Italian Sausage Gnocchi Skillet

What you need:

• 1 lb. Italian sausage
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
• 3 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
• Sea salt
• 16 oz. potato gnocchi
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth, divided
• 1 lemon
• Flat leaf parsley, chopped

Directions:

1. In a large skillet, heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil over medium heat. Add sausage and crumble as it browns.
2. About midway through cooking sausage, add red pepper strips and sprinkle with a little salt.
3. Cook until sausage has browned and peppers are soft, then remove from pan and set aside.
4. Add 2 Tbsp. olive oil to same skillet and add gnocchi. Toss to coat in oil and fry for a few minutes until browned.
5. Add sausage and peppers back into skillet. Then add bay leaf and 1 cup chicken broth. Stir and scrape bottom of the pan to get any of the bits of goodness that have collected there.
6. Stir until mixture thickens. If it gets too thick, add reserved 1/2 cup chicken broth.
7. Remove from heat and stir in the zest of 1 lemon and a handful of chopped parsley. Serve immediately.

Recipe slightly adapted from Couscous and Consciousness