Best Italian Sausage Dinner Recipes

ITALIAN OVEN CHICKEN & SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°.
• In a 9x13-inch pan, place oil.
• Add potatoes rolling in oil to coat.
• Arrange chicken and sausage, rolling chicken to coat lightly.
• Pour the combined tomatoes and seasonings over all.
• Bake at 350° uncovered for 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Note: Stacking chicken on top of potatoes is fine.

ITALIAN PEPPER AND SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• In a large,skillet brown the sausage until it is cooked through.
• Drain the fat and drain the sausage on paper towels.
• In the same pan heat your olive oil add and sauté the peppers, and onions, until the onion is translucent,then add the garlic and sauté gently but do not brown your garlic.
• This will make the dish bitter.
• The vegetables should be tender.
• Stir in the tomatoes, spices, Romano cheese and sausage.
• Cover the pan and simmer all over a medium-low heat for 8-10 minute.
• If your mixture seems too thick you can add a little water or red wine.
• While the meat mixture is cooking, the pasta can be prepared as per directions.
• You do not want to overcook your pasta.
• You want a little firmness to your noodles.
• When you are ready to serve use a large platter.
• The noodles first, then spoon the meat mixture over.
• Mix slightly.
• Sprinkle with the Parigiano-Reggiano and place your fresh basil leaves atop.
• This goes well with a full bodied red wine, a green salad with Italian oil and vinegar dressing, and most of all a good hard crusted peasant bread.

CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place water, sausage and green onions in crock pot.
• Add steak sauce, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning and salt.
• Cover with lid and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3 hours.
• Stir in uncooked rice and tomatoes with juice.
• Cover and cook an additional 1 hour.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SKILLET DINNER

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, brown sausage in 1 T olive oil; remove from skillet.
• Add remaining olive oil to skillet and saute peppers and onions for 5 minutes; remove from skillet.
• Add potatoes, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, fennel seed and water to skillet; simmer over medium heat, covered, about 5 minutes.
• Return sausage, peppers and onions to skillet and mix well. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until sausage is done and potatoes are tender.

MOM'S SUNDAY DINNER: ITALIAN RAGU WITH MEATBALLS AND ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• 1. In a large sauce pot (8-quart size minimum), heat 1/4 cup of the olive oil on a very low flame. Add the diced onion and cook slowly until it has turned translucent. Do not brown the onion, but allow it to almost melt away. Add the garlic cloves and very lightly cook them in the oil until golden before adding the tomatoes and all their juices. Add salt and pepper to taste, and the basil leaves and set the heat on low. Allow the tomatoes to cook at very low heat for at least 2 hours before adding the meat.
• 2. Make the meatballs: mix the ground beef and veal together in a large bowl. Combine the bread and milk and mash together to form a paste; add the bread to the ground meat. Add the eggs, garlic, parsley, cheese, salt, and pepper to the meat mixture and combine all the ingredients using your fingers to mix uniformly, but do not over mix or the meat will dry out when cooked. Pick up 2 tablespoons of the mixture and roll it into a ball shape, between the palms of your hands. Do this until you have used all the meat. This should yield approximately 24 meatballs.
• 3. Place the remaining olive oil in a heavy skillet and heat over medium flame. Add the meatballs in 1 layer and brown on all sides before removing. Do this to the remaining meatballs until all are browned to a caramelized color. After all the meatballs have been browned and removed from the skillet, add the sausage links and brown well, following the same method as the meatballs. When all the meat has cooked, add to the tomato ragu, which has been cooking for 2 hours and cook an additional hour. Serve the tomato ragu over rigatoni pasta cooked to directions on box. Serve the meats on another plate as a second course or with the pasta. (We always couldn't wait til the second course!)
• 4. NOTE: If using plum tomatoes, make sure using a wooden spoon while cooking, you break up the tomatoes. You can also freeze this in batches and use when needed.
• 5. You can make this sauce your own by adding what herbs you like. Oregano or Basil, All Beef Meatballs if you prefer. My mom did all the combinations. MANGIA!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PEPPER SKILLET DINNER

Steps:

• Melt buttery spread over medium heat in a non-stick skillet. Add onion, bell pepper, and sausage. Saute until sausage is lightly browned on the edges and vegetables are tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer mixture to a bowl; keep warm.
• In the same pan, prepare Knorr® Rice Sides™ - Herb & Butter according to package directions.
• When rice is tender, transfer the meat and vegetable mixture back to the skillet. Increase heat to medium low. Stir in milk, garlic, and Parmesan cheese. Serve with additional cheese if desired.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place the first six ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker. In a large skillet, brown sausages in oil. Reduce heat. Add wine and Italian seasoning, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Transfer to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until potatoes are tender.

