Memories of Nathans (Sausage and Peppers)

Years ago...My Grandmother took me to New York City to visit some relatives there. I was quite young...but I remember my cousin Cecil taking me to a place called "Nathan's Hot Dogs" on Jones Beach and treating me to Italian Suasage and Peppers...It was sooo good...I've been a fan ever since..Though I've never had better suasage and peppers than the one I had on Jones Beach.

Ingredients:

6 whole hot Italian sausages

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 large onion

1 green bell pepper

3 tbsp olive oil

Directions:

Set the sausages to boil for about 10 min, drain set aside. Chop the pepper and onion in 3/4-1" pieces.

Sauté over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Pour in the olive oil, add the diced garlic, peppers and onion. Cook the vegetables just until they begin to soften. Transfer contents of skillet to a large bowl and set aside.

Slice sausages into 1/2" thick coins, as you would carrots. Place one more tablespoon olive oil into the skillet and fry the sausages until they are lightly browned along the edges.

Stir in the bowl of cooked vegetables and continue to cook on medium-high setting, stirring every 2 minutes for about 10 minutes.
Butter some Italian bread and set on the edges of a serving plate. Pour the contents of the skillet onto the plate.

This may not be as magical as Nathans, but hopefully you'll become as hooked as I was.