I created this sandwich a few weeks ago on a night when I was in a hurry. Â I’ve fallen into a bad habit of working in the afternoon. Â That’s not the bad part. Â The bad part comes in when I finally look up at the clock and realize it’s already 5:30 and I haven’t started dinner.
I forget which meal this Italian sausage was meant for, but it worked perfectly in these sloppy joes. Â And the good thing is, you probably have all the other ingredients in your pantry.
They also can be made in about 15 minutes. Â Perfect!
This Italian spin on the traditional sloppy joe tastes a lot like pizza. Â Which meant that my family loved them. Â So did I. Â They reminded me a lot of the flavor of Pizza Potpie.
I don’t have an ingredient photo this time, because I was creating in a huge hurry. Â But, like I said, you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry. Â With the exception of the Italian sausage, they are all very common ingredients. Â
Italian Sausage Sloppy Joes – 15 Minute Meal
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Italian sausage
- 1/2 onion diced
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 1/2 tsp. basil
- salt and pepper to taste
- sandwich buns
- mozzarella or provolone slices
Instructions
- Brown the sausage and onion together in a pan.
- Drain and rinse the meat with hot water to remove grease.
- Return to pan and add tomato sauce and seasonings.
- Heat thoroughly.
- Broil buns to toast.
- Top with meat and cheese.
- Broil to melt cheese.
My daugher save this her approval which means a lot coming from a picky six year old.
These sound delicious! I just bought some yummy Italian sausages from Costco that would be perfect for this. Can’t wait to try it out.
Omg this italian sausage sloppy joe is really good.
being a student eating whatever’s in my pantry I replaced the basil and oregano with dried thyme, the tomato sauce with ketchup and just good old processed cheese instead of mozza. But it still turned out wonderful :’)
thank you for this recipe 🙂
An even quicker step is to keep pre cooked Italian sausage in the freezer. My kind of quick & dirty meal. Yum!
Yes! I love keeping cooked meats in the freezer. It saves so much time!