This Sausage Skillet Meal with Charred Bread, was a recipe that I saw done on a Rachael Ray show last year. It felt like a comfort food night, so I made it just recently and decided it was share-worthy. I made some modifications, because our family likes sweet peppers rather than hot peppers, but feel free to modify to fit your own personal tastes.
Sausage Skillet Meal with Charred Bread
This supper can be served right from the skillet, and there’s nothing better for cooking meat than a real cast-iron skillet. This was definitely a hit with the family.
- Sweet (Mild or Hot) Italian Sausages - 5 links for 2 people, 10 for 4 or more
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 bulb fennel (optional) cored and sliced
- 2 sweet red peppers sliced
- 2 onions peeled and chopped
- Hot peppers or green are optional
- 4 cloves of garlic (grated)
- salt & pepper
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 2 tbsp. white wine
- Fresh basil - 4 leaves, torn
- 2-4 eggs
- pat of butter (for frying eggs)
- Ingredients - Charred Bread
- Ciabatta/Artisan style loaf
- 3-4 tbsp. melted butter
- 1 tsp. crushed garlic
- Drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Sea Salt
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan
- Gather all ingredients.
- Begin by peeling and slicing the onions, peppers, and fennel.
- Peel garlic bulbs and tear your basil leaves.
- Assemble this all on a cutting board or work surface.
- Next prepare your bread by slicing into top and bottom halves.
- Melt butter in the microwave and mix with crushed garlic.
- Brush it over the two halves of the bread with a pastry brush and put on a cookie sheet.
- Set aside for later.
- Next, begin cooking the sausage.
- In a cast iron skillet add a splash of olive oil.
- Place sausage in hot skillet, and poke with a fork.
- When you hear it begin to sizzle, add about ½ inch of water to the pan.
- Turn the sausages periodically- adding the water will cook the sausages evenly without burning them.
- Add more water if needed until sausages are cooked uniformly throughout, and then allow the water to evaporate and the casings to crisp up.
- Remove the cooked, crisped sausages from the pan to a cutting board.
- At this point, turn on your broiler oven as you will soon be charring the bread.
- In the same skillet as the sausage (do not clean) add a bit more olive oil.
- Put sliced onions, peppers and fennel into the pan.
- Cook to tender crisp (about 6 minutes).
- Add grated garlic, reduce heat, and add red pepper flakes, oregano, and white wine- Bring to a bubble.
- Slice sausages on the bias and add slices back into the skillet.
- Toss in fresh basil.
- Put the bread into the hot oven, and while it is crisping (won't take long so watch it carefully), fry your eggs low and slow in butter.
- Low heat is best so your eggs do not get brown lace.
- Cook them over easy so the yolk is still runny.
- Remove crispy bread from the oven and drizzle with the olive oil, sprinkle with a bit of sea salt, and shredded Parmesan.
- Slice or rip the bread into pieces.
- Serve alongside the skillet or on a bread board.
- Eggs go on top of the skillet and your meal is served right from the skillet.
- Enjoy!!!
What’s better than a dinner that can all be made…and served… in one pan? Sausage Skillet Meal with Charred Bread, with the eggs right on top, make this a simple and fun family meal. How about a Blueberry Apple Crisp or Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert to finish the meal?
Do you have a favourite skillet meal? Leave a comment and let us know!
