Best 20 Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Recipes

MOM'S BEST STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

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.

GREEN BELL PEPPERS STUFFED WITH TOMATO LENTIL COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cut peppers in half, place them in a 9x13 inch baking dish, and set aside. In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the ground beef for 5 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups chopped onion, chopped green bell pepper, and garlic. Reduce heat to low, add tomato sauce, and let simmer while preparing the couscous.
• Prepare couscous according to package directions, but add the remaining onion to the water before adding the couscous. When couscous is done, combine it with the sauce. Fill bell peppers with the mixture. Top each with shredded cheese.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and slightly brown on top.

INSIDE-OUT STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown beef. Drain.
• Transfer to a greased 2-quart casserole dish.
• Add the next 8 ingredients.
• Cover and bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until rice is tender.
• Uncover and sprinkle with the cheese.
• Return to the oven until cheese melts, about 5 minutes.

CROCK POT SPANISH STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Combine beef,rice mix (reserving seasoning packet), egg & onions.
• Divide and stuff meat mixture into pepper halves.
• Pour tomatoes into slow cooker, arrange pepper halves on top.
• Combine tomato soup, rice-mix seasoning packet & water, then pour over peppers.
• Cover, and cook on low 8-10 hours in crock pot.
• Twenty minutes before the end of cooking tim, top stuffed peppers with cheese.

HAM-STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut off tops of green peppers; remove seeds. Cook peppers 5 minutes in boiling salted water to cover; drain and set aside.
• Combine the next 7 ingredients; mix well.
• Fill peppers with the ham mixture. Place in an 8-inch square baking dish and bake at 375°F for 30 minutes. Place a slice of cheese on each pepper and bake 15 minutes more.

SEAFOOD STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut tops off each pepper; remove the seeds and membrane. Cook in boiling salted water for 5 minutes; drain well and set aside.
• Combine shrimp, crabmeat, rice, celery, onion, and pimiento.
• Combine mayonnaise, curry powder, salt, and pepper; stir in to crabmeat mixture and mix well.
• Stuff peppers with the seafood mixture; sprinkle each with the bread crumbs and top each with a pat of butter.
• Place in baking dish add hot water to the depth of 1/2 inch. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.

STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS WITH CLAMATO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Remove the tops and seeds of the peppers; rinse & dry and place upright in a baking dish.
• In a bowl, combine ground beef, rice, onion, oregano, 1/2 cup Clamato Juice, salt and pepper.
• Fill each pepper with the meat mixture, dividing evenly.
• Combine the remaining 2 cups of Clamato juice with the ketchup and pour over the peppers.
• Cover with foil and bake for 1 1/2 hours.

QUINOA-STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Rinse quinoa under cold water; drain well.
• In a saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to boil and then stir in quinoa.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes or until the water is absorbed and quinoa is translucent.
• Cut 1/2-inch off top of green peppers and remove seeds.
• In a large saucepan filled with boiling water, cook peppers for 5 minutes or until tender-crisp.
• Remove from water and drain well, upside down.
• In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat and cook onion until tender; stir in mushrooms, quinoa, corn, half the coriander, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic and pepper flakes.
• Stuff this mixture into peppers.
• Sprinkle with bread crumbs and remaining coriander.
• Bake in a greased 8-inch baking dish in a preheated 350F (180C) oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.

CZECH STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C). Cut tops off of peppers & remove seeds & membranes from inside. (See Note Below).
• In a skillet over med heat, sauté 1 chopped onion till tender.
• In a lrg bowl, combine ground beef, sauteed onion, cooked rice & eggs. Season w/parsley, salt & pepper. Mix well & stuff into peppers. Place in a lrg roasting pan.
• Heat oil in a lrg saucepan over med heat. Sauté 2 chopped onions till soft & translucent. Stir in tomatoes. Season w/peppercorns, allspice berries, ground allspice, oregano, marjoram, salt & pepper.
• Cook over med heat for 15-20 minutes. Pour over peppers in roasting pan. Cover & bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove peppers & transfer sauce to a blender (or use hand blender). Pureé sauce till smooth. Pour sauce back into pan & reheat. Whisk in sour cream just before serving.
• Note on 8/27: I did not try this recipe b4 I entered it, but I have now. This makes a farily lrg amt of stuffing & it is best to halve the peppers & mound the stuffing equally as pictured. This does not chg the cooking time. The stuffed peppers are very good & the sauce is the "shining star" -- so use it generously. Enjoy!

