{"id":163,"date":"2009-07-14T01:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/?p=163"},"modified":"2009-07-14T01:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T01:21:00","slug":"chicken-sausage-with-peppers-and-cannellini-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/2009\/07\/chicken-sausage-with-peppers-and-cannellini-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken sausage with peppers and cannellini beans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I moved from California to the Fargo-Moorhead area way back in 1996 there was a great little Italian restaurant in Dilworth, MN that I used to frequent. It was called Paisano’s, had a nondescript decor and was situated in, of all places, a Howard Johnson’s motel. Although the casual atmosphere was nothing to write home about they had a dish on their menu that was absolutely scrumptious. It was a chicken dish served with peppers, sausage with a tangy bean sauce. If I recall correctly it was called country chicken and peppers but I may be mistaken. Sadly, Paisano’s closed many years ago but I still remember this hearty delicious dish.<\/p>\n

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Inspired by the Paisano’s dish I created a chicken sausage and peppers meal with cannellini beans. It is lighter than the meal from the restaurant as that one was swimming in butter.<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a>Ingredients:<\/div>\n
2-4 chicken sausages (I used 2)<\/div>\n
1 red bell pepper, 1 green bell pepper, 1 yellow bell pepper chopped<\/div>\n
4-5 chopped pepperoncini peppers<\/div>\n
1 medium onion chopped<\/div>\n
1 medium carrot chopped<\/div>\n
8 cloves garlic, more or less to taste<\/div>\n
1 19 oz can of cannellini beans with liquid<\/div>\n
juice of 1 lemon<\/div>\n
1 tsp dried oregano<\/div>\n
2 tbsp fresh tarragon<\/div>\n
salt and pepper to taste<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>I started this dish by saut\u00e9ing the carrots and onions in a little olive oil, salt and pepper for about five minutes, just until tender. The dried oregano was added at this point. I then added the garlic and peppers to the pan and cooked them down for another few minutes. Next I added the chicken sausage and the beans with their juice along with the fresh tarragon. The pan was covered and this was simmered for 4-5 minutes until everything was heated through and the flavors were married. The lemon juice was added at the end of cooking and everything stirred together well.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>I ate this dish as is but it would be terrific with some good crusty country Italian bread.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I moved from California to the Fargo-Moorhead area way back in 1996 there was a great little Italian restaurant in Dilworth, MN that I used to frequent. It was called Paisano’s, had a nondescript decor and was situated in, of all places, a Howard Johnson’s motel. Although the casual atmosphere was nothing to write […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[247,224],"class_list":{"0":"post-163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-italian","7":"tag-cannellini-beans","8":"tag-chicken-sausage","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}