Sausage Stuffed Banana Peppers Recipes

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F In a medium size bowl add sausage, goat cheese, mozzarella, green onion, basil, black pepper and mix well.
• To prepare peppers, cut the end where the stem is and remove all the seeds.
• Stuff peppers only to the end of the pepper do not go over. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Serve hot.
• Another option is you can cut peppers lengthwise in half if you want smaller appetizers, generously stuffing only half of each pepper.

BOB'S STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut off tops of peppers, and remove ribs and seeds. Chop edible portions of tops; set aside. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add peppers, reduce heat, and simmer until tender but still firm, about 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Heat butter in a medium skillet. Saute reserved chopped pepper, onion and celery until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and garlic. Season with basil, oregano, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, combine egg, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Parmesan. Mix in hot sausage, mild sausage, bread crumbs and 1 cup of the tomato sauce mixture.
• Using a piping bag or sausage stuffer, fill each pepper with the meat mixture. Place in a 3 quart casserole dish, and pour remaining tomato sauce mixture over peppers.
• Bake uncovered in preheated oven for 1 hour.

BANANA PEPPERS STUFFED W/ SAUSAGE AND CHEESE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Split banana peppers down the side, dig out seed and membranes with a teaspoon, set aside in a big cookie sheet that is sprayed with a Pam type product.
• 2. Brown and drain sausages and place in large mixing bowl. (Have cheeses grated and ready to use ahead of time). Place cheeses, grated onion and garlic along with all ingredients except green enchilada sauce and 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese into bowl with sausages and cream cheese.
• 3. Mix all ingredients well. Stuff by teaspoon full into bananna peppers That have been split down the side and seeds and membranes removed.
• 4. After stuffing is completed, sprinkle enchileda sauce over pepper and grated mozzarella cheese over top.
• 5. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees 35 minutes or until peppers are tender and begin to turn brown. Lift from cookie sheet and enjoy. ***** You can wash and dry peppers to room temperature; Cut into 1/2's and freeze in gallon freezer bag. Be sure to remove as much air as possible. You may have to use a drinking straw to suck out air. The less aiir in bag, the less likely ice will form in bag. Take out as many halves as you need later, stuff while frozen and bake as directed.

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Remove pepper stems; cut peppers in half lengthwise. Carefully remove seeds and membranes; set aside. Combine the sausage, rice, onions, garlic, salt and pepper; stuff into pepper halves., Place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine tomato sauce, water and, if desired, chili powder; pour over peppers. , Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until filling is cooked and set. Sprinkle with cheese if desired; return to the oven for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

HOT SAUSAGE STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Cut the tops off of the peppers and set them aside (throwing away the stem itself).
• Wearing rubber/plastic gloves, take a knife and chop off the top of the peppers and run the knife on the top about 1/4" from the tip to the top of the pepper. You don't want to split them in half. You want the pepper whole but have the slit so you can stuff it.
• Remove the rib and seeds; discard.
• In a separate bowl, add the sausages, onion, green and hot pepper tops, spices, ¾ cup of the mozzarella, egg, bread crumbs (start with a 1/2 cup) and 1/2 cup marinara sauce.
• Gently mix to incorporate. If the mixture it too wet add the rest of the bread crumbs. You want the mixture more on the moist side. It should be semi-loose in structure.
• Gently open up the pepper and stuff with the meat mixture slightly mounding.
• Place each filled pepper in a 9×13" baking dish.
• Add the marinara sauce over top of the peppers - at a bare minimum you want to use at least 1 1/2 cups. You can add more if you want more sauce.
• Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes or when an inserted meat thermometer into the sausage reads 160-165F.
• Remove foil and top with remaining cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS WITH HOT SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Start by preparing your peppers. While wearing disposable gloves, cut tops of the peppers and remove any large pieces of the Inside rib. There will be small bunches of seeds inside. If you like a lot of heat, leave them. If you prefer a more mild pepper, remove the seeds.
• Divide the ground sausage into 8 separate, equal portions and stuff one portion into each pepper. It's okay if the sausage is exposed and doesn't completely fill the contents of the pepper.
• In a baking dish, take half of the tomato sauce and spread it along the bottom of the baking dish. Add the water and mix it together with a spoon or whisk.
• In a single layer, lay each pepper in the sauce in the dish.
• Pour the remaining tomato sauce over the peppers.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and pop it into the pre-heated oven for roughly 40 minutes.
• At 40 minutes, remove the baking dish from the oven and carefully remove the foil. There will be hot steam released. If a knife easily pierces the pepper, they're ready for the next step.
• Top each pepper with mozzarella cheese.
• Turn the oven to broil and put the peppers back in the oven, uncovered.
• Broil until the cheese is golden brown and remove from the oven.
• Let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

