**Meat Stuffed Peppers: A Hearty and Flavorful Dish**
Meat stuffed peppers are a classic comfort food dish that is enjoyed by people of all ages. This versatile dish can be made with a variety of different fillings, making it a great option for any occasion. In this article, we will share two delicious recipes for meat stuffed peppers: one using ground beef and one using a mixture of ground beef and sausage. Both recipes are easy to follow and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. So gather your ingredients and let's get started!
THREE-MEAT STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS
The combination of meats gives these stuffed peppers their distinctively different flavor. Because they freeze so well, we can enjoy my home-grown peppers long after summer is over. -Thomas Kendzlic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h25m
Yield 2 dishes (6 servings each).
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Grease two 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes. Spread 1/2 cup tomato sauce in each dish; set aside., Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, bread crumbs, 2/3 cup cheese, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Crumble the beef, sausage and veal over mixture; mix well. Spoon into peppers., In a large skillet, cook peppers in oil in batches over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Arrange 12 peppers in each prepared dish. Top with remaining sauce; sprinkle with remaining cheese., Cover and freeze one dish for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the remaining dish at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and peppers are tender., To use frozen stuffed peppers: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and peppers are tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302 calories, Fat 16g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 112mg cholesterol, Sodium 1092mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 7g fiber), Protein 20g protein.
MEAT LOAF-STUFFED PEPPERS
With my husband-who won't eat the same thing twice-I've had to learn to be creative with leftovers (around here, we call it "recycled food"). I put this recipe together to use up leftover meat loaf. When it's dressed up with homegrown peppers, he doesn't know he really is getting yesterday's main course! Actually, leftovers are both coming and going in this recipe-if I have any peppers left over, I use them to make my spaghetti sauce. Although we live close to Houston, there's a pasture near our house and we can hear the cows that graze there. We have two sons, 4 and 2.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Remove tops and seeds from peppers. Immerse in boiling water for 3 minutes; drain. Pour 1 cup of spaghetti sauce into a shallow baking dish; set aside. , In a saucepan, combine meat loaf, rice, onion, chopped green pepper and remaining spaghetti sauce. Cook and stir over medium-high heat for 5-10 minutes or until heated through. Stuff each pepper with meat loaf mixture; place on sauce in baking dish. , Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with the cheese and let stand until melted.
Nutrition Facts :
SPINACH & MEAT STUFFED PEPPERS-CARB FREE
Found this in People magazine. From the Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon film The Trip to Italy. Awesome way to make stuffed peppers without rice. These were delicious. Could be served without any sides, but a nice tomato salad would complement it nicely.
Provided by BoxOWine
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook tomato sauce, parsley, red pepper flakes and 1/3 of garlic in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until boiling. Reduce heat, simmer 10 to 15 minutes. Set aside.
- Cook onion and remaining minced garlic in 1 tablespoons hot oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes until onions begin to turn golden. Add ground meats, cook, stirring often, 6 to 8 minutes or until all pink is gone. Drain well, set aside.
- Wipe skillet clean with a paper towel. Cook spinach in 1 tablespoons hot oil over low heat until wilted. Remove from heat. Stir 1/2 cup cheese, basil and reserved tomato and meat mixtures into spinach.
- Cut peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes. Drizzle remaining olive oil evenly inside peppers, season with salt and pepper as desired. Spoon meat mixture evenly into peppers and place in a lightly greased baking dish.
- Bake, covered, for 30 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle remaining cheese evenly over peppers. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
MEAT STUFFED RED PEPPERS (PIMIENTOS RELLENOS DE CARNE)
A Spanish recipe I found on "About.com". Here is what is stated: The Spanish love peppers and prepare them in many different ways. This meat stuffed pepper recipe uses ground meat as the stuffing for roasted peppers. They are breaded and fried, then accompanied by a rich-tasting onion sauce.
Provided by diner524
Categories Meat
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- If you will roast and peel the peppers yourself, do that first. (Add 20 minutes to the cooking time.).
- Note on Peppers: To serve as a main course, use 4 whole roasted red bell peppers, stem removed, so they may stuffed at top. (Many canned or bottled peppers are slit open lengthwise and therefore are not suitable for stuffing.) If whole roasted peppers are not available in your area, or you prefer freshly roasted peppers, roast the red bell peppers, peel and de-seed them before preparing filling. Use our simple step-by-step instructions on How to Roast Peppers over a BBQ grill, or under a broiler. If you wish to make a tapa, use 12-18 roasted small piquillo peppers.
