Ingredients

  • 4 cooked chicken sausages, available at your meat counter -- get a Mediterranean flavor, such as pepper and onion or sundried tomato and basil
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 1/3 cup chicken stock or dry white wine, a generous douse
  • 1 cubanelle pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 1 large onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 cup giardiniera (Italian pickled vegetable salad: hot peppers, cauliflower, carrots and celery mix available in jars on Italian food aisle or in bulk bins near olives)
  • Handful Italian flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil (10 leaves)
  • 1/2 a lemon, zested (2 teaspoons)
  • 4 crusty sub rolls, split

Method

  • Prick sausages with a fork.
  • Place chicken sausages in a large skillet and add 1 inch of water.
  • Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil to the skillet, 1 turn of the pan.
  • Bring water to a boil, then reduce heat a little.
  • Allow all the liquid to cook away, then brown and crisp the casings, 5 to 6 minutes.
  • Deglaze the pan with stock or wine and cook it off, 1 minute.
  • Remove sausages to a platter.
  • While sausage cooks, slice the peppers and onions and prepare the garlic.
  • Once the chicken sausage comes out of the pan, add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan.
  • Add veggies and garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook 10 minutes.
  • Place the giardiniera, parsley, basil and lemon zest in the food processor and grind into a relish.
  • Slice sausages on an angle.
  • Fill each roll with a little relish, then peppers and onions then the sliced sausages.