Italian Sausage And Peppers On Toasted Garlic Buns Recipes

ITALIAN-STYLE SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the sausages; cook until browned on all sides, following cooking instructions indicated on the packaging. Remove sausages from the pan. Drain grease, leaving about a tablespoon for the vegetables.
• Cook peppers and onions in skillet over medium heat until they begin to soften. Add garlic, salt, and pepper and cook one more minute.
• Stir in Classico Tomato & Basil Sauce. Increase heat until sauce begins to boil; reduce heat and simmer over low heat.
• Cut the sausages into 1-inch pieces; add to the pan and stir to combine. Cook until the sauce has thickened and the peppers and onions are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Serve in bowls or on rolls as sandwiches.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS ON TOASTED GARLIC BUNS

Steps:

• Instructions
• Poke the sausages all over with a fork.
• In a large, deep, heavy skillet, pour in the extra virgin olive oil, heat on medium heat.
• Place the sausages in and cook until fairly brown.
• Add the garlic to the sausages when they are not fully cooked, but fairly golden brown, so that the garlic does not burn from cooking too long.
• Place the sausages into a large (13 x 9?) baking dish, draining the oil to stay in the skillet.
• Place the sausages in a pre-heated 400 degree oven to stay warm while cooking the peppers and onions.
• Add the sliced onions to the hot left-over olive oil in the skillet.
• Cook onions until browned and caramelized, but still crunchy, 6 minutes.
• Add mushrooms to the cooked onions until browned and caramelized, 6 minutes.
• Add the cooked onions and mushrooms to the sausages in the oven, draining the oil from them to be left in the skillet to saute' the peppers.
• Add more olive oil to the pan if there is not enough.
• Add all of the peppers and saute' 6 minutes; keep them at a nice level of crunchiness, not wilted or soft.
• Remove the sausages, onion, and mushrooms from the oven.
• Add the peppers to the sausage, onions, and mushrooms to the sausage mixture.
• Add the oregano, basil and red pepper flakes; blend well
• Add tomato sauce and wine at this point and carefully blend together.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Return to the 400 degree oven and bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
• While baking, melt a stick of butter.
• Add garlic powder to the melted butter to your preference level, about a Tablespoon.
• Blend well.
• With a pastry brush, thoroughly and heavily brush on the garlic butter on both sides of the hoagie/submarine buns.
• After the sausage, peppers, and onions are done baking, turn on the BROILER.
• Place the buns under the broiler for about 2 - 3 minutes and watch them so they do not burn!
• When golden brown, remove from the oven.
• Place a sausage on each bun and smother with the peppers, mushrooms, and onions!

ITALIAN BEEF MELT ON TOASTED GARLIC BUNS

Steps:

• In a saucepan heat pasta sauce cook stirring occasionally until heated.
• Add in beef and continue cooking over medium-low until heated through (about 5 minutes) remove from heat.
• Spread softened butter on both sides of each bun then sprinkle with salt then a bit of garlic powder.
• Place the buns on a baking sheet cut-side up.
• Turn the oven to broiler heat.
• Broil buns 4-6 inches from heat until toasted (watch closely they brown fast!).
• Remove buns from oven leaving the broiler heat on.
• Divide the sauce/beef mixture between the buns, then sprinkle with sliced mushrooms.
• Top with 2 slices (or more) of mozzarella cheese.
• Return to the oven and broil 4-6 inches from heat source until the cheese has melted.
• Delicious!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE & ROASTED PEPPER SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Cook sausages in large frying pan over medium heat until golden brown. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Add oil, onion, garlic and peppers to pan drippings. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about 10-15 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes, breaking up with a spoon.
• Stir in basil, sugar, salt and black ground pepper.
• Add sausages, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• Remove cover, increase heat to medium high and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Place sausages and pepper and tomato mixture in bun and enjoy!