- Peel the garlic and place in a mortar with the parsley sprigs. Mash together with a pestle.
- Place ground beef in a medium mixing bowl with garlic, parsley, milk, eggs, salt and paprika. Mix thoroughly. Stuff each of the roasted peppers, being careful not to tear the peppers. Close top with a toothpick.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. While oil is heating, beat the remaining two eggs in a small mixing bowl. Place 1/2 cup bread crumbs in a separate small mixing bowl.
- When oil is hot, dip red peppers into beaten egg and carefully roll to cover all sides. Remove and carefully roll in the bread crumbs. Place in hot oil to fry for 8-10 minutes, turning as the crumbs brown. Keep pan on medium heat so as not to burn.
- As the peppers are cooked, remove them from the pan with a slotted spoon or spatula and set aside on a plate.
- Peel and chop onion. In a clean frying pan on medium heat, heat a few tablespoons of olive oil. When hot, sauté onions until they are thoroughly browned. Add flour and stir. Pour in wine and broth, mix well and cook for 5-10 minutes. Sauce should begin to thicken.
- Carefully place peppers into frying pan with onion sauce and reduce heat to medium low. Continue to cook 5-8 minutes. If sauce begins to stick, add a bit of water and stir.
- Serve on plates surrounded by onion sauce.
STUFFED PEPPERS (NO MEAT NO RICE)
This is an inexpensive recipe, made entirely on the stove top. Italian frying peppers, or cubanelles, are stuffed with beans and cheddar cheese and smothered in a tangy tomato sauce. Serve with rice or pasta of your choice.
Provided by threeovens
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Drain and rinse beans; place in a mixing bowl and lightly mash with a fork so they are still chunky.
- Stir in cheese, dried onions, and 2 tablespoons tomato sauce (just enough to moisten) and set aside.
- In a saucepan, over medium low heat, combine remaining tomato sauce, vegetable or beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, brown sugar and vinegar; cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer while preparing peppers.
- Slice peppers lengthwise, leaving stems intact, but removing seeds and membranes.
- Stuff each half with bean mixture and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a skillet with one tablespoon oil, over medium high heat, and place stuffed peppers, in batches, stuffing side down and cook 5 minutes.
- Flip peppers, and cook until peppers are browned, about 5 minutes; repeat with remaining peppers adding oil as needed.
- Pour sauce over peppers to serve; season with additional salt and pepper, if desired.
MEAT LOAF STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS WITH BACON
I MADE THIS RECIPE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PLEASE BOTH MY HUSBAND & MYSELF. He wanted stuffed Peppers, & I had a taste for meat Loaf, so to satisfy both our palates I decided to make THIS recipe, it is a spin off from a recipe I already have posted for Individual Meat Loaves Wrapped in Bacon. It made both of us very happy, & because we...
Provided by Rose Mary Mogan
Categories Casseroles
Time 1h55m
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. These are some of the main ingredients I used.
- 2. Cut the onions, peppers & garlic and process in food processor or by hand to desired size.
- 3. Using a very large bowl, add in the ground beef.
- 4. Next add in the chopped veggies & dry ranch dressing & mix together to blend.
- 5. Now add in both parmesan cheeses, catsup or BBQ sauce & stir to mix together.
- 6. Drain diced tomatoes throughly before adding to meat mixture.
- 7. Measure out the coconut flour and add to meat mixture along with the spices & evaporated milk and mix until mixture holds together. NOTE: COCONUT FLOUR HELPS TO KEEP THE MEAT MIXTURE TOGETHER.
- 8. Wash & prep poblano peppers, cut in half, spray a large casserole dish with non stick cooking spray, and add in the pepper halves. I needed to use 2 dishes.
- 9. Shape Meat mixture to fill each poblano pepper half. Then repeat until all are filled.
- 10. Top each half with a half strip of bacon. I pre cooked mine in the microwave for a couple of minutes to remove some of the fat. Then pour sauce in bottom of dish around peppers. If you are making two dishes as I did, then reserve half of the sauce for the other casserole dish.
