Recipe: Appetizing Spicy Beef & Sausage Stuffed Peppers

Spicy Beef & Sausage Stuffed Peppers.

You can have Spicy Beef & Sausage Stuffed Peppers using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spicy Beef & Sausage Stuffed Peppers

1. You need 4 large of Peppers (Red or Green).
2. You need 1 lb of Ground beef.
3. You need 3/4 lb of Hot or Mild Italian sausage.
4. You need 1 1/2 cup of Rice.
5. You need 2 cup of Spaghetti Sauce.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of Black pepper.
7. You need 1 tsp of Salt.
8. It's 1 tsp of Onion (I use powder).
9. It's 1 dash of Cayenne Pepper.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of Garlic (Minced or powder).
11. You need 4 slice of Mozzarella.
12. Prepare 1 dash of Oregano.

Spicy Beef & Sausage Stuffed Peppers step by step

1. Wash hands. Then wash and remove stems and seeds of each pepper by cutting out the tops, leaving a cup-like design..
2. Grab a baking pan or non stick dish.
3. Parboil peppers for 5 minutes then set aside, in baking dish.
4. Cook rice according to package. 5 minute rice works great.
5. Preheat oven to 350°F.
6. On the stove top, brown ground beef and Italian sausage. Optional whether you brown together or separately. I do it separately..
7. Combine cooked rice, meat, spaghetti sauce and seasonings. Remember: Season according to YOUR taste. Feel free to add more or less than the recipe calls for..
8. Let flavors simmer for 5 minutes on low so that they can infuse! :).
9. Spoon heaping amounts of meat mixture into each pepper, filling up to the top..
10. OPTIONAL: Use breadcrumbs and a couple tablespoons of melted butter mixed together. After filling the peppers with meat, spread a little crumb mixture on each pepper before baking. Then proceed to next step.
11. Bake peppers for 40 minutes..
12. Top with mozzarella and a dash of oregano and place back in oven till melted and browned. A broiler could be used as well. (I do).
13. Grab a plate, knife, fork and napkins and dig in! Mmm, tasty goodness. ENJOY!.