Sausage and peppers is an Italian-American classic that makes a great quick easy dinner. It’s also a perfect recipe when you need to feed a crowd. And now that there are so many tasty chicken and turkey sausages to choose from, it can be really healthy too.
There are lots of different recipes for sausage and peppers out there so I’ve collected all of my favorites here in one place, including a great easy dinner recipe for sausage, peppers, onions and potatoes that cooks altogether in the oven.
Use whatever kind of Italian sausage you like best – pork, chicken or turkey – all work well.
Sausage Recipes fro Dinner
Easy Sausage and Peppers in the Oven Recipe #1
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yield: 8 servings
This is a great quick and easy way to make sausage and peppers when you need a lot to feed a crowd. If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers they make great sandwiches served on crusty Italian bread. The recipe can easily be divided in half too.
Ingredients
8 sweet Italian sausage links
8 hot Italian sausage links
10 bell peppers or Italian frying peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 1-inch strips
2 large onions, thinly sliced
6 garlic cloves, crushed
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup olive oil
Recipe Preparation
Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the sausages in a large roasting pan. Add the peppers, onions, garlic. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Roast in the oven for approximately 1 hour, turning occasionally, until the mixture is nicely browned.
Quick & Easy Sausage and Peppers in the Oven Recipe #2
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2-1/2 hours
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Another great variation of oven cooked sausage and peppers, this one with spaghetti sauce and mushrooms. This delicious sausage dish can be served on crusty Italian rolls, as part of a buffet or over spaghetti.
Ingredients
16 large green, red or a combination of bell peppers
2-1/2 to 3 pounds Italian sausage links
1 pound fresh sliced mushrooms
1-1/2 cups spaghetti sauce
Recipe Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut up the peppers and sausage into bite sized pieces. Combine in a large (15×10-inch) baking pan. Cover loosely with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours. Remove the foil and stir in the mushrooms and spaghetti sauce. Return to the oven and cook for 30 minutes more.
Easy Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 3 to 6 hours in the slow cooker
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Best Slow Cooker Size: 5-quart
This easy sausage and peppers recipe is delicious served on crusty rolls or over pasta. How long this recipe takes will depend on your slow cooker and how hot it gets. Modern slow cookers cook at a much hotter temperature (even when set on low) than they used to back in the 1970s, so recipes are often done sooner than expected or indicated in old slow cooker recipe books.
Ingredients
2 to 3 pounds sweet Italian sausage, cut crosswise into 2-inch chunks
1 large onion, sliced
3 bell peppers (red, green, yellow or a combination), sliced
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes or 1 jar (26 ounces) spaghetti sauce
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
Salt and pepper to taste
Recipe Preparation
Place all ingredients in the slow cooker and mix well. Cover and cook on low until the onions and peppers are soft and sausage is cooked through, 3 to 6 hours.
Sausage Potatoes, Onions and Peppers in the Oven
Italian Sausage, Potatoes, Peppers and Onions
Mom use to make this great easy baked sausage recipe for dinner regularly when I was growing up and I still like it just as much as I did back then. The only difference is that these days I usually make it with Italian chicken sausage instead of pork.
When it comes to making easy dinners, I don’t think you can beat your oven. It lets you make hearty healthy home cooked meals with minimal effort.
To make this easy dinner you just toss a together a mixture of chunks of Italian sausage, onion, pepper and potato in a pan along with a drizzle of olive oil and seasonings. Then stick it in the oven for about an hour until it’s done. This gives you time to make a salad, set the table and maybe even rest for a few minutes. Now, how easy is that?
Sausage Potatoes, Onions and Peppers in the Oven Recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 to 60 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
1 pound Italian sausage, hot, sweet, or mixed, each cut crosswise into 3 chunks
2 large baking potatoes, peeled and each cut into 8 pieces
2 large bell peppers, seeded and cut into 1-inch strips
2 medium onions, each cut into 8 wedges
2 garlic cloves, minced (optional)
1/4 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons dried oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
Recipe Preparation
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. For easy cleanup line a large roasting pan (large enough to comfortably fit all the ingredients in a single layer) with aluminum foil. (I like to use a half sheet pan.)
Place the sausage, potatoes, peppers, onions and garlic (if using) in the pan. Drizzle the olive oil over the ingredients. Season with the oregano, salt and pepper. Toss to coat everything with the oil and seasonings. Roast in the oven until the potatoes are tender and the sausage is browned, 45 to 60 minutes, stirring the mixture every 20 minutes or so.
Variation with Chicken and Tomatoes: Add 1 (2-1/2 to 3-1/2 pound) chicken, cut into 12 to 14 pieces and 6 canned imported Italian plum tomatoes, hand crushed with the juice, to the pan with the sausage, potatoes, peppers, onions and garlic. Roast for about 1 hour. The dish is done when the potatoes are tender and the chicken easily pulls away from the bone. (This version will serve 4 to 6.)
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