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Italian sausage stew with potatoes and green beans in a tomato garlic sauce served in white serving bowl

Italian Sausage Stew

Claudia
If you like Italian Sausage, you should try this economic and easy to make one pan meal.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4 people
Calories 534 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Italian sausage links hot or sweet
  • 28 ounce plum tomatoes whole, canned
  • 2 medium potatoes
  • 1/2 pound fresh green beans
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed optional
  • olive oil for skillet

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • Trim the ends from the green beans. Kitchen shears make quick work of this. Cut the beans into 3 or 4 small pieces depending on how big they are.
  • Wash your potatoes well. You don't need to peel them. Cut potatoes into fairly large pieces. They cook faster than the green beans and we want them done at the same time.
  • Mince the garlic cloves you can use jarred minced garlic just make sure you are using the right equivalent amount. It will be listed on the label.
  • Empty the canned tomatoes, juice and all, into a bowl. Crush the tomatoes by hand leaving large pieces of tomato.

Cooking Instructions

  • Warm a 10 or 12 inch heavy bottomed skillet on medium high heat. When warm add enough olive oil to cover the bottom. Brown the Italian sausage links in the skillet. They won't be fully cooked. When browned, take them out of the skillet and put them aside to cool. Do not drain the skillet. The drippings and the browning on the bottom of the skillet add a lot of flavor.
  • Lightly sauté the minced garlic in the sausage drippings. Just warm the garlic, don't brown it.
  • Add the hand crushed tomato to the skillet. As you mix the tomato, garlic and oil together, make sure you are getting the browning at the bottom of the skillet mixed in too. The browning is called a fond and mixing it in to the liquid is called deglazing. This is a flavor boosting technique.
  • When sausages are cooled cut them into one inch slices.
  • Add sliced sausage, trimmed green beans, potatoes, salt, pepper oregano and fennel to the skillet. Stir to incorporate.
  • Cover the skillet and simmer for about 45 minutes until the green beans and potato are cooked to your desired tenderness.
  • Serve in high rimmed dinner plate or a shallow bowl. Top with grated parmesan cheese and/or crushed pepper flakes.

Notes

This is a one pan meal offering meat, potatoes and vegetables. Serve with bread, rolls or biscuits to dip in the sauce. Grated or shredded parmesan cheese is great with  this too. 

Nutrition

Calories: 534kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 21gFat: 36gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 1140mgPotassium: 1346mgFiber: 6gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 2048IUVitamin C: 59mgCalcium: 84mgIron: 3mg
Keyword easy dinners, economical meals, five or less ingredients, italian cacciatore, italian sausage, less than 1 hour, soups and stews
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