Sausage, Peppers & Onions

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 (2 ounce) links sweet Italian sausage
• 3 (2 ounce) links hot Italian sausage
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 yellow onion, sliced
• 1/2 red onion, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 large red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, sliced
• 1 cubanelle peppers
• 2 or 3 jarred hot cherry peppers
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3 tablespoons hot pepper juice, from the jar

DIRECTIONS:

Place the sausages in a large nonstick skillet. Pierce the casings with a fork. Add 1-inch water to the pan. Bring liquid to a boil. Cover sausages, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.

Heat a second skillet over medium high heat. Add butter & oil. Add garlic, onion, cubanelle and red & green peppers. Season vegetables with salt and pepper, basil & oregano.

Drain sausages and return pan to stove, raising heat back to medium high. Add a drizzle of oil to the skillet, brown and crisp the casings. Remove sausages, slice into 2 inch pieces and set pieces back into the pan to sear.

Combine the cooked peppers and onions to the sausages. Add hot peppers and hot pepper juice to the skillet. Toss and turn the sausage, peppers and onions, picking up all the drippings from the pan.