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Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers. Today I'd like to share my recipe for stuffed hot peppers! This recipe is such a hit with my family and friends! Whats great about it is you.

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Ingredients of Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers

1. Prepare of to 12 fresh banana peppers.
2. Prepare of shredded mozzarella cheese.
3. You need of fresh basil (chopped).
4. You need 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.

They're just big enough to hold whatever stuffing you're in the mood for. However, if you'd prefer very soft stuffed peppers, blanch the cored out peppers in hot water for a couple minutes before stuffing them. Hot banana peppers are stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses, plus pepperoni and parsley, then smothered in spaghetti sauce. A spicy mix of Italian cheeses and meats with sauce and Italian bread!

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..

I already pickled a ton of banana peppers from last year, so I didn't grow any this year. So I went out to buy some…. Little I used to eat the hottest of foods, but I discovered that when you don't eat spicy food for a while, you tend to become soft. NOTES : Hungarian Hot Peppers (Banana) are one of the most popular of the chili pepper family and are available all year round. The degree of hotness varies with the climate and soil where they are grown.