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Italian Sausage with Beans and Tomato Recipe
by Penny Hawkins

Italian Sausage with Beans and Tomato

Comfort food at it's best.

Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
  Italy Italian
  Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
  • 6 mild, sweet Italian sausage links
  • 6 cups cooked Great Northern beans w/ ½ cup cooking liquid
  • 1 (14 to 15-oz.) can plum tomatoes in juice, chopped and juice reserved
  • 1 tsp. dried sage or 1 sprig fresh sage
  • 1 cup water

Directions

  1. In a large skillet with lid, heat oil over medium heat, and add garlic. Sauté garlic until golden brown, about 2 minutes.
  2. Add Italian sausages and cook until evenly browned but not cooked through, about 5 minutes.
  3. Remove sausages and slice into 1-inch pieces. Add ½ cup reserved bean cooking liquid, tomatoes and juice, and sage.
  4. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add beans and 1 cup water. Cover skillet and simmer until sausages are tender and cooked through, adding water in ¼ cup increments if mixture gets dry, about 30 minutes. If you like a thicker sauce, uncover and simmer a few additional minutes until sauce thickens