Best 4 Spinach And Meat Stuffed Peppers Recipes

STUFFED PEPPERS WITH BEEF, RICE, SPINACH AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat a griddle or grill pan. Seed chile peppers. Drizzle peppers with a little oil and grill over medium high to high heat 3 or 4 minutes on each side, until tender. Transfer peppers to a broiler pan or baking sheet, hollow side up.
• Place a small skillet on the stove top and add 1 tablespoon, 1 turn of the pan, olive oil and a crushed clove of garlic. Heat over medium flame and add spinach in bunches until it is all wilted and is giving off liquid. Season greens with salt and pepper. Remove spinach and drain. Set aside.
• Preheat broiler to high.
• Defrost beef and rice in microwave oven. Combine 1/2 cup broth and defrosted rice in the skillet you cooked the spinach in and reheat over medium flame. Add 1 cup tomato sauce and heat through.
• Pile spinach and hot beef and tomato rice into peppers, mounding them up in the center of each pepper. Top liberally with grated cheese and melt cheese under broiler 3 to 5 minutes, then serve.

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.

GREEK-STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulgur, egg, oregano, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix until thoroughly combined.
• Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture. Pour the tomatoes over the peppers and sprinkle with the feta cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the meat mixture is completely cooked and the peppers are tender, about 25 minutes longer.

SPINACH & MEAT STUFFED PEPPERS-CARB FREE

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.