Jackie's Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound hot Italian sausage
5 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 (24 ounce) carton ricotta cheese
1 cup diced stick pepperoni
3 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
20 hot banana peppers, tops and seeds removed, or more to taste
1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

287.6 calories
carbohydrate: 10.9 g
cholesterol: 82.3 mg
fat: 18.5 g
fiber: 2.6 g
protein: 19.3 g
saturatedFat: 8.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 742 mg
sugar: 4.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Set aside to cool.

  3. Mix cooked sausage, 4 cups mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, pepperoni, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic powder, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Stuff each pepper with cheese mixture.

  4. Cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 cup spaghetti sauce. Add stuffed peppers, stacking them if needed. Cover with remaining sauce. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese and any remaining cheese mixture. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and fragrant, at least 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

20 peppers

Recipe Note

A spicy mix of Italian cheeses and meats with sauce and Italian bread! So good! My friends beg me to make these peppers. You may need more or less peppers, depending on their size. I grow my own and they are average size. They freeze well, too!

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