Best 6 Grandmas Stuffed Peppers Recipes

GRANDMA'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Clean peppers thoroughly inside and out.
• Mix by hand all ingredients except for the pasta sauce and the mozzarella cheese. If, after adding can of tomatoes mixture still feels too "wet", add more rice until the consistency is a little more solid. More Parmesan cheese may be added if wanted.
• Boil peppers in a large pot of water for about five minutes or until soft. place inside your baking/casserole dish when each is finished. Open jar of pasta sauce and add one full tablespoon inside each pepper. I like to use Prego.
• Using a clean tablespoon, add stuffing mix by spoonful until each pepper is completely full, be careful not to break them.
• Dump the rest of the pasta sauce into the baking/casserole dish to cover the bottom of the peppers. Add a small amount of water to the jar, swish around and add to pan.
• After about 2 1/2 hours, remove peppers from oven and top with mozzarella cheese. Return to oven for another half hour or until cheese melts.

GRANDMA'S SIMPLE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut the tops off the peppers and discard seeds and membranes.
• Boil peppers for 5 minutes. Remove and stand upright in a 13x9 casserole dish.
• Generously sprinkle inside of each pepper with salt (1/2 tsp or more if you like).
• Cook ground beef and onions until meat is browned.
• Season beef and onion mixture with remaining salt, pepper, garlic, and seasoned salt.
• Add tomatoes, water, rice, sugar, and Worcestershire sauce and stir.
• Cover and simmer until rice is tender (approximately 15-30 minutes).
• Stir in 1 cup shredded cheese.
• Stuff peppers with the meat and rice mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 20 minutes at 350°F.
• Top peppers with remaining cheese and bake and additional 5-10 minutes.

GRANDMA'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix first 8 ingredients well.
• Cut green peppers in to quarters (or thirds - depending on size of peppers).
• Fill cut peppers with the meat mixture.
• In a dutch oven, mix the tomato soup, tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes.
• Add the additional 1/2 cup of water
• Arrainge filled pepper in the bottom of the pan.
• Spoon sauce over pepper.
• Cover and back foe 2 hours.

GRANDMA PERRI'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Slice tops off peppers, seed and set aside.
• Meanwhile, slowly heat olive oil in large Dutch oven, then add onion and let brown.
• While onion browns, mix together ground meat, salt and pepper to taste, garlic, parsley, basil, cheese, eggs, and breadcrumbs. Mix lightly; do not overwork. Divide meat mixture into six portions, gently roll and stuff into peppers.
• When onion is brown, add peppers and brown on all sides. After browning, stand peppers upright and pour marinara sauce over them. Simmer for 1 hour on the stove top. When almost done, remove lid and cut each pepper in half lengthwise, then continue cooking until done.
• Serve each pepper with some sauce spooned on top and sprinkled with some grated cheese.

AMANDA'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13 inch baking dish with aluminum foil.
• In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, garlic, 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, egg, onion and mushrooms. Spoon mixture evenly into the seeded bell peppers. Replace tops. Place stuffed peppers in lined baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for one hour, or until meat stuffing is cooked through. Remove from oven and discard pepper tops.
• Sprinkle tops of peppers with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Return dish to oven until cheese is melted, about two minutes.
• In a saucepan, heat spaghetti sauce on stove over medium heat, stirring regularly. When sauce begins to steam, remove from heat and pour over top of peppers.

GRANDMA'S STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tops off the bell peppers. Remove seeds. Parboil the peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes. Carefully remove peppers and drain any excess water. In a frying pan, brown ground beef and onion until meat is no longer pink. Drain if necessary. Stir in the tomatoes, rice, and water. Cover, and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat. Salt and pepper to taste. Stuff each pepper with beef and rice mixture. Place stuffed peppers open side up in a baking dish. Sprinkle tops with breadcrumbs. Pour 1/2 cup water in bottom of baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 minutes, or until heated through.