What goes better with the Fourth of July than some good old-fashioned American cooking and ice cold adult beverages. While I was browsing the internet in an effort to find some relevant recipe to share with you all, one really stuck out and spoke to me. On top of the hot dogs, hamburgers and various types of packaged meats, the fourth is about remembering our heroes who went to battle for our freedom and allow us to enjoy days like today.
So what is the perfect recipe for the Fourth of July: Drunken Sausages and Peppers on Hero Rolls.
If you find yourself in the kitchen with a beer in hand and a stomach ready to indulge in a spectacular feast, you will thank me later for bringing this recipe to your attention. Here is all you need to bring the recipe to life:
2 pounds Italian sausage
6 small garlic cloves, pressed
1 each red, yellow, and green bell peppers, cored, seeded, and cut into thin strips
Salt
3 or 4 pinches crushed red pepper
3/4 cup (half a can) beer of your choice (make sure you make good use of the other half of your beer)
Now the tricky part, how do you make such a delicious meal? It wouldn’t be fair to just bring up a drunken sausage without telling you how to make it. So here are the step by step instructions on how to get the job done.
"Preheat the oven to 400°F. Heat a large, ovenproof, nonstick skillet (no plastic handles!) over medium-high heat.Add the sausages and cook them, turning once in a while, until they’re nice and brown almost all over, about 10 minutes. (They’ll curl up a little as they cook, so it’ll be hard to brown them on all sides. Don’t sweat it.) Poke each link 4 or 5 times with a fork as they cook to release some of their juices.Remove the sausages from the pan and set aside. Press the garlic into the juices in the pan, stir it around until you can smell it, and then add the peppers. Season them lightly with salt and red pepper, and cook about 8 minutes, tossing them around until they’re wilted and starting to brown.Add the sausages to the pan.Pour the beer, bring it to a boil, and then put the pan in the oven. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated (you’ll want a little to spoon on the sandwiches), the peppers are tender, and the parts of the sausages poking up are browned, 25 to 30 minutes.You can make the sausages and peppers before people come over and then heat them over low heat half an hour beore you’re ready to serve. Serve hot along with a basket or plate of hero rolls, split open and ready for stuffing."
Sounds incredible right? Crack up a cold one and get the show on the road. Again, happy Fourth of July to you all and happy birthday America — and Raiders owner Al Davis, too.