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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Aidells®. The opinions and text are all mine.
If you only have 30 minutes to get dinner ready, you need to give this sausage and peppers recipe a try! You probably have most of the ingredients on-hand anyway (I went a little crazy on the colorful peppers, but really, you can get away with just using green peppers for this recipe). And, it’s a one-skillet meal so you’ll have a super quick clean up after dinner!
This recipe is very leftovers friendly. On the first night serve it sandwich style, stash the leftovers in the fridge, then serve them over rice the next day. You can even mix it in with pasta and your favorite red sauce for a totally new spin on it if you want to make it often!
🍓 Ingredients
I don’t think you can combine a more classic dish than is sausage and peppers skillet recipe. Everything about it is comforting and flavorful. Here is a breakdown of some of the main ingredients in this recipe.
Bell Peppers: It really steals my heart is bell peppers. That is why I use a variety of all different colors of bell peppers green, red, orange, and yellow. They add a beautiful vibrance to the dish and also give it fantastic flavor as well.
Aidells Italian Style Sausage: Adding Italian style sausage to this recipe takes it to the next level of delicious. Everything about it is so flavorful and brilliant.
Seasonings: For the seasonings I like to use a combination of Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Using that combination will make it perfectly salty with a little bit of spice too.
Add 2 tbsp. olive oil to pan and allow to heat through on medium high heat. Add sausage and let cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from pan.
Add water to pan and gently scrape the pan to gather the bits of sausage flavor stuck to the pan (you don’t have to get all of it, just the bits that scrape off easily). Add 1 tbsp. olive oil, then add onions, sprinkle with salt and saute for two minutes. Add garlic. Saute for 30 seconds. Add peppers, saute for five minutes.
Add diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes (optional) and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover. Let cook for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sausage back into the pan and cook for additional two minutes.
You can serve it on its own or serve over rice…
or as a sandwich… I just cut french bread, removed some of the insides to make room for the sausage and pepper mixture. So good!
The red pepper flakes provide a bit of heat but it isn’t exactly spicy. You can totally leave it out if you’re not into spice, or add more if you want more heat.
The sausage itself has A LOT of flavor, so we can get away with minimal seasoning, it also takes only 8 to 10 minutes to cook, so it really speeds up this recipe (the peppers actually take longer to cook!). I picked up Aidells® sausage, which are small-batch and hand-crafted, at Publix and saw that they had some unique flavors (like Chicken and Apple or Spicy Mango & Jalapeño), so you can get pretty adventurous with them! Between 3/17 and 3/25 you can get 2 for $10 at Publix so you can try a couple of flavors!
I hope you enjoy this sausage and peppers recipe! I’ve included the printable recipe below.
Sausage and Pepper Skillet
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp. Olive Oil 2 tbsp. to grease pan, 1 tbsp. reserved for later
- 1 package Aidells ® Italian Style Sausage sliced into rounds
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1 Yellow Onion sliced
- 3 to 4 Cloves Fresh Garlic minced
- 2 Green Bell Peppers seeded and sliced
- 1 Red Bell Pepper seeded and sliced
- 1 Orange Bell Pepper seeded and sliced
- 1 Yellow Bell Pepper seeded and sliced
- 14.5 oz Can Diced Tomatoes undrained
- 1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 tsp. Red Pepper Flakes optional
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add 2 tbsp. olive oil to pan and allow to heat through on medium high heat. Add sausage and let cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from pan.
- Add water to pan and gently scrape the pan to gather the bits of sausage flavor stuck to the pan. Add 1 tbsp. olive oil then add onions, sprinkle with salt and saute for two minutes. Add garlic. Saute for 30 seconds. Add peppers, saute for five minutes.
- Add diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes (optional) and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover. Let cook for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sausage back into the pan and cook for additional two minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Aidells®. The opinions and text are all mine.
Is the sausage you’re using raw, or cooked? I am going to be using cooked chicken sausage so I wasn’t sure if I should still cook the sausage the same amount of time as in your recipe. Thank you!!
This is one of my husband’s favorite dishes and I often include it in our meal plan. One thing I like about it is that you can switch the meats from shrimp, chicken, steak, or even combine them all!