Stuffed Italian Long Hots (Sausage and Cheese)
Make these super easy and delicious stuffed Italian long hot peppers for your next get together, or as a quick meal along with a big salad! Crunchy on outside, bursting with flavor on inside!
Servings: 6
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
- 6 Italian long hot peppers washed, seeded, and cut in half (see notes for substitutions)
- 1 pound Italian sausage pork, chicken, turkey or plant based
- 6 ounces provolone cheese diced
- 3 tbsp parmesan cheese
- 3 tbsp dried breadcrumbs
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
For Serving
- marinara or pizza sauce optional, for dipping
- chopped parsley or basil for garnish
Instructions
- Wash and dry peppers, then slice in half lengthwise and remove seeds.
- Combine breadcrumbs with grated cheese in small bowl and then remove sausage from casing and place in a separate bowl.
- Add diced provolone to sausage and combine with fork or by hand.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with tin foil.
- Using a small spoon, stuff each half of the long hot peppers with the sausage-provolone mixture and place each pepper on a foil-lined baking sheet.
- Top with some salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle the breadcrumb-grated cheese mixture evenly over each pepper.
- Drizzle a little olive oil over the peppers and then place on grill or in the oven and cook until the top is browned, about 15 to 20 minutes. Alternatively, you may cook on grill over medium high heat.
- Serve as is or with a dipping sauce like marinara or pizza sauce
Notes
Substitutions
- Peppers - Italian long hots are hard to find in many areas of country. Substitute with Mesilla, Cowhorn, or cubanelle peppers or simply use long sweet banana peppers (add some hot pepper flakes or use hot sausage in stuffing).
- Cheese - Parmesan can be used in place of Pecorino Romano; mozzarella can be used in place of provolone
- Sausage - May use pork, chicken, turkey, or plant-based Italian style sausage.
- Vegetarian - Use plant-based sausage or use cooked and chopped mushrooms.
- Vegan - Use plant-based meat or mushrooms in place of sausage and use plant based cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 882mg | Potassium: 387mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 697IU | Vitamin C: 66mg | Calcium: 273mg | Iron: 2mg