LOW-FAT ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place sausage links along with 1/2 cup of water in non-stick dutch oven. Prick skins. Heat to a boil and cook, turning once until sausages are grey and begin to give off liquid.
• Add onion chunks and continue to boil.
• When onion is tender, add mushrooms and peppers.
• Cook until peppers are almost tender; add squash and zucchini.
• Continue to cook at a boil to evaporate liquid.
• When liquid is almost gone, remove sausages, cut each into 4 or 5 chunks, and add back to pot.
• Add tomatoes with their juice, tomato paste and spices. Stir and heat through.
• Serve over cooked pasta.

ITALIAN PASTA AND SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• While pasta is cooking, in a medium pan crumb and cook sausage about 6 minutes; drain off grease and add chopped onion and garlic sautéing another 6 minutes or so till onion is tender.
• Stir in basil, oregano, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper heat another one to two minutes.
• Lower heat while adding tomato sauce and ricotta, stir while heating so ricotta blends evenly and does not burn.
• Mix pasta and sauce together. Sever with fresh grated parmesan cheese and a green salad.

GRILLED SAUSAGE DINNER: THE ITALIAN FEAST RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the gnocchi and cook until they begin to float, about 3 minutes.
• In a small pot, bring the sauce to a simmer over medium heat. Add the zucchini to the sauce and gently heat through, about 5 minutes.
• Top the gnocchi with the sauce, grilled sausage and torn fresh basil.
• Enjoy!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE, BROCCOLI AND POLENTA SHEET PAN DINNER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Toss vegetables with dressing; spread onto half of foil-covered rimmed baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Place sausages next to vegetables.
• Bake 25 min., turning sausages after 15 min.
• Push vegetables and sausages to one side of sheet pan. Place polenta slices in single layer on remaining side of pan. Bake 5 to 7 min. or until heated through, turning after 4 min.
• Top polenta with cheese; bake 4 min. or until melted. Serve with the vegetables and sausages.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BRUSSEL SPROUTS DINNER

Steps:

• 1. Boil half a package of macaroni in well salted water, drain, set aside to dry a bit, mix in butter Cook 3 strips of bacon crisp, remove from pan Add 4 hot italian sausages and fry in bacon fat til done, remove and allow to cool, slice Meanwhile dice half a white onion, clean and slice brussel sprouts lengthwise, add to a big bowl toss with salt, pepper, red chili flakes and chicken bullion powder if desired (if skipping the bacon then this would be the moment to add olive oil) add all to meat drippings in pan and stir, covering all in fat or oil turn heat up to medium high and don't move them around
• 2. Once they start to char stir them and turn heat down Cook til brussel sprouts are almost tender Dice up one large heirloom tomato or hot house and add to pan, cover and cook til it breaks down and the brussel sprouts are really tender and have soaked up some tomato juice
• 3. Add sausage and bacon back to skillet Stir all together To plate, place a few spoonfuls of pasta in a bowl and place skillet mixture on top Top with cheese if desired

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RICE DINNER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage, onion and garlic; drain off fat. Add water, tomatoes and basil; bring to a boil. Add rice and contents of seasoning packet. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Add broccoli and cook 5-10 minutes longer or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and parsley. Cover and let stand 5 minutes, or until cheese melts.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat in saute pan.
• Chop onion and red pepper into a medium dice and add to pan.
• Mince garlic and add to pan once onion and pepper begin to soften.
• Cut Zucchini into a large dice and add to the pan.
• Cook all vegetable until slightly softened. Add salt and pepper and seasoning salt to desired taste.
• Remove pan from heat and place vegetables in a bowl.
• Turn heat up to medium high heat.
• Brown sausage links.
• Bring water to a boil for penne.
• Remove sausage and cut into coin -shaped pieces.
• Add sausage and veggies back into the pan and toss with spaghetti sauce and red pepper flakes.
• Add pasta once it is cooked and drained and simmer until ready to eat!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SLOW-COOKER DINNER

Steps:

• Place sausage in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray; top with onions, steak sauce and crushed pepper. Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours (or on HIGH 5 hours).
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook, covered, 20 min. or until rice is tender.