Stuffed Sausage and Peppers
These easy stuffed sausage and peppers are made by placing mozzarella cheese inside sweet Italian sausage and baking them over sautéed peppers and onions in a flavorful tomato sauce and provolone cheese until hot and bubbly.
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds Italian Sausage, hot or sweet
- 8 Mozzarella String Cheese
- 2. ½ cups Marinara Sauce
- 1 small Green Bell Pepper, sliced thin
- 1 small Orange Bell Pepper, sliced thin
- 1 large Onion, sliced thin
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 6 slices Provolone Cheese
- 2 tbs Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Line a 9x 13" inch baking dish with about 2 cups of marinara sauce
- Saute the sliced peppers and onion in a little olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Once the vegetables are soft, add the minced garlic and continue to cook them for another 1-2 minutes.
- Add the sauted peppers and onions to the baking dish and spread them out evenly on top of the sauce.
- Slice the middle of the sausage long ways but not completely through and add either a whole mozzarella cheese stick or half (depending on how big the sausage you're using is) to the center of the sausage.
- Wrap the sausage closed around the mozzarella stick and place them on top of the bed of sausage and peppers seam side up.
- Drizzle the top with the rest of the sauce and cover the sausages with provolone cheese.
- Tightly cover the baking dish with foil and bake at 400° for 45 minutes or until the sausage is cooked all the way through.
- Serve hot over pasta, rice, in a roll or solo and enjoy.