**Comforting and flavorful, Mom's Stuffed Green Peppers is a classic dish that has been passed down through generations. These bell peppers, filled with a savory mixture of ground beef, rice, vegetables, and seasonings, are a hearty and satisfying meal that the whole family will love. Alongside the traditional stuffed green peppers recipe, this article also offers variations to cater to different dietary preferences, including vegetarian and low-carb options. Whether you prefer the classic version or are looking for a healthier alternative, Mom's Stuffed Green Peppers has got you covered.**
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
STUFFED PEPPERS WITH RICE
Classic Stuffed Peppers with rice, ground beef, two different types of cheese, and Italian herbs are baked in tomato sauce until tender and flavorful!
Provided by Blair Lonergan
Categories Dinner
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise, discarding seeds and membranes. Place peppers, cut side up, in a microwave-safe 13x9-inch baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons of water to the dish. Lightly cover with parchment paper. Microwave until peppers begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Drain any excess liquid.*
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and onion; cook until the meat is no longer pink. Drain off fat. Stir in cooked rice, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Add ½ cup of cheddar and ½ cup of Monterey Jack or mozzarella. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper, if necessary.
- Season the inside of each pepper with salt and pepper. Stuff peppers with beef mixture and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Cover with foil.
- Bake until tender and heated through, about 35 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with remaining ½ cup of cheddar and remaining ½ cup of Monterey Jack or mozzarella. Bake, uncovered, until cheese melts, about 10 more minutes. Serve warm. Garnish with fresh parsley or basil.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 /2 of a stuffed pepper, Calories 324 kcal, Carbohydrate 14 g, Protein 19 g, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 65 mg, Sodium 484 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 5 g, UnsaturatedFat 10 g
MOM'S STUFFED PEPPERS
Give this American comfort food classic an Italian-American twist with ground beef, Parmesan, basil, and tomato sauce.
Provided by Adriana Trigiani
Categories HarperCollins Bell Pepper Ground Beef Dinner Parmesan Garlic Parsley
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Combine the beef with all the other filling ingredients, then stuff the peppers all the way to the top. It's fine if the peppers bulge a bit.
- Stand the peppers on end in a casserole dish and drizzle the olive oil over them. Bake at 400°F for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 375°F and pour the tomato sauce around them. Continue baking until the peppers brown, about 30 minutes. Bring to the table in the casserole dish and serve.
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS- MOM'S RECIPE
When the garden supplied us with tons of fresh green peppers Mom would make this recipe. Every year we watched those plants as their little baby peppers get bigger and bigger until they were ready. This is a simple recipe and so good. Mom basically used a meatloaf type stuffing, nothing fancy, just plain fresh and good.
Provided by Kathie Carr
Categories Beef
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Cut tops off green peppers and scoop out seeds and membrance. Place in a small baking dish so that the peppers are packed tightly and supporting each other. Set aside.
- 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients for the stuffed peppers and pack into pepper shells. Topping: Pour a bit more catsup over tops of peppers. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes or until meat is cooked completely.
MOMS STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS
I loved stuffed green peppers, so when I had some nice big ones from my garden I called my mom because she makes fantastic stuffed green peppers. This is her recipe and it is easy and very yummy!!! Hope you like them!
Provided by Ann McCue
Categories Beef
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Par cook the rice in some water for 2 or 3 minutes. drain off the water
- 2. Add the rice, garlic salt and 1 1/4 cup of the tomato juice to the meat mixture.
- 3. cut off the tops of the green peppers and fill them with the meat mixture. Place the peppers in a dutch oven combine the k-up and the rest of the tomato juice, then poor over the peppers, also add about 2 cups of water.
- 4. bring to a boil. cover and simmer for 2 hours, spooning sauce over peppers once in awhile until done.
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS I
Here's a delicious stuffed pepper recipe that's easy to make. Each green bell pepper contains ground beef, onion, tomatoes, rice and cheese, and is cooked in tomato soup.
Provided by Suzanne M. Munson
Categories Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Bell Pepper Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tops off the peppers, and remove the seeds. Cook peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle salt inside each pepper, and set aside.
- In a large skillet, saute beef and onions for 5 minutes, or until beef is browned. Drain off excess fat, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes, rice, 1/2 cup water and Worcestershire sauce. Cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat, and stir in the cheese.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C). Stuff each pepper with the beef and rice mixture, and place peppers open side up in a baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine tomato soup with just enough water to make the soup a gravy consistency. Pour over the peppers.
