Easy Skillet Meal: Sausage, Peppers and Onions

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Easy skillet meals have been my best friend as of late. We are super busy on 3 of our 5 weeknights, and so I don’t often have time to cook like I normally would. Quick meals don’t always have to be bland and boring meals, though. This sausage, peppers and onions skillet is one of the easiest skillet meals to make. It doesn’t take much time, and it packs a lot of great flavor.

Simple Ingredients for an Easy Meal

One thing that I love about this skillet meal is that it really doesn’t require many ingredients. Here is what you’ll need:

• 1 large skillet (I used a cast iron skillet)
• Olive oil
• 1 5 pack of Italian sausage or Bratwurst…I’ve used both in the past.
• 2 bell peppers
• 1 medium to large red onion
• 1 28 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes, with juice
• minced garlic
• dried oregano
• lemon pepper
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• salt
• pepper

When we make this meal, we typically eat it on a bed of rice, noodles, or on a crusty roll. It’s also great over a bed of lettuce if you’re trying to skip the extra carbs. You can top it with shredded cheese, or a dollop of sour cream. It is such a great, versatile meal.

The Easiest Part is Making the Skillet Meal

Once you’ve got all of your ingredients, go ahead and slice up both the onion and the peppers. After you’ve done that, you’ve done the hardest part of this meal! The rest is really so simple. I start by heating 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the cast iron skillet over medium heat. I place my 5 sausages in the pan to brown one side. Then I flip them over.

After the sausages have been flipped once, you add everything else to the pan. First, add the minced garlic, onions and peppers. Then pour the entire can of the diced tomatoes, juice and all, over everything in the pan. Mix it together a bit before adding all of your seasons. From there you just let it cook! I know it’s done when all sides of the sausages are browned, and the peppers, onions and tomatoes have cooked down together a bit.

Once it’s done, serve it with a side of your choice! I recommend rice with a little shredded parmesan cheese on top.

An Easy Skillet Meal Worth Remembering

I hope your family enjoys this skillet meal as much as we do! The great thing with a recipe like this one is that you can add pretty much anything that you’d normally eat with onions and peppers, and it’ll taste good. Mushrooms? Oh yeah, I can see that being amazing. Olives? My husband would say go for it.

Let me know how you like the recipe in the comments below! I’d also love to hear about anything you might have done to change it. Enjoy!

-Meg

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