Dinosaur BBQ's State Fair Sausage and Pepper Sandwich

From Dinosaur BBQ, An American Roadhouse by John Stage and Nancy Radke of the famed Dinosaur BBQ restaurant.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 6 sandwiches

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 large onions, sliced into thick strips
• 1  large red bell pepper, sliced into thick strips
• 1  large green pepper, sliced into thick strips
•  kosher salt
•  black pepper
• 2  lbs Italian sausage (hot or sweet)
• 6  submarine rolls, crusty

Directions

1. Place 2 skillets on the stove. Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in one and 1/4 cup olive oil in the other.
2. Dump the onions and peppers into the one with less oil and cook over medium-high heat, seasoning with salt and pepper.
3. Heat the skillet with the larger amount of oil over medium heat for several minutes.
4. Slide the sausages into the pan. Cook for 15 minutes, or til they just lose their pinkness inside.
5. Pull the sausages out of the pan and nestle them into the peppers and onions.
6. Slice up the rolls and stuff them full with sausages and peppers. Serve hot with lots of napkins!