- 11. Now cover each dish with a lid or tightly with aluminum foil. Then place in preheated 375 degrees F. oven & bake for 50 minutes.
- 12. Remove lid or cover after 50 minutes, then top each portion with shredded mozzarella cheese. Return to oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until cheese melts.
- 13. Remove from oven allow to sit for a few minutes before serving with some of the added sauce if desired. Nutritional info was calculated using MY FITNESS PAL Serves 14 Average servings, Calories 384, Fat 22 grams, Cholesterol 54Mg, Sodium 748 Mg, Potassium 397Mg, Carbohydrates 15G, Fiber 4 G, Sugars 2, Protein 31, and net carbs 11 g.
SPINACH AND MEAT STUFFED PEPPERS
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350. Cook tomato sauce, parsley, red pepper flakes and 1/3 of the garlic in a medium saucepan over med-hi heat until boiling. Reduce heat; simmer 10-15 min. Set aside. 2. Cook onion and remaining garlic in 1 Tbsp hot oil in a large nonstick skillet over med-hi heat, stirring often, 2-3 minutes until onions begin to turn golden. Add both meats and cook 6-8 minutes until all pink is gone. Drain feel and set aside. 3. Wipe skillet clean with a paper towel. Cook spinach in 1 Tbsp hot oil over low heat until wilted. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese, basil, and reserved meat and sauce mixtures. 4. Cut peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes. Drizzle with remaining EVOO evenly inside peppers. Salt and pepper to taste. Spoon meat mixture evenly into peppers and place in lightly greased baking dish. 5. Bake, covered for 30 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
THREE-MEAT STUFFED PEPPERS
This is a great oven-baked stuffed pepper recipe. Cutting the peppers lengthwise gives you pepper with every bite. I've used these as an entree and as an appetizer. Enjoy!
Provided by deefair
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 10 pepper halves, 5-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cut peppers lengthwise; remove core and seeds. Set aside.
- In large bowl, mix meat, eggs, breadcrumbs, garlic, shallot, and all of the tsp of spices.
- Add rice to meat mixture and combine.
- Fill pepper halves with meat filling.
- Pour a layer of red sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
- Place peppers in pan.
- Pour the rest of the red sauce over the peppers.
- Sprinkle peppers with remaining 2 tsp of oregano.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
- Serve with rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 371.6, Fat 9, SaturatedFat 2.4, Cholesterol 78.6, Sodium 1087.8, Carbohydrate 62.1, Fiber 9.7, Sugar 21.8, Protein 11
MR. JOHN'S MEAT-STUFFED BELL PEPPERS
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large pot of boiling water, parboil the peppers until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and dry on paper towels.
- In a large saute pan or skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and chopped bell peppers and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the beef, pork, garlic, parsley, salt, black pepper, and pepper flakes. Cook until the meat is browned, stirring with a heavy wooden spoon to break up the lumps, about 6 minutes. Add the rice and tomato sauce and stir well. Remove from the heat and adjust the seasoning, to taste.
- Pour enough water into a baking dish to just cover the bottom, about 1/8-inch deep. Stuff the bell peppers with the rice mixture and place in the baking dish. Bake until the peppers are very tender and the filling is heated through, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330 calorie, Fat 17 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Cholesterol 52 milligrams, Sodium 542 milligrams, Protein 17 grams, Sugar 6 grams
Tips:
- Choose the right peppers: Look for bell peppers that are firm, brightly colored, and have smooth skin. Avoid peppers that are bruised or have blemishes.
- Prepare the peppers properly: Cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds and ribs. Rinse the peppers thoroughly and pat them dry.
- Cook the filling thoroughly: Make sure the meat and rice are cooked through before stuffing the peppers. This will help to prevent foodborne illness.
- Bake the peppers at a high temperature: This will help to create a crispy crust on the peppers and prevent them from becoming soggy.
- Serve the peppers hot: Stuffed peppers are best served hot out of the oven. You can top them with shredded cheese, sour cream, or salsa.
Conclusion:
Meat stuffed peppers are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed for lunch or dinner. They are also a great way to use up leftover meat and rice. With a little planning and preparation, you can easily make this dish at home. So next time you're looking for a hearty and satisfying meal, give meat stuffed peppers a try!
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