44 beef sausage recipes

This scrumptious chili is made with succulent pork sausage, pinto beans and a nightmare of spices!

Italian-style jalapeño chili with hot Italian sausage, ground chuck, fennel, red wine, and three kinds of peppers. A sturdy bowl for game day or cold-weather feeding.

Slow cooker one-dish meal with ground beef, bacon, smoked sausage, and four kinds of beans in a sweet-smoky ketchup and honey sauce. A hearty crowd-feeder for 10.

Navy bean borscht with beef, bacon, kielbasa, beets, cabbage, and potatoes in a sweet-sour broth. A hearty Polish-style beet soup thickened with a butter-flour paste and topped with sour cream.

An exotically spiced spaghetti sauce with meat -- This is a very adaptable sauce which can be used in any recipe requiring tomato sauces.

A big-batch chili built on chopped sirloin and sausage, simmered with dried pinto beans, mushrooms, olives, and green chilis. Four hours from start to bowl, this freezer-friendly recipe feeds a crowd.

Eugenia Potter's 27 Ingredient Chili Con Carn recipe

Red chili nightmare: a wild Mexican-style red chili with beef, sausage, pinto beans, almonds, sesame, chocolate, and a dozen green chiles. Mole-inspired, fiery, and not for the timid.

Eugenia's legendary 27-ingredient chili with chopped sirloin, sausage, pinto beans, mushrooms, olives, and orange zest. A kitchen-sink chili that freezes beautifully.

Sausage, herb, and onion bread for the bread machine with Italian sausage, rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, Parmesan, and bran. A savory, herbed loaf with bits of sausage baked right in.

Four-ingredient Tex-Mex skillet with smoked beef sausage, rice, red beans, and hickory barbecue sauce. Dinner on the table in 10 minutes flat.

Homemade Italian pepperoni sticks smoked and dried from scratch with beef, anise, allspice, and hot chili peppers. A serious charcuterie project for sausage makers.