Easiest Way to Make Tasty Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers

Easiest Way to Make Tasty Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers. This is an awesome recipe for banana peppers stuffed with an Italian sausage mixture and baked in a delicious tomato sauce. We get requests to make them for the guys my husband works with all the time. Gently place peppers in the pan and fry each side until browned.
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.
You can have Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers
-
It’s 10 of to 12 fresh banana peppers.
-
Prepare 2 packages of shredded mozzarella cheese.
-
It’s 1 packages of fresh basil (chopped).
-
You need 1 medium of container ricotta cheese.
-
It’s 1 of tube of Bob Evans Zesty Pork Sausage (or regular Pork Sausage) or 1 pd. ground italian sausage.
-
Prepare 1 of jar of your favorite marinara sauce.
Combine tomato sauce, water and, if desired, chili powder; pour over peppers.
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.
Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl using an electric mixer.
Fill each pepper with cheese mixture.
Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers instructions
-
Cook your sausage. Drain grease and set aside..
-
Cut tops off of Banana peppers. With a small knife cut down about almost the length of the pepper. (dont slice all the way through pepper) Remove seeds. Place peppers in a deep pan or skillet with a lid in about an inch of water. You will steam the peppers on low heat till they are fork tender or "El dente" about 10-15 minutes. Turn peppers often. Dont let them over cook on one side..
-
Remove peppers from pan and let cool..
-
In a large mixing bowl add your cooked sausage, ricotta cheese, chopped fresh basil and 1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese. Mix until blended..
-
Coat a large casserole pan with your jar of marinara. (I like a sweeter sauce so I mix in about 3-4 tablespoons of sugar to take away the bitter of the sauce) Set aside..
-
Preheat oven to 350°.
-
Stuff each pepper with stuffing mixture and then lay atop marinara in your casserole pan..
-
Top stuffed peppers with the remaining package of mozzarella cheese.
-
Cook stuffed peppers about 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly..
Coat a baking sheet with oil.
Serve with garlic bread, if desired.
Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds.
Crumble the beef, sausage and veal over mixture; mix well.
Heat butter in a medium skillet.