Sausage-Stuffed Peppers with Spicy Red Pepper Sauce

Name: Sausage-Stuffed Peppers with Spicy Red Pepper Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 5 , large red bell peppers; 2 , garlic cloves, lightly crushed and peeled; 5 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoon plus ⅛ teaspoon, table salt, divided; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 1 pound, sweet Italian sausage, casings removed; 1 , onion, chopped; 1 cup, long-grain white rice; 2 teaspoons, Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning; 2 cups, chicken broth; 4 ounces, Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (1 cup); 1/2 cup, panko bread crumbs; 1/4 cup, grated Parmesan cheese; 2 teaspoons finely chopped, jarred hot cherry peppers, plus 2 tablespoons brine

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2020

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SERVES4 to 6

TIME2¼ hours

Sausage-Stuffed Peppers with Spicy Red Pepper Sauce

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

While other recipes call for blanching the peppers before stuffing to soften them, we wanted to add flavor during the softening step—so we decided to char them. We halved the peppers through the stems (for stability and ease of stuffing); t...

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