Italian Sausage Stuffed Bell Peppers
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Monday, October 13, 2014 - 12:09pm

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.