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Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers Recipe

January 30, 2018 April Preisler
1 hour 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers

One of my biggest goals for 2018 was to dive in to new and adventurous flavors. As a recipe developer, I’m always looking for new ways to use common ingredients and how I can pair them with new flavors to create something amazing. I’m no stranger to Italian dishes but often get stuck in a rut of using the same basil, oregano and tomato sauce combinations. Italian food can go far beyond a dish of pasta and I decided that a slow simmered dish of Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers would be a welcome change.

This dish incorporates juicy chicken thighs for maximum flavor and I decided to cut a few calories by using turkey Italian sausage. The simmer sauce is the ultimate key to this dish and includes a secret ingredient: Italian Vinaigrette dressing. This is a great way to infuse flavor into the sauce and the tart taste of vinegar without overpowering the dish.

In addition to the Italian Vinaigrette dressing you’ll be infusing this dish with piquanté peppers. You can typically find these in with the pickles and olives at your local grocery store. They are a red pepper with a sweet and slightly spicy flavor. They are quite mild but give the dish a tantalizing finish.

This dish works well with a side of roasted potatoes or a small salad to complete the meal. I used my cast-iron skillet to easily take this dish from my stovetop to my oven. You can also use any oven-safe pan that you have available. The key is to make sure that the liquid does not completely cover the top of the chicken so that the skin becomes toasted and brown while it is being baked.

Be more adventurous in your kitchen this year and start by making this Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers. You’ll thank me later and be more inspired to try other new things!

Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers Recipe

January 30, 2018 April Preisler
1 hour 15 minutes
Serves: 4

Please even the pickiest of eaters with this Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers that can be made in one-pan! Your family will love the combination of flavors that come from this dish simmered in Italian spices.

Big bowl of Italian Chicken with Sausage and Peppers
Ingredients
  • 3 tbspOlive Oil
  • 3 ealinks Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage
  • 6 easkin-on, bone-in Chicken Thighs
  • 2 ealarge Onions, chopped
  • ½ ealarge Red Bell Pepper, chopped
  • 6 clovesGarlic, finely grated
  • 1 cupDry White Wine
  • 1 cupLow-Sodium Chicken Broth
  • ½ cupchopped Hot, Sweet Pickled Peppadew Peppers in Brine
  • ⅓ cupLitehouse® Italian Vinaigrette dressing
  • 3 eaSprigs Rosemary
  • For Serving:
  • 1 eaChopped Parsley

Directions

Preheat oven to 450°F.Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Cook sausages, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, 6–8 minutes (they will not be fully cooked). Transfer to a plate.Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Cook in same skillet, turning occasionally, until golden brown on both sides, 8–10 minutes (they will also be undercooked). Transfer to plate with sausage.Cook onions, bell pepper, and garlic in same skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally and scraping bottom of pan, until tender and beginning to brown, 10–12 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced and you can no longer smell the alcohol, about 8 minutes.Add broth, peppers, dressing, and rosemary and bring to a boil; cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Nestle chicken into onion mixture, then transfer skillet to upper rack of oven and roast chicken 10 minutes.Add sausages to skillet, pushing them into onion mixture, and continue to roast until chicken is cooked through and a thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°, 5–10 minutes.Top with parsley and serve.

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