Mommom Faiella's Italian Sausage Scallopini

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 lb italian sweet sausage, cut into approximately 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 large onion, minced
• 1 large green peppers (i use green) or 1 large red pepper, sliced (i use green)
• 1 (10 ounce) package button mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 45 ounces water (use the empty tomato sauce can to measure the water)
• 1 teaspoon sugar (to be added to mixture after it starts to boil)
• cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 mix all of the above together except the last two ingredients.
• 2 bring the mixture to a boil.
• 3 add the 1 teaspoon of sugar and stir in it well.
• 4 then immediately lower the burner to a simmer with the lid on the pot slightly ajar.
• 5 cook for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally all of the way to the bottom.
• 6 *if you didn't add enough water from the beginning, you might need to add a little more water during the cooking time - you just have to judge if it looks like it cooked down too much. it should be liquidy, but more on the thick liquid side, not watery.
• 7 when finished cooking, serve it over the cooked rice.