Italian Sausage Dinner Recipes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!