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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.
Grew up eating Italian Sausage Sandwiches in very Italian communities in PA. So good! This was very close to those memories ! Love. Had this in a baguette. perfect!
Loved this, lots of flavor!
Made this tonight for my husband and myself, delicious! Great flavor! I used spicy Italian sausage and it was just the right kick. This was pretty simple to fix. We had it on hoagie rolls. Next time I may top with little mozzarella!
Perfect, eat that with pasta . Thanks
Absolutely delicious! This recipe is a big hit with my family.
I’ve made this a few times and always follow the recipe exactly, except I use Johnsonville sweet Italian sausage. It is amazing!!! I serve it on fresh hoagie rolls from our local bakery. Delicious!
Had some leftover sweet and hot italian sausages in the freezer. Googled recipes using italian sausage and your recipe came up. It’s delicious and definitely a keeper! Thanks for the idea and for sharing the recipe!
So easy, so good, can’t wait to make again! Thank you!
Made this recipe tonight. It was absolutely delicious! I followed the directions exactly & I wouldn’t change anything. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Growing up eating Sausage & Peppers you don’t think about all those who don’t … and LIVE A LITTE, find yourself a Butcher Shop or even a Whole Foods or Mariano’s which has really good Italian Sausage, Mild, Spicy, Sweet …