- Bake covered for 25 to 35 minutes, until heated through and cheese is melted and bubbly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 462.8 calories, Carbohydrate 35.5 g, Cholesterol 88.6 mg, Fat 24.3 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 27.2 g, SaturatedFat 12.5 g, Sodium 970.6 mg, Sugar 12.2 g
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS
These are super classic and so simple to make. Use leftover rice or thawed frozen rice. For an easy variation, try shredded fontina or Gruyere cheese.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories appetizer
Time 2h
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Add about 2 inches of water to a large pot fitted with a steamer insert, and bring to a high simmer. Arrange the peppers in the steamer, cover the pot and cook, rotating the peppers as needed, until they are very tender and pliable, about 25 minutes. Remove the peppers with a slotted spoon, and drain upside-down on paper towels.
- Put the oil, onions and a pinch of salt in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft and translucent, about 8 minutes. Raise the heat to medium-high. Add the beef, garlic, 2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of pepper, and cook, stirring and breaking the beef up, until browned and mostly cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat. Let cool in the skillet for at least 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl, add the rice, parsley, 1 cup of the mozzarella, breadcrumbs, eggs and Worcestershire and mix to combine.
- Stand the peppers up in a 9-by-13 inch baking dish. If they fall over, cut away a little of the bottoms (without cutting through the pepper) to make a flat surface.
- Generously fill and pack the peppers with the meat-rice mixture. Top with the remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella. Add just enough water to the pan to cover the bottom to help steam the peppers. Loosely cover with foil, and bake until the peppers are tender and the filling is heated through, about 30 minutes. Remove the foil, and continue to bake for 10 minutes more.
MOM'S BEST STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS
Another Slovak favorite, this is one of my Mom's great recipes. Again, uses condensed tomato soup (see my Velveeta Mac and Cheese for another way tomato soup compliments a recipe). So good, it rivals Stouffer's frozen in the store. Compare them for yourself!
Provided by Kachup
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h50m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Slice tops horizontally off of 4 large or 5 medium-sized green peppers. Cut out the seeds and membrane from inside each pepper and rinse with water. Arrange in baking dish.
- Prepare 1 cup of rice per package instructions. When done, allow rice to cool slightly (the cooler the rice, the easier to handle).
- In mixing bowl, break up raw ground beef. Add garlic, onion, and seasoned salt. Crack 2 eggs into mixture. Add the cooled rice and mix all together using hands in a mixing bowl (as if you were making a meatloaf or burger patties).
- Once mixture is combined, fill each green pepper to the top (Note: If there is any mixture left over, you can shape into meatballs for a pasta dinner).
- In a small bowl, empty contents of tomato soup can. Add 3/4 cup of water. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to cut the acidity of the tomato soup. Stir to combine, then pour over green peppers in baking dish.
- Place baking dish in oven, uncovered, for 70 to 90 minutes at 350 degrees. Check beef mixture in peppers near the end of cooking time to make sure beef is cooked thoroughly.
- Remove from oven. Spoon tomato mixture over top of green peppers and serve.
MOM'S STUFFED BELL PEPPERS
Green bell peppers stuffed with a delicious ground beef mixture, served over rice! This recipe also works great with ground turkey.
Provided by fsukay
Categories Rice
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Blanch peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove and place in glass baking pan. Set pan aside.
- Cook meat and onion in skillet on medium heat until meat it browned, then drain excess liquid.
- Add salt, pepper, oregano, tomato sauce, and beef broth. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Mix in parsley.
- Stuff green peppers with meat mixture.
- Cover pan with tin foil and bake for 15 minutes.
- *Uncover, top each pepper with 1/4 cup of cheese (optional), and bake for another 5 minutes. (*uncover and cook even if you do not add the cheese).
- Serve each pepper over 1 cup of rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 977.3, Fat 18.4, SaturatedFat 7, Cholesterol 77.1, Sodium 736.6, Carbohydrate 161.9, Fiber 8.5, Sugar 6, Protein 36
Tips:
- Choose bell peppers that are firm, brightly colored, and have smooth skin.
- To easily remove the pepper seeds, cut the pepper in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and ribs.
- For a vegetarian version of this recipe, omit the ground beef and add an extra cup of cooked rice to the filling.
- If you prefer a spicier dish, add a diced jalapeño pepper to the filling.
- To make the stuffed peppers ahead of time, assemble them as directed and refrigerate for up to 24 hours before baking.
- Leftover stuffed peppers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
Mom's Stuffed Green Peppers is a classic comfort food dish that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. The combination of flavorful ground beef, rice, and vegetables, all wrapped in a tender bell pepper, is simply irresistible. Whether you serve them as a main course or a side dish, these stuffed peppers are sure to be a hit. So next time you're looking for a delicious and hearty meal, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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