"Super Bowl" Sunday Supper: Sausage & Peppers

Our favorite Steelers aren't playing in the Super Bowl this year but we are enjoying a Pittsburgh-style, Dodd family favorite for dinner. Ten years ago for Super Bowl 43, the Steelers were playing and I insisted on making a themed-meal so I tried out this recipe for Sausage & Peppers. We aren't from Pittsburgh so it's possible this isn't really even a thing. I have no idea nor where I got the recipe but I wrote it down on a recipe card and have made it every year since! In fact, every year I wonder why I don't make it more often. It's that good! This one definitely goes in the cookbook I am writing (more on that later!). 

Sausage & Peppers

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 large onions
• 2 green bell peppers
• 2 red bell peppers
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 lbs Italian sausage (mild and/or hot)
• 1 jar marinara
• 1 14 oz. can of diced tomatoes
• parsley, basil, salt & pepper
• Hoagie buns

1. Heat a dutch oven over medium heat, brown sausage links and remove.

2. Add oil and butter to the oven to melt followed by onions, peppers and garlic. Cook until onions get soft (5-7 minutes). 

3. Return sausage to oven and add in marinara, tomatoes, and parsley/basil. (I used fresh basil I had on hand and Italian seasoning.)

4. Cover dutch oven and lower heat to medium-low. 

5. Simmer for one hour.

6. Serve in a hoagie bun with or without cheese on top. 

We always have plenty leftover so I will serve the leftovers with rigatoni later in the week. 

Hope everyone is enjoying the game or the commercials!