Excellent recipe as already stated, I added a sprinkle of red wine vinegar.
So good and so easy! Works for a low carb diet by simply eating it by itself!
It is good for low carb, buy don’t forget that the tomatoes and onions carry some carbs.
Simple, easy and super delicious. I used some marinara sauce instead of diced tomato/herbs. Served in a hogie, topped with swiss cheese and broiled to melt. Perfection. My onion/pepper hating husband loved it.
Incredible… made no changes or substitutions and it was so delicious! Thank you!!!
This was so yummy! Simple yet delicious and the diced tomatoes were a perfect touch!
This is exactly the recipe I was looking for. OMG. Amazing. I used crushed tomatoes (all I had) and glad I did. Made an amazing sauce. I don’t know if the color of peppers makes a difference but I only had red, orange and yellow so that’s what I used.
This recipe is so good! I make it with chicken sausage and use it for my lunch meal preps. Goes great with a little white rice. I actually look forward to lunch all week long when I do this recipe. It holds up all week and on weight watchers, its only 7 points! 4 if you leave out the rice!
I loved this recipe! Super easy and super tasty. I followed the recipe exactly until the end I covered the sausage and peppers so the sausage would cook through faster.
Delish…I’ve made this several times already. Since I serve this over rice instead of on rolls, I add 1 cup of homemade chicken broth for a bit more liquid…so good
The only change I would make is to the instructions. After browning the sausage, I’d add a pinch or two of salt to the peppers and onions to help them soften. After softening I would add the tomato paste to cook the rawness out of it for a minute, then add the other spices, then add the diced tomatoes to sort of deglaze the pan. Nice easy recipe and a great dish overall.
Exactly the recipe I was looking for! Best Sausage and Peppers recipe. I made 2 batches, hot and sweet. Both came out deliciously.
Made this tonite and doubled the recipe….Home Run!! Will be repeated often.
Very tasty recipe. Will definitely make again.
This recipe is the best sausage and peppers recipe I have found. You can use different sausages (obviously), and adjust the seasonings to your tastes, but this is a terrific base recipe, thank you so much!
PS I added extra diced tomatoes in the morning to the leftovers and made shaksouka.. just heat until bubbling and add an egg or three to cook in the juices.. YUM!
Excellent dish. Made with mild Italian sausage from the butcher and farm fresh peppers. Excellent recipe. Thank you for sharing!
Need to make for 100 + Is there a crowd size recipe.
Would serve over rigatoni or I like the mashed potato idea.
Allrecipes has a chart that can help you cook for that many people. It will tell you how much you’ll need. thank you
Wish I cold read Raul’s reply. Looks like he is going to give quantities for the recipe for 100. The recipe and comments keep jumping around all over and Raul’s reply won’t open.
30 pkg’s. Johnsonville Sausage…..
Can I use spaghetti sauce in thus recipe
I did once and it still came out excellent.