BARLEY & MUSHROOM STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add mushrooms and onions and cook, stirring until the onions are browned.
• Stir in the barley, parsley, thyme and pepper (ground). Stir in the cheese; set aside.
• Rinse the bell peppers. Cut off the tops; remove and discard the seeds and pith.
• If necessary, make a thin slice on the bottom of each pepper to balance. Spoon 1/4 of the mixture into each pepper.
• Stand the peppers upright in a baking dish just large enough to accommodate them.
• Pour the sauce into the baking dish.
• Bake 30 minutes or until the peppers are tender.

OUTSTANDING SPANISH STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• trim the top off of the peppers and take out the seeds.
• in large pot of boiling water add the peppers and cook for 20 minutes.
• Brown the ground beef and drain.
• prepare the spanish rice as directed on package.
• when the rice is finished,add it and the ground beef in a large bowl.
• combine the rest of the ingredients to the rice mixture.
• drain the green peppers and stuff with the rice mixture.
• in a preheated 350 oven cook the stuffed peppers (covered with aluminum foil) for 20-25 minutes.
• you will have left over rice mixture.
• i usually freeze it for another time.
• it is also good as a side dish (not stuffed in peppers).

CROCK POT LAMB STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut the tops off the peppers, remove seeds and fiber.
• Brown the lamb and onion in the oil.
• Mix in rice and the seasonings.
• Fill the peppers with this mixture.
• Put pepper tops in the bottom of crock pot and place the peppers on top.
• Pour in the broth.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Remove peppers.
• Mix in cornstarch, tomato paste, lemon juice and sour cream with the broth remaining in the crockpot.
• Return peppers to cooker cover and cook on high for 30 minutes.
• Serve the sauce with the peppers.

MICROWAVE STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Wash the peppers. Remove tops, seeds, and any membranes. Set upside down to drain.
• Fry the hamburger, onion, garlic, and celery. Drain well. Stir in remaining ingredients reserving 1/4 cup of the tomato sauce.
• Fill the peppers mounding the filling on top. Place peppers in a casserole dish. Cover and microwave 12 minutes. Spread 1 tablespoons tomato sauce on each pepper and heat uncovered until tomato sauce is hot, about a minute.

KITTENCAL'S STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Grease an 11 x 7-inch baking dish or a casserole dish.
• Cut off about 1/2-inch off the tops of the peppers, scoop out the seeds from inside.
• Discard the stems and chop the pepper tops.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add in onions, garlic, parsley, chopped pepper (from the tops) and dried chili flakes (if using) for about 7-8 minutes.
• Add in ground beef and Italian sausage meat; cook for about 10 minutes (you do not need to cook the ground beef completely as it will cook more in the oven).
• Season with seasoning salt (I use about 1 tablespoon) and black pepper then add in grated Parmesan cheese and paprika; cook for 2 minutes more; transfer mixture to a large bowl and cool for about 20 minutes (or more).
• Mix in the egg, cooked rice and about 3/4 cup marinara sauce; using clean hands mix thoroughly until well combined.
• Equally fill each pepper cavity with the beef/rice mixture.
• Place the peppers in prepared baking dish.
• Drizzle some marinara sauce over each top and then pour the rest of the sauce around each of the peppers, lifting each pepper up so that the sauce will get underneath.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (second-lowest rack, do not bake on lowest oven rack or the bottom of the peppers will scorch).
• Tent loosely with heavy foil.
• Cook for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the peppers are very tender (might take longer than 1 hour depending on the size of your peppers).
• Uncover and sprinkle the tops with grated mozzarella cheese return to oven uncovered and cook for another 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• **NOTE** to speed the cooking process up you can boil the pepper shells for about 6-7 minutes in boiling water, drain upside down on a towel for about 20-30 minutes or more and then fill with mixture.

