Chombout-Ciapota
Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 45 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 Bowls
Ingredients
Main
- Hot Italian Sausage6links
- Onions(sliced)2medium
- Red Peppers(cut into 2 inch chunks)2
- Zucchini(cut into 2 inch chunks)1large
- Potatoes(cut into 2 inch chunks)4medium
- Crushed Tomatoes1can
- Water(approximate)4cups
- Fresh Celery Leaves(or dried oregano)
- Olive Oil(for frying)
Kitchen Helpers
A hearty Italian vegetable stew with sausage and potatoes.
Instructions
- Cut each piece of sausage into 3 pieces.
- Using a medium frying pan, add olive oil (don’t forget your bread to remove oil smell).
- Fry bread until brown.
- Add sausage to pan and fry them until brown on all sides.
- In a large pot, transfer some of the oil from the sausage to it.
- Heat on medium high and add peppers.
- Fry about 2 minutes.
- Add onions and fry about 3 minutes, stirring often.
- Remove peppers and onions to a plate.
- Add more oil from sausage to fry up zucchini.
- Fry zucchini for about 2 minutes and then remove to plate.
- Add 3/4 can of crushed tomatoes to large pot.
- Cook on medium for about 2 minutes.
- Add sausage to tomatoes and add 1 1/2 cups water and bring to a boil.
- Add potatoes and cook until they are tender.
- Add celery leaves or oregano to taste and more water.
- Boiling, add water to keep from drying out and keeping it liquid.
- Add back in zucchini and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add back in peppers and onions. Bring all to a boil on medium heat for about 5 minutes.