Smoked Sausage Stuffed Peppers Food

SMOKED SAUSAGE-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook the sausage, onion and garlic in oil until meat is browned. Add the broth, kidney beans, rice and Cajun seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Add tomatoes. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until thickened., Place pepper halves in a greased shallow 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Place 1-1/2 teaspoons cracker crumbs in each pepper half. Fill with sausage mixture., In a skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until lightly browned, Top each pepper with half of cheese and 1 bacon half. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until bacon is crisp.

CLASSIC SMOKED SAUSAGE & PEPPERS

Steps:

• Saute sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 3 minutes, turning occasionally.
• Add olive oil, onion, peppers and oregano, cooking until tender, about 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in Parmesan cheese.

ANDOUILLE-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Prepare jambalaya mix according to package directions. Meanwhile, cut peppers lengthwise in half; remove seeds., In a large skillet, cook and stir sausage over medium-high heat until browned. Add jalapeno; cook 1 minute longer., Stir sausage mixture into prepared jambalaya. Spoon into pepper halves. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish; pour tomato juice over and around peppers., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until peppers are tender. Serve with hot sauce if desired.

SMOKED SAUSAGE, BELL PEPPERS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium high heat in a wide non-stick skillet. Cook bacon and onion until onion turns yellow, about 3 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and bell pepper, and, stirring frequently, cook until bell peppers are tender-crisp, about 8-10 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and wait until cooking subsides or paprika might burn and give a bitter taste. Add paprika and red pepper flakes. Add more pepper flakes if you like it hot. Stir until all is evenly coated with paprika.
• Mix in tomatoes, return to heat. Reduce heat to low and cook covered 5 minutes.
• Carefully mix in sausage and cook covered over low heat 15-20 minutes.
• Taste with black pepper. There should be enough salt from bacon and sausage. Serve.