How to Make Grilled Italian Sausage with Peppers, Onions and Arugula Recipe
If you don't have a grill, sear the onions and bell
peppers in a little oil on high heat in a large, preferable cast iron,
frying pan. Then lower the heat to medium low, add the sausages, and
cook, turning the sausages occasionally, until the sausages are cooked
through. Towards the end of cooking, baste with the honey balsamic
mixture.
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion, cut into wedges*
- 2 large red bell peppers, seeded and cut into thirds
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage links
- Olive oil
- Salt
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 3 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 to 3 handfuls of baby arugula
*Cut the onion wedges so that the root end is still intact on
each wedge. It will make the onion wedges easier to grill and help keep
them from falling apart on the grill.
Method
1 Preheat the grill. Mix together the balsamic vinegar and honey in a small bowl and set aside.
2 Coat the onion, peppers and sausages with a little
olive oil. Salt the peppers and onion. Coat the grill grates with a
little olive oil. Put the onion wedges on the grill and cover the grill.
Let the onions roast for 5 minutes, or until they are a little charred.
Turn the onions and move them to a cooler part of the grill to finish.
3 If your grill has two levels, place the sausages
on the top part of the grill and the peppers directly below them. Done
this way, as the sausages drip juice and fat, it will fall on the
peppers, flavoring them while simultaneously preventing flare-ups. If
your grill does not have two levels, put the peppers on the hottest part
of the grill and the sausages on the coolest. Cover and grill
everything for 15 to 20 minutes or so, periodically checking and turning
the sausages and peppers as needed. Towards the end of cooking, baste
the sausages, peppers and onions with the honey and balsamic mixture.
4 When the sausages are cooked through and the
peppers and onions cooked, remove them from the grill to a sheet pan or
large bowl. If you want, pick off some or all of the charred skin on the
peppers. Cut the peppers into long strips, and slice the root end off
the onions to separate the pieces. Cut the sausages into thirds. Mix
everything well in the pan or bowl.
To serve, place a bed of baby arugula on the serving plates and top with the sausage, peppers and onion.
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