Portuguese Sausage Sandwiches with Peppers, Onions, and Olives

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• divided
• 2 medium onions
• thinly sliced
• 3 bell peppers (1 orange
• 1 red
• 1 green)
• thinly sliced into strips
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1 pound fully cooked sausage
• such as linguica or kielbasa
• cut in half lengthwise and crosswise into 6-inch-long pieces
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 2/3 cup Kalamata olives
• pitted
• 1 baguette
• halved lengthwise
• cut crosswise into quarters

Instructions

1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add onions and saute until soft, about 5 minutes.
3. Add peppers and saute until lightly browned, about 6 minutes.
4. Sprinkle mixture with sugar and paprika and saute 1 minute.
5. Using slotted spoon, transfer mixture to plate; leave drippings in skillet.
6. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to drippings in skillet.
7. Add sausage and cook over medium heat until browned and heated through, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes.
8. Transfer sausage to plate with pepper mixture.
9. Add wine to skillet; boil until reduced by half, scraping up browned bits, about 3 minutes.
10. Return sausage and pepper mixture to skillet; stir in olives.
11. Cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.
12. Place baguette quarters on each of 4 plates; fill with sausage mixture, spooning juices over each, and serve.