Homemade Sausages with Onion and Sweet Pepper

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Ever craved the rich, savory taste of fresh sausages but felt intimidated by the process? This recipe for homemade sausages with onion and sweet pepper is here to change that! We're skipping the complicated casings and using a simple, brilliant technique with skewers to create perfectly shaped, incredibly juicy sausages. Packed with a flavorful blend of beef and pork, and brightened with fresh green onions and sweet bell peppers, this dish brings the heartiness of Eastern European cooking to your table with an easy, modern twist. It's the perfect way to impress family and friends with a meal that tastes complex but is surprisingly simple to prepare.

A plate of cooked homemade sausages with onion and sweet pepper, garnished with herbs.

Homemade sausages with onion and sweet pepper

Cooking: 30 minutes
Quantity: 4
Per serving
Calories: 343 kcal
Proteins: 15.6 g
Fats: 28.5 g
Carbohydrates: 2.6 g

Ingredients for Homemade Sausages with Onion and Sweet Pepper

  • 600 g ground meat (beef, pork, pork fat)
  • 50 g green onions
  • 50 g red bell pepper
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 hot pepper pod
  • 60 ml cold sparkling mineral water
  • paprika, red and black pepper, salt
  • vegetable oil

How to Make Homemade Sausages with Onion and Sweet Pepper

Make your own ground meat or use store-bought. To make the ground meat, pass 250g of beef, 250g of pork, and 100g of pork fat through a meat grinder with a coarse plate, and mix well.

A bowl of freshly ground meat for making homemade sausages.

Make homemade ground meat or use store-bought.

A hand adding finely chopped green onions to a bowl of ground meat.

Finely chop the green onion stalks.

Adding diced red bell pepper to the ground meat mixture for sausages.

Add the chopped sweet pepper.

Finely chop the green onion stalks and add them to the meat. Slice the stalks lengthwise and rinse them thoroughly to ensure you remove any onion fly larvae that might be hiding inside.

Cut a fleshy sweet bell pepper in half, remove the seeds, rinse, and dice it into small cubes. Add the diced sweet pepper to the other ingredients.

Adding minced garlic and chopped hot pepper to the sausage mixture.

Add garlic and hot pepper to the ground meat.


Press the garlic cloves through a garlic press. Crush the hot pepper pod, cut off the stem, and remove the seeds. Chop the pepper finely. Add the garlic and hot pepper to the ground meat.

Pouring sparkling mineral water into the bowl with seasoned ground meat.

Pour in cold mineral water.

Kneading the ground meat mixture in a bowl to combine all ingredients.

Mix the ground meat by hand or with a mixer.

The ground meat mixture divided into four equal portions on a cutting board.

Divide the ground meat for the homemade sausages into four equal parts.


Pour in cold sparkling mineral water and season the sausage mixture – salt to taste, and add red and black pepper. You can also add a little ground cinnamon and ginger powder; these spices will give the sausages an Eastern aroma. If the mineral water is salty, add less salt to the mixture!

Knead the mixture with your hands or a mixer with a dough hook for several minutes, like you would with dough. It’s recommended, but not required, to chill the finished mixture in the refrigerator for half an hour.

Divide the mixture for the homemade sausages into four equal parts; one portion will be about 170-180g. You can make the portions smaller if you wish.

A flat, narrow patty of ground meat with a bamboo skewer placed on top.

Form flat and narrow patties from the ground meat.


Form flat, narrow patties from the mixture and place bamboo skewers, previously soaked in cold water, in the middle. Soaking the skewers is necessary if you are grilling over charcoal or in the oven, but it’s not essential for pan-frying.

A hand shaping a ground meat mixture around a bamboo skewer to form a sausage.

Place the ground meat patty with the skewer in your palm and form the sausage.

A hand rubbing vegetable oil onto a raw sausage on a skewer before frying.

Pour a little refined vegetable oil into your palm and grease the sausages.

Four homemade sausages on skewers sizzling in a hot grill pan.

Fry for 5 minutes on each side over high heat.


Place the patty with the skewer in your palm and shape it into a sausage. Repeat to form the remaining three sausages.

I don’t grease the pan with oil; it’s always better to oil the piece of meat, patty, or, as in this recipe, the sausage itself. This reduces oil consumption and, consequently, the calorie count. Pour a little refined vegetable oil into your palm and coat the sausages.

Heat a heavy-bottomed skillet or a grill pan, and place the sausages a short distance apart. Fry for 5 minutes on each side over high heat.

Cooked homemade sausages on skewers served on a plate with a side of ketchup.

Homemade sausages with onion and sweet pepper are delicious with ketchup.


Turn off the heat, let the sausages rest for 5 minutes, and they are ready to be served.

Homemade sausages with onion and sweet pepper are delicious with ketchup, soft flatbreads, fresh vegetables, and pickled onions.

And there you have it – beautiful, golden-brown sausages, bursting with flavor and ready to be devoured! The beauty of this recipe lies in its versatility. Serve them hot off the pan with a side of creamy mashed potatoes, tucked into a soft flatbread with pickled onions, or alongside a fresh garden salad for a lighter meal. Don't be afraid to experiment with the spices; a pinch of smoked paprika or coriander can add another delicious layer of flavor. We hope you enjoy the satisfying process of making these sausages from scratch and sharing them with your loved ones. Happy cooking!