Polenta With Sausage and Tomato Pepper Sauce

Name: Polenta With Sausage and Tomato Pepper Sauce
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 5 ounces reduced-fat spicy chicken sausage; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 12 ounces whole onion or 11 ounces chopped ready-cut onion; 1 large clove garlic; 2 cups no-salt-added beef broth or stock; 12 ounces whole red and green peppers or 11 ounces ready-cut peppers, 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups; 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 cup crushed no-salt-added tomatoes; 3 tablespoons dry sherry; 1/2 cup quick-cooking polenta; Freshly ground black pepper; 1/8 teaspoon salt

By Marian Burros

Total Time: 25 minutes
Rating: 4(32)
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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings

5ounces reduced-fat spicy chicken sausage
1teaspoon olive oil
12ounces whole onion or 11 ounces chopped ready-cut onion
1large clove garlic
2cups no-salt-added beef broth or stock
12ounces whole red and green peppers or 11 ounces ready-cut peppers, 2¼ to 2½ cups
⅛ to ¼teaspoon hot pepper flakes
1teaspoon dried thyme
1teaspoon dried oregano
1cup crushed no-salt-added tomatoes
3tablespoons dry sherry
½cup quick-cooking polenta
Freshly ground black pepper
⅛teaspoon salt

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Preparation

Step 1
Heat a large nonstick pan until it is very hot.
Step 2
Remove sausage from casing, and break into bite-size pieces. Reduce heat to medium high; sauté sausage until it browns on both sides.
Step 3
Chop whole onion.
Step 4
Add oil to pan. Then, add onion and cook until it softens. Mince garlic, and add to pan.
Step 5
Bring broth to boil in covered pot.
Step 6
Wash, trim, seed and chop peppers. Add them and the hot pepper flakes to the onion as it cooks. Sauté a minute or two, and stir in thyme, oregano, tomatoes and sherry; reduce heat to low, and cook mixture.
Step 7
Slowly stir the polenta into the boiling stock. Cook over medium high heat until polenta boils and thickens. Season with pepper and salt. Serve topped with the sausage-vegetable mixture.