THREE-MEAT STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Grease two 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes. Spread 1/2 cup tomato sauce in each dish; set aside., Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, bread crumbs, 2/3 cup cheese, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Crumble the beef, sausage and veal over mixture; mix well. Spoon into peppers., In a large skillet, cook peppers in oil in batches over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Arrange 12 peppers in each prepared dish. Top with remaining sauce; sprinkle with remaining cheese., Cover and freeze one dish for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the remaining dish at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and peppers are tender., To use frozen stuffed peppers: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and peppers are tender.

SAUSAGE STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Clean peppers by carefull slicing a T into pepper being careful not to cut the cap off. slice down the length of pepper but leave enough at the bottom so that pepper is not cut to the very end. Remove all seeds. If you don't like your peppers too hot you can soak the cleaned peppers in cold water for and hour and this will lessen the heat of the pepper.
• Brown your sausage with the minced garlic, pepper & parsley.
• While sausage is cooking, crush the Ritz crackers into a fine crumbs. Add parmesan cheese to cracker mix and combine well.
• Remove cooked sausage and chop finely in blender so it appears more like ground sausage. Place ground sausage in bowl. Add crushed Ritz crackers and parmesan cheese and mix well. Add 1-2 Tbsp of melted butter to mix so help make the stuffing moist if it appears to dry but not wet.
• Preheat stove to 375 degrees.
• Spoon stuffing into peppers. Fill generously from top to bottom of pepper.
• Depending what type of dish or dishes you use to bake the peppers, I ususally use 2 casserole dishes and pour the olive oil into the bottom of the pans so there is about a 1/2 of olive oil in pans. Lay peppers in baking dishes. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Pull peppers out and generously spread shredded mozzarella cheese over peppers. Bake for 5-10 minutes so cheese is melted well.
• Cool slightly and serve.

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Slice Banana Peppers in half then scoop out and discharge the seeds. Place in a large, sprayed baking dish with center facing up.
• Mix together the cream cheese, cooked sausage, dry ranch mix, and cheddar cheese.
• Spoon filling into the Banana Peppers.
• Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Mix sausage, cheese, bread crumbs, salt and pepper, and egg together in mixing bowl. Season to taste. Adjust mixture with additional cheese and bread crumbs if too dry or moist - medium moisture for stuffing desired. Make a radial slice around the top of the banana pepper leaving the top intact. Pull back top and remove seeds if so desired. Gently stuff mixture into peppers. Place olive oil in hot saute pan. Gently place peppers in the pan and fry each side until browned. Place marinara sauce in middle of plate. Arrange peppers on top of marinara and grate the dry ricotta cheese on top of the hot peppers.

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• 1. Cut tops off of banana peppers and remove the seeds. 2. Mix mozzarella cheese and sausage together in a bowl. Stuff peppers with this mixture. 3. Lightly coat a 13x9-inch baking dish with pam. Put a small amount of the spaghetti sauce on bottom of dish. 4. Place banana peppers in baking dish and pour the rest of the spaghetti sauce over all the peppers. Cover with foil and bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until done.

SAUSAGE STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray oven dish with cooking spray and set it aside. Have a small saucepan of boiling water on the stove eye. Split banana peppers in 1/2 and wash and clean out seeds, etc. Dip peppers in boiling water and lower temperature of eye. Cook just until peppers are about 1/2 done. Meanwhile, brown sausage. Add onions and cook until translucent. Add seasoning. Mix well. With tongs remove pepper from water and place in baking dish. Spoon sausage mixture into peppers and cover with shredded cheese. Bake about 10 minutes until completely done. Sprinkle with more cheese and place back in oven for about 1 minute until cheese is melted. NOTE: I have used ground beef instead of sausage, too.