Sausage, Peppers and Onions

I found this recipe on My Tasty Treasures. If you haven't checked her site out yet, you need to. Donna has a ton of delicious recipes.

This was a pretty easy recipe, just a little messy with the oil. And, then, cutting the veggies. But, it was so worth it. It came out do yummy. My son had two helpings. He's been pestering me for 2 weeks to make it, but one week he was too sick.

I have a ton of leftovers even though I did not make as much as the recipe calls for. Lunch tomorrow!

Sausage, Peppers and Onions

Ingredients

16 links sweet Italian sausages, with or without fennel seeds (I mixed hot and sweet)

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, or as noted

8 cloves garlic, peeled

1 pound white, sitake or cremini mushrooms (or mix of them)

3 large yellow onions, cut into 1 inch wedges

6 pickled cherry peppers, stemmed and seeded, but left whole (used jarred slices)

2 medium yellow and 2 medium red bell peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 1 inch strips

Directions

Poke the sausages all over with a fork. Divide 1/4 cup olive oil between two large, heavy skillets and heat them over medium heat. Divide the sausages between the skillets and cook, turning occasionally, until the sausages are well browned on all sides, about 8 minute. About halfway through the browning the sausages, whack the garlic with the flat side of a knife and toss half the cloves into each skillet. Transfer the browned sausages and garlic to a 13x9 inch baking dish, leaving the fat behind.

While the sausages are browning, prepare the mushrooms. Trim the stems. Cut any mushrooms with caps larger than 2 inches in half; leave smaller mushrooms whole. The mushrooms can be omitted.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Scatter the onions and cherry peppers over the fat in one of the skillets, and the mushrooms over the fat in the other. Cook the onions, stirring often, until browned and wilted, but still quite crunchy, about 8 minutes. Cook the mushrooms until they have absorbed the fat in the skillet and have begun to brown, about 6 minutes.

Slide the rooms into the baking dish. Spoon the onions into the baking dish, leaving behind some of the fat in the skillet. (If there is not fat left to coat the bottom of the skillet, pour in enough olive oil to do so) Add the peppers to the skillet and cook, tossing frequently, just until wilted but still quite crunchy, about 6 minutes. Slide the peppers into the baking dish, toss all the ingredients together well, and place in the oven.

Bake uncovered, tossing occasionally, until the vegetables are tender but still firm and no trace of pink remains in the sausages, about 25 minutes. Serve hot.

Excellent over rice.