Best Sausage Quinoa Stuffed Peppers Recipes

STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS WITH QUINOA AND CHICKEN SAUSAGE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Chop the tops off the banana peppers and clean them of seeds by making a long slit down the side of the pepper lengthwise. Once water is boiling, add banana peppers and cook for 5 minutes. While peppers cook, rinse quinoa thoroughly in fine colander or sieve. Heat olive oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium- high heat. Saute onion,sausage and orange pepper in hot oil until vegetables are tender and sausage is cooked, about ~10 minutes. Add garlic in last 3 minutes of cooking. Add half of crushed tomatoes, quinoa, chicken broth, basil, oregano and crushed red pepper flakes to the skillet. Bring to a boil; turn down heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Turn the heat off and mix in the cheese. Preheat broiler. Place 2-3 spoonfuls of remaining crushed tomatoes on bottom of a 13-by-9-inch glass baking dish. Place cooked, sliced open banana peppers into the dish. Stuff each pepper with about 3/4 cup of the sausage-quinoa mixture or enough to fill it. Divide what is remaining in the crushed tomatoes can across the tops of the six peppers, then top with a sprinkle of panko breadcrumbs. Brown under broiler.

SAUSAGE & QUINOA STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare the peppers by cutting off the tops and cleaning out the insides. Either boil or bake until softened.
• Heat a small frying pan over medium heat. Add oil.
• When shimmering, add the onions and cook until translucent.
• Add the sausage and brown.
• Drain the fat from the sausage.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the quinoa, sausage, 3 oz. cheese, and 3/4 Celsius tomato sauce.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon mixture into the peppers and place into glass baking dish.
• Top peppers with remaining sauce and cheese.
• Bake 15 minutes until cheese is melted.