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Italian Cheese Stuffed Sausages

Easy Weeknight Meal using only 5 ingredients. You won't believe the cheese part. Very delicious recipe for supper.
Course: 5 ingredient recipe, easy weeknight meal, italian dish, italian sausages, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: American, Italian
Author: Catherine's Plates

Equipment

  • cutting board & sharp knife
  • measuring spoons
  • small sharp knife
  • 9 x 13 baking dish
  • foil

Ingredients

  • 5 uncooked Italian sausage links
  • 5 mozzarella cheese sticks
  • 1 (24 oz) jar marinara sauce
  • 1/2 each red, yellow, orange, green bell peppers, sliced thin
  • 1 medium yellow onions, sliced thin
  • 1/4 tsp each seasonings: salt, black pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pour 1/2 of the marinara sauce in a 9 x 13 baking dish and spread evenly.
  • Wash peppers and cut into strips. Slice onions into strips. Mix the peppers and onions together. Place strips of peppers & onions into the prepared 9 x 13 baking dish.
  • On a clean work surface (cutting board or plate) using a parring knife or small sharp knife Make a slice down the one sausage lengthwise 1/2 of the way through.
  • Unwrap a cheese stick and press it into the slit of the sausage. Press the sausage around the cheese stick partially closing back in shape.
  • Place the cheese stuffed sausage link into baking dish on top of the peppers & onions and nestle in cut side up. Prepare the rest of the 4 sausages.
  • Pour remaining 1/2 jar of marinara sauce around the the sausages in baking dish.
  • Season with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning across the top.
  • Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes more until sausages are cooked through and cheese is melted and lightly browned.
    NOTE: Best served with mashed potatoes or your favorite side.