Italian Hoagies

In Italian cooking, sometimes the easiest recipes to make are the most delicious.  Anything you make with sautéed peppers, onions and sausage is sure to be a crowd pleaser.  We decided to make comfort food tonight to cure our rainy day blues.  These Italian hoagies were just what the doctor ordered!

Here's what you'll need:

2 green bell peppers
2 red bell peppers
1/2 large white onion
Italian turkey sausage (we made 10 links, use as much as you need)
Provolone cheese (1 slice per sandwich)
Hoagie rolls
Olive oil

Put your top oven rack about 4 inches below the top coil.  Preheat the oven to broil.

Sausages take forever to cook through.  A good way to speed up the process is to steam them.  Fill the bottom of your frying pan with about an inch of water.  Bring it to a boil, add the sausages and cover.  They should be cooked completely through after about 10 minutes.

While you're waiting for the sausages to steam, slice the peppers and onion into long strips.  It'll taste better if you make an Italian flag with the peppers and onions.  We promise. ;)

Put enough oil in the bottom of another frying pan to completely cover the bottom.  Once it's hot, start sautéing the peppers.

After the onions have been sautéing for about 5 minutes, add the sausages to brown up the outside.

In each hoagie bun, put the sausage in the bottom, and add the peppers and onions over the top.

Cover each hoagie with cheese, and put under the broiler for about 5 minutes.  Watch them carefully; you don't want them to burn!  Once the cheese is melted, serve and enjoy!

Buon Appetito!
Dana and Chrissy