Ingredients
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4 -6 italian sweet sausage or 4 -6 hot Italian sausages
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1 1/4 cups dry white wine or 1 1/4 cups water, divided
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2 -4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
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2 -3 cloves garlic, minced
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salt & freshly ground black pepper
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4 -6 large crusty French rolls, split and warmed in oven
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4 -12 slices provolone cheese, 1 to 2 slices per sandwich (desirable)
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1 -2 cup fairly spicy marinara sauce (if not spicy, simmer with garlic and red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper to taste)
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2 large onions, thinly sliced,lengthwise
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3 -4 large red bell peppers or 3 -4 large green bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
Instructions
- Poke the sausages all over with a fork, and place in a large lidded skillet with 1-2 Tsp extra virgin olive oil and 1 cup white wine or water, turn on heat to medium, and partially cover.
- When pan begins to boil, turn sausages, and continue to simmer, turning several more times.
- When liquid has evaporated, uncover, and continue cooking until sausages have browned to your taste.
- Remove sausages from pan, and set on paper towels to drain.
- Drain all grease from skillet, but do not wash or rinse it.
- Add 1-2 Tsp more extra virgin olive oil to pan, and place on medium heat.
- Add onions, and garlic, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Moisture from the onions should be enough to deglaze the pan, but you can add 1/4 cup white wine or water, if desired, to help with the job.
- Stir the onions, scraping the bottom to pick up and dissolve browned bits from the sausage.
- Continue cooking and tossing until onions are almost translucent.
- Add peppers, and toss to combine with onions.
- Turn up heat to medium-high, and continue to toss and cook until peppers are crisp-tender or to your taste.
- Bury the sausage in the vegetables to reheat if necessary.
- I usually serve on crusty French rolls or Bolillos, crusty Mexican rolls that have been heated in the oven.
- Either one is better than your typical hoagie roll.
- I split the warmed roll, brush on a little marinara sauce, split the sausages lengthwise, and pile on the onions and peppers.
- If desired, line the roll with a slice of provolone and/or place one on top of the sausage and veggies.