POLENTA WITH SAUSAGE AND TOMATO PEPPER SAUCE

Polenta With Sausage and Tomato Pepper Sauce image

Provided by Marian Burros

Time 25m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

5 ounces reduced-fat spicy chicken sausage
1 teaspoon olive oil
12 ounces whole onion or 11 ounces chopped ready-cut onion
1 large clove garlic
2 cups no-salt-added beef broth or stock
12 ounces whole red and green peppers or 11 ounces ready-cut peppers, 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 cup crushed no-salt-added tomatoes
3 tablespoons dry sherry
1/2 cup quick-cooking polenta
Freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Heat a large nonstick pan until it is very hot.
Remove sausage from casing, and break into bite-size pieces. Reduce heat to medium high; sauté sausage until it browns on both sides.
Chop whole onion.
Add oil to pan. Then, add onion and cook until it softens. Mince garlic, and add to pan.
Bring broth to boil in covered pot.
Wash, trim, seed and chop peppers. Add them and the hot pepper flakes to the onion as it cooks. Sauté a minute or two, and stir in thyme, oregano, tomatoes and sherry; reduce heat to low, and cook mixture.
Slowly stir the polenta into the boiling stock. Cook over medium high heat until polenta boils and thickens. Season with pepper and salt. Serve topped with the sausage-vegetable mixture.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 516, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 68 grams, Fat 15 grams, Fiber 10 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 1178 milligrams, Sugar 16 grams, TransFat 0 grams