Italian Sausage Sandwiches: Chicago Influenced

I didn’t technically write down this recipe as I was cooking this since I happen to go with the flow, but I tell you, it was a delicious flavor in my mouth. Please don’t be upset for I didn’t provide any sort of measurements and cooking times, but it varied.

Serving size: Two

Anyways, here's how I did this.

You will need

            2 Hotdog style Hoagie Buns

            Package of Italian sausage (With casings): Hot

            Sweet Red Bell Pepper (One quarter)

            Sweet Yellow Bell Pepper (One quarter)

            Sweet Orange Bell Pepper (One quarter)

            Sweet Onion (One quarter)

            1 tomato quarter (Chopped)

            Sweet relish

            1 tablespoon of Canola oil

            1 teaspoon of salt

            1 teaspoon of crushed black pepper (You can use ground)

            Olive Oil Mayo

           

First, in a medium skillet, brown your sausage until the outside had formed its perfect color. Flip after every three minutes. When they appear to look done on the outside, with your fingers, check to see if the inside is fully cooked. If not, place them in a 300 degree oven to let them finish cooking. If you want to continue to cook them in a skillet, by all means go ahead. There’s no right or wrong way to cook sausage.

While your sausage is cooking, cut up all of your peppers in quarters, and slice them as if they were to be used in Fajita tacos. Next, cut the top half of your onion, and then the bottom half. Take the skin off your onion, and immediately, cut a quarter off. With that quarter of the onion, cut them so that they are strips. Then, cut a quarter of the tomato removing all juices from the middle, and dice them. The tomato will allow the sweetness to come out once it’s all being sautéed.

In a medium skillet, heat about a tablespoon of canola oil, and began to sauté your vegetables. Season them with salt and pepper, and you’ll want to sauté them for 5-10 minutes “Covered” until they become caramelized. Be sure to keep stirring them with a spatula.

Once your vegetables begin to caramelize, go ahead and reduce the heat, and let sit while the pan is still covered.

            Now would be a good time to check your sausages in the oven. If they’re not ready, let them cook a bit longer.

Take your hoagie buns, slice them as if they were hotdog buns, and place them in the oven for about 3-5 minutes. You don’t want them hot and toasted hard, but you want a slight warm crisp to them. The bread should still be soft when you take them out of the oven.

Building the sandwich

            Hoagie Bun

            Spread some Olive Oil Mayo on both sides in between your bread, and place a small spoonful of sweet relish inside.

            Next, take a little bit your vegetables, and then top it off with your sausage. After, top the sausage with the remaining of your vegetables. You want to make sure that every bite you take will contain vegetables. So it’s best to have them IN the sandwich, and on top.

You will repeat this step depending on how many sandwiches you are serving.