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Hearty Italian sausage bake with peppers, onions, and fresh herbs in a skillet.

One-Skillet Italian Sausage Bake

Italian sausage roasted in one skillet with bell peppers, red onion, and garlic until everything turns caramelized and jammy. It's the weeknight dinner that tastes like you fussed, with one pan and almost no cleanup.
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Recipe by - Tabetha Klein
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4
Calories 426 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

  • 4-8 Italian Sausages
  • 2 Bell Pepper - sliced
  • 1 Red Onion - sliced
  • 1 tablespoon Garlic - minced
  • ½ teaspoon Oregano - dried
  • ½ teaspoon Thyme - dried
  • ½ teaspoon Basil - dried
  • ½ cup Diced Tomatoes - canned or fresh

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Mince your garlic and slice your bell peppers & red onions into thin strips. Set both aside, but don't mix together quiet yet.
  • Heat your Cast Iron Skillet to medium-high heat and add just enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan. If you don't have a cast iron you can use any oven-safe pan. If you don't have an oven-safe pan: when it's time to put everything in the oven, transfer it to a foil-lined sheet tray.
    Empty cast iron skillet with oil residue on stove top.
  • Add the Italian sausage and brown for 2-3 minutes.
    Raw sausages cooking in a cast iron skillet on a stove.
  • Flip the Italian sausage add the sliced bell peppers and onions. Cook for 2-3 more minutes.
    Sausages cooking with colorful bell peppers and onions in a skillet on stove.
  • Remove the Italian Sausage once both sides have a nice brown color. Set aside.
    Mixed sliced bell peppers and onions cooking in a skillet on stove.
  • Stir the peppers and onions around the pan and then add the garlic and cook for just a few minutes or until you can really smell it cooking, but be careful to not let it burn.
  • Add the diced tomatoes, oregano, thyme, and basil and cook for 1-2 more minutes.
    Sautéed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers cooking in a skillet.
  • Season with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.
  • Add the Italian sausage back into the pan and bake 10-15 minutes, or until the sausage is cooked all the way through (160) and the peppers and onions are tender.
    Chicken and vegetable stir-fry with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes in a skillet.
  • Enjoy!
    Sausage bake with red and yellow peppers, onions, and tomatoes in a skillet.

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Notes

  • The Costco pack of Italian sausage has 5 links in it, which is why I used 5. You won't need to make more peppers and onions unless you are making more than 8 or so. 
  • My husband always eats 2, while the kids and I generally eat 1. Make enough for the people you are feeding. 
  • You could also add crushed red pepper to make this spicy if you like heat.
  • Eat on a roll, with potatoes, perogies or by itself. No wrong answer.
  • I am a fan of instant-read thermometers to double-check that my meat is cooked all the way through. Sausage needs to cook until 160 and it's nearly impossible to tell by touch. 
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1SausageCalories: 426kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 17gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 866mgPotassium: 518mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1916IUVitamin C: 84mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is an estimate, calculated from the listed ingredients, and provided as a courtesy.

Keyword Italian, One Pan, Quick, Sausage
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