SAUSAGE STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage until browned, stirring to separate meat. Add onion and oregano and cook until tender. Pour off fat. Stir in cheese.
• Arrange peppers in 3-qt. shallow baking dish or roasting pan. Spoon sausage mixture into peppers. Pour pasta sauce over peppers. Cover.
• Bake at 400°F for 40 minute or until peppers are tender.

STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS II

Steps:

• Cut green pepper in half lengthwise; remove core and seeds.
• Place peppers, hollow-side-up, in a shallow, heat-resistant, non-metallic baking dish.
• In a medium-sized bowl, crumble beef.
• Add rice, salt, pepper, oregano, garlic powder, water, egg and 1/2 cup of tomato sauce. Mix until thoroughly combined.
• Spoon mixture into pepper halves.
• Spoon remaining tomato sauce over peppers.
• Heat, covered loosely with wax paper, 14 minutes in Micro- wave Oven or until meat is cooked and peppers are as tender as desired.
• Allow to stand 4 minutes, covered, before serving.

CHINESE STYLE STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Dice onion and mushrooms and beat egg.
• Place the ground beef in a mixing bowl and marinate for 5 minutes with sherry, salt, pepper, sugar, thin soya sauce, cornflour and oil.
• Mix well.
• Add the onions, mushrooms and beaten egg and mix well.
• Cut the peppers lengthwise in halves, and remove core and seeds and wash.
• Stuff each half firmly with meat mixture.
• Heat a little oil in wok or frying pan, then add the peppers meat side down.
• Sprinkle with a little salt, cover and cook about 5-8 minutes on medium heat.
• Turn over and cook green side for another 5mins (or until no longer pink).
• Remove and set aside on a warm serving dish.
• In a small bowl combine water, cornflour, thin soya sauce, sugar and pour into pan.
• Stir until thickened and bubbly and then pour over peppers.
• Serve over rice.

STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut off tops of green peppers, remove centers and discard.
• Cook peppers in boiling water for approximately 5 minutes.
• Drain and set peppers aside.
• Saute onion in butter until tender, add ground beef, cook until browned, drain well.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except for the cheese.
• Stuff peppers with meat mixture and place in an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle tops of green peppers with cheese and bake until cheese melts.

GROUND BEEF STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS WITH CHEESE RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut tops from green peppers; discard seeds and membranes. Chop enough of the green pepper tops to make 1/4 cup, set aside. Cook the whole green peppers, uncovered in boiling water for about 5 minutes; invert to drain well. Sprinkle insides of peppers lightly with salt. In a skillet cook ground beef, onion and 1/4 cup chopped pepper till meat is browned and vegetables are tender. Drain off excess fat. Add undrained tomatoes, uncooked rice, water, salt, Worcestershire, and a dash of pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in cheese. Stuff peppers with meat mixture. Place in a 10x6x2 baking dish. Bake, covered in a 350° oven for 30 minutes.

STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Wash peppers, remove tops and seeds.
• Place upright in 2 quart microproof casserole.
• Pour water over bottom of dish and cook covered on hi 2 minutes.
• Drain water.
• Let peppers stand while preparing filling.
• Crumble beef into glass mixing bowl.
• Add onion and cook on hi 4 minutes, stirring once during cooking.
• Drain fat.
• Stir in garlic salt pepper rice parsley and 1 cup tomato sauce.
• Fill green peppers with mixture mounding on top.
• Replace peppers in casserole and top each with remaining tomato sauce.
• Cook covered on hi 10 to 12 minutes or until peppers are tender.