Best 7 Italian Sausage Dinner Recipes

ITALIAN OVEN CHICKEN & SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°.
• In a 9x13-inch pan, place oil.
• Add potatoes rolling in oil to coat.
• Arrange chicken and sausage, rolling chicken to coat lightly.
• Pour the combined tomatoes and seasonings over all.
• Bake at 350° uncovered for 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Note: Stacking chicken on top of potatoes is fine.

ITALIAN PEPPER AND SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• In a large,skillet brown the sausage until it is cooked through.
• Drain the fat and drain the sausage on paper towels.
• In the same pan heat your olive oil add and sauté the peppers, and onions, until the onion is translucent,then add the garlic and sauté gently but do not brown your garlic.
• This will make the dish bitter.
• The vegetables should be tender.
• Stir in the tomatoes, spices, Romano cheese and sausage.
• Cover the pan and simmer all over a medium-low heat for 8-10 minute.
• If your mixture seems too thick you can add a little water or red wine.
• While the meat mixture is cooking, the pasta can be prepared as per directions.
• You do not want to overcook your pasta.
• You want a little firmness to your noodles.
• When you are ready to serve use a large platter.
• The noodles first, then spoon the meat mixture over.
• Mix slightly.
• Sprinkle with the Parigiano-Reggiano and place your fresh basil leaves atop.
• This goes well with a full bodied red wine, a green salad with Italian oil and vinegar dressing, and most of all a good hard crusted peasant bread.

CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place water, sausage and green onions in crock pot.
• Add steak sauce, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning and salt.
• Cover with lid and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3 hours.
• Stir in uncooked rice and tomatoes with juice.
• Cover and cook an additional 1 hour.

MOM'S SUNDAY DINNER: ITALIAN RAGU WITH MEATBALLS AND ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• 1. In a large sauce pot (8-quart size minimum), heat 1/4 cup of the olive oil on a very low flame. Add the diced onion and cook slowly until it has turned translucent. Do not brown the onion, but allow it to almost melt away. Add the garlic cloves and very lightly cook them in the oil until golden before adding the tomatoes and all their juices. Add salt and pepper to taste, and the basil leaves and set the heat on low. Allow the tomatoes to cook at very low heat for at least 2 hours before adding the meat.
• 2. Make the meatballs: mix the ground beef and veal together in a large bowl. Combine the bread and milk and mash together to form a paste; add the bread to the ground meat. Add the eggs, garlic, parsley, cheese, salt, and pepper to the meat mixture and combine all the ingredients using your fingers to mix uniformly, but do not over mix or the meat will dry out when cooked. Pick up 2 tablespoons of the mixture and roll it into a ball shape, between the palms of your hands. Do this until you have used all the meat. This should yield approximately 24 meatballs.
• 3. Place the remaining olive oil in a heavy skillet and heat over medium flame. Add the meatballs in 1 layer and brown on all sides before removing. Do this to the remaining meatballs until all are browned to a caramelized color. After all the meatballs have been browned and removed from the skillet, add the sausage links and brown well, following the same method as the meatballs. When all the meat has cooked, add to the tomato ragu, which has been cooking for 2 hours and cook an additional hour. Serve the tomato ragu over rigatoni pasta cooked to directions on box. Serve the meats on another plate as a second course or with the pasta. (We always couldn't wait til the second course!)
• 4. NOTE: If using plum tomatoes, make sure using a wooden spoon while cooking, you break up the tomatoes. You can also freeze this in batches and use when needed.
• 5. You can make this sauce your own by adding what herbs you like. Oregano or Basil, All Beef Meatballs if you prefer. My mom did all the combinations. MANGIA!

LOW-FAT ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place sausage links along with 1/2 cup of water in non-stick dutch oven. Prick skins. Heat to a boil and cook, turning once until sausages are grey and begin to give off liquid.
• Add onion chunks and continue to boil.
• When onion is tender, add mushrooms and peppers.
• Cook until peppers are almost tender; add squash and zucchini.
• Continue to cook at a boil to evaporate liquid.
• When liquid is almost gone, remove sausages, cut each into 4 or 5 chunks, and add back to pot.
• Add tomatoes with their juice, tomato paste and spices. Stir and heat through.
• Serve over cooked pasta.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SKILLET DINNER

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, brown sausage in 1 T olive oil; remove from skillet.
• Add remaining olive oil to skillet and saute peppers and onions for 5 minutes; remove from skillet.
• Add potatoes, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, fennel seed and water to skillet; simmer over medium heat, covered, about 5 minutes.
• Return sausage, peppers and onions to skillet and mix well. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until sausage is done and potatoes are tender.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place the first six ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker. In a large skillet, brown sausages in oil. Reduce heat. Add wine and Italian seasoning, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Transfer to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until potatoes are tender.