Easy Italian Sausage Recipes

Steps:

• Put sausage in a pan and cover with cold water.
• Bring to a boil and simmer until no longer pink inside.
• While the sausage is cooking, seed the peppers and cut into one-inch chunks.
• Open the tomato sauce and stir in garlic and seasoning.
• (If you are using pizza or pasta sauce or a flavored tomato sauce, omit the garlic and seasoning.) Add the peppers to the sausage for a few minutes, just long enough to soften them.
• Drain.
• Remove casing from sausages and cut into bite-sized pieces.
• Place sausage and peppers in oven-proof dish and pour sauce over.
• Bake in 350 degree oven about 30 minutes.
• If desired, sprinkle with mozzarella and return to oven until cheese is melted.
• Can be serves as an appetizer.
• Or over pasta.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage, mushrooms, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic in the hot oil until sausage is browned and crumbly, about 20 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Stir tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and olives into sausage mixture; season with oregano, basil, and salt. Simmer mixture until flavors infuse, about 30 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and transfer to a serving bowl; top with tomato-sausage sauce and Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, over medium heat.
• Add the sausages and cook, turning frequently.
• You want them browned all over and this takes about 10 minutes.
• Add the onions and stir up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Then after another 2 minutes, add the peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, and dried oregano.
• After lowering the heat cook for another 5-10 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the sausages are cooked through.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the remaining ingredients. , Cover and cook for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring, occasionally. Serve with a slotted spoon.