Italian-American Sausage Patty Melts

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 italian sweet sausage patties (1/2 lb.) or 2 italian hot sausage patties (1/2 lb.)
• 1/2 bell pepper, thinly sliced (or 1 cubanelle pepper, halved, seeded, and thinly sliced)
• 1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 slices Italian bread (thin slices)
• 4 slices provolone cheese (deli-sliced)
• 1 1 cup pizza sauce or 1 cup tomato sauce

1. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over med-high heat.
2. Add in 1 tablespoon olive oil and the sausage patties.
3. Cook the patties 4 minutes on each side; then remove from the pan.
4. Add another tablespoon olive oil to the pan; then add the bell peppers, onions, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes.
5. Cook about 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender but still have a bite to them.
6. Pile the veggies on the patties and return pan to the stove.
7. Add butter to the pan; let butter melt.
8. Add 2 slices bread, top each with a slice of cheese, a sausage patty, some peppers and onions, another slice of cheese, then the remaining slices of bread.
9. Press and cook patty melts 2 or 3 minutes on each side.
10. Warm a cup of marinara sauce, pizza sauce, or tomato sauce in the microwave (1 1/2 minutes on HIGH).
11. Cut sandwiches corner to corner and serve with sauce for dipping.

extra virgin olive oil, italian sweet sausage patties, bell pepper, onion, salt, fresh ground black pepper, red pepper, butter, italian bread, provolone cheese, pizza sauce

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/italian-american-sausage-patty-melts-175517 (may not work)