Italian Sausage Stuffed Bell Peppers
Ingredients
5 bell peppers
10 Italian style sausage links
4 – 5 cloves of garlic – chopped
5 large slices of rye bread – torn into pieces
1 cup of Italian parsley
3 – 4 sun dried tomato pieces
1 large tomato – diced
1 cup cooked rice
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. black pepper
¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
½ tsp. garlic powder
Grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
3 – 4 tbs. of olive oil for drizzling
Preparation
1
Slice the bell peppers in half and take out the ribs and seeds.
2
Cook the rice as directed and set aside.
3
Take the sausage out of the casing.
4
Heat a large frying pan on medium – low heat with a tablespoon or two of olive oil; add the sausage and the diced tomato and to sauté until the sausage is cooked.
5
In a food process combine the torn bread, parsley, garlic and sun dried tomatoes. Process until the mixture is breadcrumb like texture.
6
Add the mixture from the food process to the sausage and tomato. Add the cooked rice and the seasonings and toss.
7
Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
8
With a teaspoon stuff each half of the peppers and place in a baking dish. Grate Romano or Parmesan cheese over each half and drizzle each half with olive oil.
9
Bake 25 – 30 minutes.
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Added:
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 12:09pm
