Best Italian Sausage And Bell Peppers Recipes

PASTA WITH BELL PEPPERS, PESTO AND SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Remove casing from sausage links. Heat skillet, and add links. Break up meat while cooking (like ground beef consistancy) Cook until nicely browned.
• Place on paper plate with paper towel to soak up extra grease. Place aside until needed.
• Wash tomatoes and slice up into workable size. Place in food processor.
• Peel garlic cloves and place in processor with tomatoes.
• Cut lemon in half, squeeze juice from one half on top of tomatoes and garlic on food processor.
• Wash basil and cilantro. Place herbs in food processor as well.
• Process until all tomatoes are chopped up - NOT until smooth. You want a little chunkiness. Sauce will be a little watery. (I have thought about adding a small can of tomato paste or something here to thicken the sauce and make it more like what you would get out of a jar, however I have never tried it so I'm not sure how it would work/taste.).
• Wash and cut up pepper. Cut into slices and then cut the slices in half.
• Place tomato sauce in pan and add in meat. Heat for 5-10 minutes over medium heat until warm. Add in pepper for a few minutes and cook until desired firmness. (I only put them in for about 2-3 minutes as I like them just warm, and still crunchy.).
• Mix sauce with warm pasta, stir in pesto and serve ENJOY!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Brown the sausage in a large skillet.
• Add onions and saute for ~2 min.
• Add peppers and garlic and saute 1 min.
• Add the tomatoes with their water, fill the can with water and add that too.
• Add Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer uncovered until the sausage is cooked through (I usually cut them into thirds to speed cooking time and ease serving).