Smoked Italian Sausage Hoagie Recipes

SMOKED ITALIAN SAUSAGE HOAGIE

Steps:

• Heat a grill to medium-low heat. Use a 2-stage fire or indirect heat setup on your gas grill. Add the soaked applewood chips to a smoker box and place the box directly onto the heating element or coals. Once plumes of smoke appear, place the sausage links over the indirectly heated side of the grill and smoke for about 1 hour, flipping halfway through. The internal temperature of the sausages when tested with a meat thermometer should read 160 degrees F at this point. Move the sausages to the hot side of the grill and give them a char on the outside for 3 to 5 minutes per side.
• Meanwhile, skewer the onion quarters on metal or wooden skewers. Place the bell peppers and onions on the hot side of the grill and cook until charred on all sides, 20 to 30 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle.
• Remove the majority of the skin and all of the seeds and stems of the peppers and give them a rough chop along with the charred onions. Place both into a food processor along with the olive oil and garlic and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
• Top a roll with a hot sausage followed by a nice smear of the smoked pepper spread, a sprinkle of ricotta salata and a couple of slices of pepperoncini. Serve immediately.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE HOAGIES

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown sausage in oil; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the spaghetti sauce, peppers, water, cheese, oregano and basil. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until sausage is no longer pink. , Slice each French bread lengthwise but not all of the way through; cut each loaf widthwise into five pieces. Fill each with sausage, peppers and sauce.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE HOAGIES

Steps:

• Place sausages in a large skillet over medium high heat, add 1 inch water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain sausages and return pan to stove raising heat back to medium hight. Add the oil to skillet to brown and crisp the outsides. Remove sausages and slice into 2 inch pieces.
• Add the onions and peppers to pan, cook until slightly soft. Add wine to skillet to de-glaze pan.
• Add tomato sauce and sliced sausages to pan. Heat everything together.
• Add red pepper flakes to taste.
• Spoon the sausage mix onto rolls. Top with sliced cheese and place under a broiler until the cheese is nice and bubbly.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE HOAGIES

Steps:

• To prepare the onion-pepper mixture, slice the peppers into long strips about 1/2 inch thick and thinly slice the onions.
• Sauté both together in a heavy pan in a few tablespoons of olive oil until they are soft and onions are beginning to turn golden brown.
• Make a garlic butter by mashing together about two cloves of roasted garlic (if you don't want to roast it yourself, jars of roasted garlic can be found at most grocery stores these days) with 4 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Grill or pan fry the sausages until cooked through (it helps to preboil them for about 5 minutes; it cuts down on the grease and grilling/frying time); slice the buns and grill lightly once the sausages are ready; alternatively, the buns can be lightly browned in either a toaster or a hot lightly oiled pan.
• Brush the buns with the garlic butter, carefully put 1/4 cup mozzarella on one side of each bun and place in each bun a sausage and a good amount of the pepper-onion mixture and serve hot.

SAUSAGE HOAGIES WITH PEPPERS, ONIONS AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Line cookie sheet with foil. Cut buns in half horizontally, cutting almost but not completely through; place opened on cookie sheet. Set aside.
• Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté sausage 3 to 5 minutes or until browned and thoroughly heated. Transfer sausages to small bowl; cover and set aside.
• Add oil to skillet; heat over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add onions, salt and pepper; sauté 4 to 6 minutes or until onions are translucent. Add bell pepper; sauté 3 to 5 minutes or until softened and browned on edges.
• Set oven control to broil. Position oven rack 8 inches from broiling element. Top each bun with sausage. Divide onion mixture evenly over sausage. Top each with cheese. Broil 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

GRILLED SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS HOAGIE

Steps:

• Grill sausages on barbecue until well browned.
• Place sliced peppers and onions into a saucepan over medium heat, top with oregano and parsley, sprinkle with salt and black pepper and then drizzle with your olive oil.
• Be sure to stir this mixture every few minutes and continue to cook on medium until the peppers and onions and soft but not mushy. (Approximately 20 minutes).
• Slice your fresh Italian bread in half lengthwise and place 2 sausages into the fold. Top with enough sausage and peppers to fill. Go ahead and make them messy, they're more fun that way!

SAUSAGE, PEPPER AND ONION HOAGIES

Steps:

• Place the sausages in a large nonstick skillet. Pierce the casings with a fork. Add 1-inch water to the pan. Bring liquid to a boil. Cover sausages, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Heat a second skillet over medium high heat. Add oil, 2 turns of the pan. Add garlic, onion, cubanelle and red peppers. Season vegetables with salt and pepper.
• Drain sausages and return pan to stove, raising heat back to medium high. Add a drizzle of oil to the skillet, brown and crisp the casings. Remove sausages, slice into 2 inch pieces on an angle and set pieces back into the pan to sear.
• Split and toast the bread under broiler.
• Melt oil, butter together in small pan over medium heat. Add garlic and let it sizzle 1 or 2 minutes.
• Brush rolls with garlic butter and sprinkle with a little dried Italian seasoning blend.
• Combine the cooked peppers and onions to the sausages. Add hot peppers and hot pepper juice to the skillet.
• Toss and turn the sausage, peppers and onions, picking up all the drippings from the pan. Pile the meat and peppers into the garlic sub rolls and serve.

CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE HOAGIES

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium-high heat, brown sausage in oil and drain.
• Transfer to crock pot.
• Add the spaghetti sauce, peppers, water, cheese, oregano and basil.
• Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until sausage is no longer pink.
• Fill each hoagie roll with sausage, peppers and sauce.