Serves 4
A sausage and pepper hero is the best of Italian street food. I have complemented long, pale green frying peppers with multicolored bell peppers. I think the bell peppers sweeten and intensify the flavor.
¼ cup olive oil
8 (4-ounce) sweet or hot Italian sausages
4 bell peppers of various colors, seeded and cut into strips (For the green pepper, I like to use an Italian frying pepper.)
1 medium onion, sliced
1 cup Marinara Sauce (here)
4 hero rolls, cut in half
In a large skillet, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the sausages and fry until browned evenly on all sides. Add the peppers and onion and sauté until soft, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the marinara sauce, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes.
Spread some of the pepper mixture on both sides of each roll. Add two sausages, sliced in half, to each and serve.