This Sausage Peppers and Onions skillet recipe with Balsamic makes fantastic sandwiches. The Italian sausage dish makes a budget-friendly entree served over pasta or rice too. Italian American comfort food at it's best... weeknight dinner the easy way!
In the heat of summer, I do not like to fuss too much in the kitchen. I want simple and quick, and I want to take advantage of fresh summer ingredients. This Balsamic Sausage, Peppers and recipe featuring bottled Balsamic Vinaigrette meets those criteria.
Sausage Peppers and Onions Skillet
The primary element of this recipe is the saute of the sausage and vegetables. While I've presented it in a sandwich, it also goes great with pasta or rice. I'll walk you through the simple recipe here, or jump down to the printable recipe card if you prefer.
The recipe makes 4 servings and total time to prepare is about 20 minutes.
Ingredients Needed
- Italian sausage, cut into bite-sized pieces I used sweet sausage, but feel free to use hot if you prefer.
- sweet onions, sliced
- bell peppers, sliced I used sweet yellow and red peppers
- Balsamic vinaigrette (bottled)
Optional*** salt and pepper to taste
Preparing
After the Italian sausage, sweet bell peppers, and onions are sliced, put them in a large bowl and pour in the Balsamic dressing. Toss to coat.
Preheat a skillet to medium high heat. Dump in the sausage and cook for 3-5 minutes while stirring. Next, reduce the burner to medium heat and cook another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
If you have one of those handy skillet baskets for the grill, that would work too.
Serving
Here, I served my Balsamic Sausage and Peppers on nice crispy grilled ciabatta bread (a regular Hoagie roll would be good as well). I simply topped it with a few slices of sharp provolone and enjoyed. YUM!
Serve with Kettle Chips and toss together an easy Dump Cake or Strawberry shortcake sundae and you have quite the family meal. Of course, a glass of red wine would be perfect with this!
Sausage Recipes
A some more easy sausage recipes you may enjoy.
- Kielbasa and Potatoes Recipe
- Smoked Sausage Stuffing Muffins
- Kielbasa and Cabbage Skillet
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables
- Andouille Sausage Pasta
- Sausage and Pepper Soup
Sausage Peppers and Onions Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 oz. Sweet Italian Sausage
- 1 ½ large sweet onion
- 2 large sweet peppers or 8-10 mini sweet peppers
- 1 ½ tbs Balsamic Vinaigrette I used Newman's Own
Instructions
- Prep and slice the onions and peppers. Slice the sausage into bite sized pieces.
- Place all in a large bowl and add the Balsamic Vinaigrette. Toss to mix and allow to marinate a few minutes.
- Place in hot skillet over med-high heat and saute for 3-5 minutes, then reduce burner to medium and cook for 10 minutes more. Stirring occasionally.OR Place in preheated grill basket over med-high heat and toss every few minutes until vegetables are cooked through.
- Serve over rice, pasta or in a sandwich.
Notes
Nutrition
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
This sounds ah-mazing!! I always use Newman's Own dressings - they are so good.
Ourfamilyworld says
That sandwich looks tasty. I have this brand of salad dressing at home.
carol cassara says
Thank goodness it's after lunch. So yummy looking! I was so hungry, too.
Sicorra@NotNowMomsBusy says
This recipe looks absolutely amazing! What a great idea to add more flavor by using the salad dressing. I have done that with some chicken, but didn't think to do it with a sausage dish, esp with peppers and onions. YUM!
Roberta Blevins says
This looks soooo yummy! Perfect for a dinner outside in the summer! Thanks!
Megan @ C'mon Get Crafty says
Newman's has so many great flavors of dressings, and I love dressing up a plain meal with them!
Chelley @ AisForAdelaide says
What a great recipe! I love using products that can do double duty!
Michelle Hwee says
Yumm! I love Newmans!! They are always great when it comes to dressing! Loved the sandwich too!
Elizabeth O. says
That looks so delicious! I like easy to make recipes like this.
Lori Bosworth says
I love Balsamic vinaigrette! This is definitely a recipe I would try!
Life as a Convert says
This looks delicious. I never would have thought to use dressing in that way.