Sausage and Tomato Hoagies

By charlotteh371

Ingredients

• 8 oz bacon, chopped into 1 inch pieces
• 1 1/2 lbs sweet or hot italian sausage
• 1 medium spanish onion, finely chopped
• 1 celery stalk, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp coarse ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• juice of 1 lime
• 6 hoagie rolls, halved lengthwise and toasted
• fresh basil leaves

Preparation

Step 1

cook bacon in a large skillet or dutch oven over medium heat until browned and crisp, about 10mins, stirring often. remove bacon and drain on paper towels, reserving drippings in skillet. add sausage to skillet and cook, turning often, until browned on all sides, about 8mins. remove sausages from skillet.

add onion, celery, paprika, salt and pepper to skillet, and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until soft with some bits sticking to bottom of skillet, about 10mins. stir in white wine and simmer 3 mins. cut sausages into 1 inch thick slices; return sausage and bacon to skillet. add tomatoes and soy sauce, and stir until thoroughly combined. reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 mins.

stir in lime juice just before serving. divide sausage mixture evenly among 6 hoagie rolls and sprinkle with basil.