This Italian Sausage Sandwich and Salad combo is a hearty meal for four. Juicy hot Italian sausages are grilled to perfection, topped with sautéed peppers, onions, and marinara sauce, all nestled in toasted French rolls. Pair it with a fresh garden salad tossed with Italian dressing and homemade croutons for a complete meal.
Author:
Matt Lott
Ingredients
For the Sandwich
4 hot Italian pork sausages
Extra virgin olive oil or other cooking oil, for griddle
Garlic powder, to taste
2 green bell peppers, chopped
1 white onion, chopped
Blackstone Tutto Italiano seasoning or comparable Italian seasoning
16 oz. marinara sauce
4 French steak rolls
1-2 tablespoons Pepperoncini juice (optional for sauce)
1-2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar (optional for sauce)
Ground black pepper (optional)
Mozzarella cheese (optional)
Salad Ingredients
Basic garden salad mix (iceberg lettuce, carrot, and red cabbage)
Green bell peppers, chopped (from sandwich recipe)
Turn the Blackstone griddle to medium heat. Drizzle and spread cooking oil on the griddle.
Drizzle cooking oil and garlic powder on the sausages. Put them on the griddle, flipping every few minutes and drizzling cooking oil to keep them from burning.
Put marinara sauce in a Dutch oven on the hot griddle. Mix pepperoncini juice and balsamic vinegar into marinara sauce, if desired, and continue stirring occasionally while heating.
Drizzle cooking oil on the griddle and add green bell pepper and onion. Season with Italian seasoning and stir while cooking.
Pour a little water on the sausages and close the griddle hood or use a basting dome to steam up and help raise the sausage's inner temperature.
Remove the Dutch oven and sausages from the griddle.
Place sausages in the rolls. Add peppers, onions, and marinara sauce to the sausages. Can sprinkle with shredded mozzarella if desired.
For the Salad
Put salad mix in a large bowl.
Pour Italian dressing and sprinkle ground black pepper onto the salad.
Cut the rolls as desired for croutons and put them on the hot griddle.
Drizzle with cooking oil, sprinkle with Italian seasoning, and stir until golden brown.
