Stuffed Italian sausage is an easy 3 ingredient recipe.
Start with stuffing your Italian sausages with cheese then bake them in a flavorful marinara sauce.
Serve them on pasta, in a bun, or with your favorite vegetable side dishes for a delicious meal.
Your dinner will taste as if you ordered it from a fancy Italian restaurant!
Watch how to make
Ingredients
You will only need the following ingredients to make stuffed Italian sausages.
- Italian sausage links-I prefer sweet Italian sausage, but you can use spicy or mild Italian sausage links.
- Mozzarella sticks- Mozzarella sticks are easy and melt great for this recipe. However, you can substitute with mozzarella balls or shredded mozzarella.
- Marinara sauce- I recommend Rao's Marinara sauce. It tastes homemade and is full of flavor. However, you can use whatever marinara sauce you like. I use a small jar for this recipe. However, if you are adding the sausage to pasta, use a large jar. Use half of the sauce for baking the sausages and half of the marinara to mix in with the pasta.
*Note: Full recipe and ingredients at the end of the post in the recipe card.
Steps to make stuffed Italian sausage
Follow these simple steps to make stuffed Italian sausage.
- Slice Italian sausage link down the center. Do not remove the casing. The casing keeps the the form of the sausage intact.
- Stuff the sausage with mozzarella cheese sticks. Then reform the sausage around the cheese stick.
- Add a thin layer of marinara sauce on the bottom of an 8x8 baking dish.
- Top sauce with the stuffed sausages.
- Pour remaining sauce over the sausages.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Rest 5 or more minutes before serving.
Tip:
Tip: If you want to serve Italian stuffed sausages with peppers and onions, cook your pepper and onions separately. Cooking the peppers and onions with the Italian sausages will make your dish watery.
Looking for great side dish ideas to serve with your Italian stuffed sausage? Try some of these:
- Lemon-Olive Oil Sautéed Spinach
- Creamy Dill Cucumber Salad
- Roasted Asparagus
- Oven Roasted Broccoli with Parmesan
- A salad with one of these delicious homemade dressings: Blue Cheese Dressing, Creamy Parmesan, or Balsamic Vinaigrette.
Stuffed Italian Sausage-3 Ingredient Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 Italian sausage links
- 24 ounce marinara sauce
- 5 mozzarella sticks
Instructions
- Slice Italian sausage link down the center. Do not remove the casing. The casing keeps the the form of the sausage intact.5 Italian sausage links
- Stuff the sausage with mozzarella cheese sticks. Then reform the sausage around the cheese stick.5 mozzarella sticks
- Add a thin layer of marinara sauce on the bottom of an 8x8 baking dish.24 ounce marinara sauce
- Top sauce with the stuffed sausages.
- Pour remaining sauce over the sausages.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Rest 5 or more minutes before serving.
Video
Notes
- I use a small jar for this recipe. However, if you are adding the sausage to pasta, use a large jar. Use half of the sauce for baking the sausages and half of the marinara to mix in with the pasta.
- Mozzarella sticks are easy and melt great for this recipe. However, you can substitute with mozzarella balls or shredded mozzarella.
Tracy
This was so incredibly easy!! What a fun recipe that was so incredibly simple to make. The kids loved it!
Jean
Most notably, the easiest recipe I ever tried. I used vegan sausage and mozzarella and it turned out fantastic.
Amy Liu Dong
Oh my goodness, this is so delicious and looks so easy to make.
I will prepare this for my husband. Thank you!
Ann
This recipe sounds delicious! I have been wanting to try new Italian recipes, so very excited to give this one a try!