Sausage Sub with Onion and Pepper

Christopher and I love my sausage sub recipe with onion and pepper so much that when I told him we were having them for supper, I swear I heard him weep.

When I was growing up, my family used to have sausages, onions and peppers a lot. My mom would cut the sausages into one inch chunks and fry them in an electric fry pan with the sliced veggies.

Mmmmmm. Then we’d have it over crusty rolls and we’d all be happy little campers.

But I didn’t want to make it this way. At least not yet because I wanted to cook my sausages in gravy instead of frying them like my mom did.

I used to make these sausages and gravy the slow cook way which took 6 hours. But ever since I got my pressure cooker, I make it in that and it saves me so much time.

And it comes out soooo delicious. So, I am amending this recipe to reflect these changes.

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Helpful tips

• Instead of slow cooking the red gravy and sausage, you can instead use a pressure cooker. Here is an easy spaghetti sauce with sausage recipe so I won’t explain how to cook that again here.
• Slow cooking causes the sausages to be soft, juicy and succulent but so doesn’t pressure cooking them. 🙂
• You can use any cheese you prefer on top of the sub, but I love how muenster tastes so that’s what I used.

How to make a sausage sub

Pre-step

Get out your wok or large sauté pan.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – red bell pepper and onion.

Step two

Slice the onion in thin rings and the pepper in slices.

Step three

Heat the wok on medium and once that heats up, add the oil and once it shimmers it’s hot enough.

Step four

Add the onion, pepper, salt and garlic paste and sauté for 10 minutes.

After the gravy and sausages are done, I transfer them to a big pan.

Doesn’t that look flavorful?

Step five

Place one of the racks in your oven to the second highest position and turn the broiler on high.

Step six

Cut your crusty rolls in half and place them on a small jelly roll pan.

Step seven

Spoon onion and pepper on the bread.

Step eight

Cut two sausages in slices and place them on the vegetables. One sausage on each slice of bread.

Step nine

Add the gravy (or sauce) and be as generous as you want.

Step ten

Add a slice of cheese to each sub setup. I used muenster because I love it, but use whichever kind you prefer.

Step eleven

Place the pan under the broiler. I stand there and watch them so the subs don’t burn. It takes about one minute for the cheese to melt.

Yay! Time to eat. They are so delicious.

I hope you enjoyed this sausage sub recipe!

Other popular Italian dishes

• Meatball sub
• Gnocchi
• No-boil lasagna

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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Sausage Sub with Onion and Pepper

Juicy and delicious, this sausage, onion pepper sub hits the spot!!

5 from 2 votes

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: sausage onions and peppers, sausage sub

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 1 sub

Calories: 365kcal

Author: Elaine Benoit

Ingredients

• spaghetti sauce with sausages

Onion and Peppers

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion (cut in thin slices)
• 1 red bell pepper (cut in thin slices)
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste or 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper

Extras

• 1 crusty roll
• 2 slice muenster cheese

Instructions

• Heat sauté pan or wok on medium and add 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Once the oil shimmers, Add onion, red bell pepper, salt and pepper and sauté for 10 minutes
• Turn oven to broil
• Cut crusty roll in half
• Spoon some cooked veggies on the roll, cut a sausage in pieces and add the meat on each half (one sausage a piece)
• Spoon gravy on sausage and place a piece of muenster cheese on each bread half
• Broil sub for 1 minute or until cheese has melted
• Plate
• Eat
• Smile
• Enjoy

Equipment

jelly roll pan

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Notes

I did not add the time that it takes to make the sausage and gravy. But my recipe for it takes 26 minutes to cook plus the time it takes for the pressure cooker takes to come to pressure and release the pressure.

Helpful tips

• Instead of slow cooking the red gravy and sausage, you can instead use a pressure cooker. Here is an easy spaghetti sauce with sausage recipe so I won’t explain how to cook that again here.
• You can make the sausages and gravy a day or two before.
• Slow cooking causes the sausages to be soft, juicy and succulent but so doesn’t pressure cooking them. 🙂
• You can use any cheese you prefer on top of the sub, but I love how muenster tastes so that’s what I used.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Sub | Calories: 365kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 280mg | Potassium: 534mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 2065IU | Vitamin C: 66.4mg | Calcium: 188mg | Iron: 7.7mg

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