Here is an easy sausage, peppers & onions recipe. This delicious Italian dish is simple and quick to make. It is great as a dinner main dish or a side dish for a large buffet style meal. It is also very easy to make because this recipe only uses a few key ingredients such as sausages, onions, peppers and tomatoes.
We also like to use this recipe as the basis of our sausage & pepper sandwich (where we place the sausage, peppers & onions inside an Italian bread roll). It is a great hot sandwich to serve your family for lunch. Your family will love it.
If you are looking for some homemade bread to serve with this Italian sausage & peppers dish, you should visit Bread Dad’s section on great bread machine recipes. Or if you are looking for Italian sandwich ideas, please visit our section on the best sandwich recipes.
Sausages Ready To be Fried
Sliced Peppers
Sliced Onions
Finished Product – Delicious Sausage, Peppers & Onions
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Ingredients – Sausage, Peppers & Onions Recipe
- 6 – Sausage Links (Italian) – If your family likes spicier food, you can use hot Italian sausages. For a sweeter & milder taste, you should use sweet Italian sausages.
- 1 Tablespoon – Vegetable Oil – We use olive oil or canola oil.
- 3 Large Red Bell Peppers (Sliced)
- 2 Large Onions (Sliced)
- 1 Can (6 oz) – Tomato Paste
- 1/4 Teaspoon – Black Pepper (Optional)
- 1/4 Teaspoon – Salt (Optional)
- 1/4 Cup – Red Wine (Optional)
Instructions – Sausage, Peppers & Onions Recipe
- Cut up onions and peppers into large strips. Place them in a separate bowl to be used later in the recipe.
- Add the vegetable oil to a frying pan.
- Add sausages to the frying pan and fry the sausages until fully cooked.
- Remove the sausages and pour out the grease from the pan.
- Cut the sausages into thick slices. Keep them separate from frying pan for the moment.
- Add pepper and onion strips to the frying pan. Cover pan to retain moisture and saute them on a very low heat setting until soft.
- Add tomato paste and mix with ingredients in the frying pan.
- Add salt and black pepper if desired.
- Add back the sliced sausage.
- Cover pan and let the ingredients simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Optional – If the dish looks too dry (or you enjoy the taste of wine!), add the red wine.
- Serve hot, eat & enjoy!
Tips – Sausage & Peppers Recipe
- At home, we often use homegrown peppers for this recipe because they are much more flavorful than most store bought peppers. Here are some pepper seeds on Amazon if you want to try growing your own sweet peppers and/or hot peppers.
- If you do not have any tomato paste, you can add your favorite sausage-based tomato sauce.
What are Italian sausages?
In America, Italian sausages are usually pork sausages seasoned with fennel and other spices. Italian sausages generally come in three varieties; mild, sweet or hot. The main difference between these sausages are that hot Italian sausages contain more hot pepper flakes, mild Italian sausages contain only a minimal amount of hot pepper flakes and sweet Italian sausages contain more sweet basil.
Reference Sources
- Wikipedia, Italian Sausage, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_sausage
Easy Sausage, Peppers & Onions Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 Links Sausage (Italian)
If your family likes spicier food, you can use hot Italian sausages. For a sweeter & milder taste, you should use sweet Italian sausages. - 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
- 3 Large Red Bell Peppers
Sliced - 2 Onions Sliced
- 1 Can (6 oz) Tomato Paste
- 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper Optional
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt Optional
- 1/4 Cup Red Wine Optional
Instructions
- Cut up onions and peppers into large strips. Place them in a separate bowl to be used later in the recipe.
- Add the vegetable oil to a frying pan.
- Add sausages to the frying pan and fry the sausages until fully cooked.
- Remove the sausages and pour out the grease from the pan.
- Cut the sausages into thick slices. Keep them separate from frying pan for the moment.
- Add pepper and onion strips to the frying pan. Cover pan to retain moisture and saute them on a very low heat setting until soft.
- Add tomato paste and mix with ingredients in the frying pan.
- Add salt and black pepper if desired.
- Add back the sliced sausage.
- Cover pan and let the ingredients simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Optional - If the dish looks too dry (or you enjoy the taste of wine!), add the red wine.
- Serve hot, eat & enjoy!