Italian-American Sausage Patty Melts

Categories: Grilled Sandwich, Main Dish, Pork, Rachael Ray

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 italian sweetsausage patties (1/2 lb.) or 2 italian hot sausage patties (1/2 lb.)
• 1/2 bell pepper, thinly sliced (or 1 cubanelle pepper, halved, seeded, and thinly sliced)
• 1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 slices Italian bread (thin slices)
• 4 slices provolone cheese (deli-sliced)
• 1 cup marinara sauce or 1 cup pizza sauce or 1 cup tomato sauce

Directions

1. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over med-high heat.

2. Add in 1 tablespoon olive oil and the sausage patties.

3. Cook the patties 4 minutes on each side; then remove from the pan.

4. Add another tablespoon olive oil to the pan; then add the bell peppers, onions, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes.

5. Cook about 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender but still have a bite to them.

6. Pile the veggies on the patties and return pan to the stove.

7. Add butter to the pan; let butter melt.

8. Add 2 slices bread, top each with a slice of cheese, a sausage patty, some peppers and onions, another slice of cheese, then the remaining slices of bread.

9. Press and cook patty melts 2 or 3 minutes on each side.

10. Warm a cup of marinara sauce, pizza sauce, or tomato sauce in the microwave (1 ½ minutes on HIGH).

11. Cut sandwiches corner to corner and serve with sauce for dipping.

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