Italian Sausage Sandwich
A Great Sandwich With Sweet and Spicy Peppers
It is FINALLY summer here in the Midwest and in my house it wouldn’t be summer without a great Italian Sausage Sandwich from the grill. Except, of course, when you can’t figure out how to put on the new propane tank.
I make these sandwiches every year on my grill and wouldn’t you know it, the day I decide to make them, Mister Tipsy isn’t home and I cant figure out how to attach the propane tank.
The good news is I was still able to make this Italian Sausage Sandwich on the stove, in my cast iron skillet, and they were just as good!
You may be asking yourself, “What’s so special about an Italian Sausage Sandwich?” My answer is simple: my recipe for the pepper topping! This is what takes your typical Italian sausage sandwich from good, to great!
A Great Sandwich Needs Great Ingredients
The more simple a sandwich, the more important it is to use the best ingredients possible. While I have a printable recipe card at the end of the post with the specific amounts, I want to take a moment to list the easy, but vital, components that make this the perfect sausage sandwich:
- Great Italian Sausage: I buy the one by Buona Beef that they sell at Aldi.
- Great Bread: I love the Turano French Rolls they sell everywhere in Chicago.
- A great Marinara Sauce: My favorites are the original one from Aldi or Ragu Meat.
- My Pepper Mixture, which you will learn to make on the recipe card below
The recipe card will have the directions for making the Italian Sausage Sandwich indoors, but if you want to grill the sausages you can easily modify this recipe to make the sausage on the grill and heat the sauce separately.
It tastes just as good.
Sausage Sides
This sandwich is so hearty that you don’t really need to serve it with anything else. But if you wanted to serve this with a side of some sort, I have three salad recipes on my blog that would go perfectly with this Italian Sausage Sandwich:
Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad with Mazola Corn Oil
Simple Salad With An Easy Creamy Italian Dressing
This recipe for the Italian Sausage Sandwich, makes 5 sandwiches and costs about $13 to make after I purchased all the ingredients but the olive oil and hot honey from Aldi.
I had the hot honey on hand from another recipe, but it is expensive. You can substitute plain honey with some hot sauce, honey on its own, or your sugar or sugar substitute of choice.
For this recipe I use the Mild Italian Sausage but if you like spice feel free to use the spicy one!
As far as kitchen gear, you’ll need:
- Skillet, I used my cast iron
- Bowl
- Tongs
- Spoon
- Sharp Knife
Nice Dice
The steps are so super simple, but there is one small trick to this recipe, which is that you have to dice the peppers super small. This step is what makes the recipe great, so take some time to dice them up.
If you are not good at this, you can buy diced peppers on most salad bars in the grocery store. This step is key, as the recipe won’t come out as good if the peppers are cut any other way.
These pictures can help you as you follow the instructions in the recipe card.
As you’ll see, this is a super simple recipe. The peppers are what makes this sandwich extra special and with just a few easy cuts you can make these delicious peppers.
This is a recipe that Mister Tipsy asks for over and over. It is also a great make ahead meal as you can leave it in the fridge to take for lunches.
If you are trying to cut some carbs you can eliminate the bread, use a reduced sugar sauce, and use a sugar substitute of your choice.
Some other possible toppings for this Italian Sausage Sandwich are:
- Fresh Mozzarella
- Melted Mozzarella
- Peppers
- Giardiniera
I hope that you love this recipe as much as we do. Until next time, Happy Eating!
Love,
Tipsy
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Italian Sausage Sandwich
The best Italian sausage sandwich you'll ever make.
Ingredients
- One package, or 5 Links, Italian Sausage
- One of each Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Orange Pepper
- 3 T of Olive Oil
- 2 T of Mike's Hot Honey
- 1 Jar of your favorite Pasta Sauce
- 1 Package of Rolls, I love the Turano Bread French Rolls
- A Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 C of Water
Instructions
- Dice your peppers super small. Heat your cast iron skillet and add your olive oil.
- When your skillet is hot, add your peppers, give it a good stir, then spread them out across the pan.
- You only need to cook these peppers for a few minutes. You just want them slightly soft but still with some crunch to them. On my stove this took about 7 minutes or less.
- When your peppers are soft, add your honey to the hot pan, bring to a simmer while stirring, let simmer for 2 minutes, and then remove the peppers from the pan.
- Add a little bit more oil to the pan, heat it again, and add your sausages and sear on all sides.
- When all sides are seared off, add your jar of sauce and 1/2 C of water, bring to a simmer, reduce heat, and let simmer for 20 minutes.
- When the sausage is done cooking, build your sandwich by adding sauce to the bread, then your sausage, more sauce, and then your peppers. I like to add a good amount of peppers to the top. Sometimes I buy marinated mini fresh mozzarella balls and I add a little of the oil to the top of the peppers and a few of the balls to the sandwich.