How to Cook Perfect Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers

Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers.

You can cook Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers

1. You need of to 12 fresh banana peppers.
2. It's of shredded mozzarella cheese.
3. You need of fresh basil (chopped).
4. It's of container ricotta cheese.
5. It's of tube of Bob Evans Zesty Pork Sausage (or regular Pork Sausage) or 1 pd. ground italian sausage.
6. You need of jar of your favorite marinara sauce.

Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers step by step

1. Cook your sausage. Drain grease and set aside..
2. Cut tops off of Banana peppers. With a small knife cut down about almost the length of the pepper. (don't 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..
3. Remove peppers from pan and let cool..
4. In a large mixing bowl add your cooked sausage, ricotta cheese, chopped fresh basil and 1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese. Mix until blended..
5. 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..
6. Preheat oven to 350°.
7. Stuff each pepper with stuffing mixture and then lay atop marinara in your casserole pan..
8. Top stuffed peppers with the remaining package of mozzarella cheese.
9. Cook stuffed peppers about 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly..