Stovetop
Ground Pork
One Pan Sausage Peperonata
This easy take on a vibrant Italian vegetable dish paired with flavourful pork sausages is a deliciously versatile recipe to add to your year-round dinner repertoire.
Prep:
10 minutes
Cook:
45 minutes
Serves:
4
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Ingredients
Spice Rub
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) red wine vinegar
- 2 large cloves garlic, grated or minced
- 1 tsp (5 mL) dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper (or to taste)
- Pinch dried chili flakes
- 2 large bell peppers, sliced thickly
- 1 sweet or red onion, sliced
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved (about 2 cups/500 mL)
- 4 smoked pork sausages
- Chopped fresh parsley or basil (optional)
- Toasted sausage buns, for serving (optional)
Cooking Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C), and whisk oil with vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper and chili flakes.
Step 2
Combine peppers and onions in a roasting pan or large, oven-proof skillet. Drizzle with oil mixture and toss to combine.
Step 3
Roast peppers and onions for 30 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the pan and nestle sausages into vegetables.
Step 4
Roast, stirring vegetables and turning sausages occasionally, for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables have a soft, melting texture and internal temperature of sausages registers 160°F (71°C).
Step 5
Sprinkle vegetables with parsley (if using). Serve sausages in toasted buns (if using) topped with peperonata.
Step 6
Alternate Stovetop Method: Combine peppers and onions and oil mixture in a large skillet set over medium-low heat; cover and cook, stirring often 15 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; nestle sausages into skillet. Cook, covered, stirring and turning sausages occasionally, for 15 minutes or until sausages are fully cooked and vegetables are soft and melting.
Nutrients per serving (1 sausage with vegetables or 1/4 recipe): 530 calories, 16 g protein, 46 g fat, 14 g carbohydrates, 3 g fibre, 9 g sugars, 1090 mg sodium.
Replace the smoked sausages with any preferred fresh pork sausages such as Italian or bratwurst, adding an additional 5 minutes to the cook time (or as needed).
Want to skip the bun? Toss 1 lb (454 g) halved baby potatoes into the pan to roast along with the peppers and onions or serve sausages and the peperonata over hot, buttered noodles or rice.
