I found this recipe and decided to make this for our dinner.  We loved that it was made in the pressure cooker.  Hubby got a lesson on how the pressure cooker works.  He saw how long the recipe was suppose to take so that he could gauge what time dinner was going to be on the table.  The problem is that it he didn’t factor in the fact that the pressure cooker has to reach pressure before it starts cooking the food.

Hubby and I loved this dinner.  It was simple and delicious!

We ate it over rice that I had cooked earlier in the pressure cooker.  I reheated it with butter, salt, and a Tablespoon or two of water.  Then I warmed it up in the microwave for about 3 minutes.  Afterwards I fluffed up the rice.

This would also be delicious over pasta.  We are going to save the rest of the sauce and use it over pasta for a quick dinner.  Yum!

I used basil garlic pork sausage from Fresh Thyme.  It’s bulk sausage so you can chose how many sausage links you want to buy.  I only bought two sausage links since they are huge.  Then I cut each one into 4 pieces for a total of 8 pieces.

Sausage, Onions, and Peppers

adapted from Pressure Cooking Today

Stars of the recipe:

• 1 lb. of sausage links (I cut up my sausage links.  You can keep them whole.)
• 2 c. red, yellow, orange, or green peppers sliced
• 1 onion cut into rings (Or you could use a bag of (16 oz.) frozen pepper and onion stir fry instead of cutting up the peppers and onions.)
• 1/2 c. water
• 1 can of crushed tomatoes
• 1 can of tomato sauce
• 1 Tbsp. Italian season
• salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

1. In the pressure cooker, place the water, crushed tomatoes, and tomato sauce.
2. Sprinkle the Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper over the tomato sauce mixture.
3. Place the sausage links over the tomato sauce mixture.
4. Place the onions and peppers over the sausage.
5. Put the lid back on the pressure cooker.
6. Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes.  Use the quick release to release the extra steam.
7. Serve over rice, pasta, or if you left them whole on a sub bun with cheese.

If you would like to do this in a slow cooker, follow steps 1 -4 and then cook it for 6 hours on low or until the sausage if fully cooked.

Happy eating,
Traci