Grilled Italian Sausage Sandwiches with plenty of grilled onions and peppers are a simple but flavorful meal that is perfect for hot summer nights.

Grilled Italian Sausage Sandwiches make a simple and satisfying meal that grills up quickly for a delicious meal on hot summer nights.

Italian sausage and pepper sandwich on a table with baked beans and text overlay "grilled sausage and pepper sandwich"

You can make these sandwiches two ways:

effortless - buy premade Italian sausages
easy, but a bit more time - make the sausages yourself.

I went all out and made my own sausages with plenty of aromatics and spices like garlic, fennel and red pepper flakes. If you want to go that route, you can find all of the details in this post.

Homemade sausages on a plate with sausage making tools and herbs and text overlay "Homemade Italian Sausages"

Then I froze the sausages individually and put them in a zip to lock bag so I can pull them out and grill them up and enjoy these sandwiches any time I want.

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Side Dishes

Cranberry Almond Broccoli Salad by Sweet Beginnings
Deviled Egg Pasta Salad by Blogghetti

Main Dishes

Grilled Italian Sausage Sandwiches by That Recipe
Smoked Pork Butt Recipe by SueBee Homemaker

Desserts

Blueberry Cobbler by House of Nash Eats
Easy Pina Colada Cupcakes by Daily Dish Recipes

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Grilled Italian Sausage Sandwiches

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large yellow onion (sliced in long strips)
2 large red or yellow bell peppers (sliced in long thin strips)
4 Hoagie style rolls
4 Italian sausages
1 jar pepperoncini slices (optional)

Instructions

In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and cook for 5 minutes until turning translucent. Add peppers and continue to cook until onions are golden brown, about 10 more minutes.
While onions are cooking, preheat grill to medium high heat.
Grill sausages 2-3 minutes a side then roll ¼ turn until cooked through with grill marks on all sides.
Slice open hoagie rolls leaving about ½ inch attached at the bottom. If desired, gently open the rolls and place open side down on the grill for 1-2 minutes.
Place sausage in rolls, top with grilled onion and pepper mixture and pepperoncini slices, if desired.