Best Banana Peppers Stuffed With Vienna Sausages Or Hot Dogs Recipes

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!

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.

BANANA PEPPERS STUFFED WITH VIENNA SAUSAGES (OR HOT DOGS)

Steps:

• Mix tomato juice, vinegar, sugar, ketchup and garlic.
• Cook 30 Minutes.
• Cut stem end off of banana peppers and remove seeds (use rubber gloves if making hot peppers).
• Stuff 1 Vienna sausage (or hot dog) into each pepper.
• Pack peppers tightly into pint or quart jars.
• Bring sauce to boiling.
• Pour over peppers.
• Wipe rims of jar with a clean cloth; place llids and screw on rings fingertip-tight.
• Set the jars on lids for 5 minutes and then set right-side up until lids pop.**.
• **This is an heirloom recipe that uses the inversion method, which is no longer recommended by the USDA/NCHFP (National Center for Home Food Preservation) because it can affect the ability of the lid to form a good, secure seal to the jar. Current guidelines recommend pressure canning items containing meat for optimum shelf-stable storage safety, but at the very least the jars should be processed in a boiling water bath and left to cool, upright and undisturbed, on a cloth-protected counter for 24 hours. Check for seal and if the jar hasn't sealed, either re-process the jars within the 24 hours or refrigerate and use first.

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.

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.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED BANANA PEPPER HOTDISH

Steps:

• Cut off tops of peppers, and remove stuff inside& seeds.
• Chop edible portions of tops; set aside.
• Bring a 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.
• Sauté 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°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine egg, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Parmesan.
• Mix in hot sausage, mild sausage, bread crumbs and 1 cup of the tomato sauce mixture.
• 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.

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.

HOT STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• USE RUBBER GLOVES when handling the banana peppers! I usually use disposal latex gloves since i have to go back and forth between the sausage and the peppers. Cut the tops and bases off the peppers essentially making a tube.
• Place the peppers on a large baking sheet(with sides) in the oven with apprx 1/4 c of olive oil. I usually spread the oil on the sheet adn roll the peppers in it. Allow them to soften an blister slightly apprx 15 minutes Turn once during cooking.
• While they are cooking, I put the hot sausage in a large frying pan and cook apprx 3/4 way done(rest will get done in oven as you don't want to dry it out too much). Let cool and crumble.
• Remove peppers from oven and allow to cool slightly. Turn oven down to 350.
• While the peppers are cooling, in a large mixing bowl add the egg, cooled crumbled sausage, garlic, pepper, breadcrumbs and cheese. Mix with hands.
• Take the peppers cut lengthwise down middle. Remove the ribs and seeds with paring knife.
• Place in apprx 4 tbsp of olive oil in 9x13 casserole dish with apprx 4 tbsp of sausage mixture each. Line up side by side until all are in pan. Top with apprx 1 c shredded mozzarella mixed with shredded(not grated) parm or romano cheeses. You can also cover with sausage spaghetti sauce if you wish. I like just the plain rolls.
• Bake covered for apprx 20 mins or until cheese bubbly.