Sausage Cacciatore with Polenta Recipe

Fast fact: Slaves introduced sausages to Italy

I hate going outside on Sundays. Oh wait…it’s Saturday. Meh, truth be told, I don’t really like going outside any day of the week.

Problem was I wanted to eat polenta for dinner. But I didn’t have chicken, which I usually cook with polenta.

What’s a girl to do in this situation? I decided to prepare a traditional cacciatore recipe but with sausage – the only thing I had in my freezer – instead of chicken.

Totally worked!

Ingredients:

• One pound sausage
• One 15 ounce can tomato sauce
• One finely chopped onion
• Two cloves garlic
• Salt, pepper, oregano, basil

Directions:

1. Heat sauce pan. Add olive oil and allow it to heat.
2. Brown sausage and remove from pan.
3. Add chopped onion. Saute until yellow – five to eight minutes.
4. Add garlic. Saute an additional minute.
5. Return sausage to pan.
6. Add tomato sauce.
7. Let simmer for about one hour.
8. Serve over polenta.

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