A stuffed pepper loaf is a delectable and impressive dish that combines the hearty flavors of bell peppers, savory fillings, and a tender bread crust. This versatile dish can be tailored to suit your preferences, making it a perfect choice for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion meal. With its vibrant colors and tantalizing aromas, a stuffed pepper loaf is sure to be a hit among family and friends. Whether you prefer a classic filling of seasoned ground beef and rice or opt for a vegetarian variation featuring a medley of roasted vegetables, the possibilities are endless. So, gather your ingredients and let's embark on a culinary journey to create a mouthwatering stuffed pepper loaf that will leave everyone craving for more.
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STUFFED PEPPER MEATLOAF
Stuffed Pepper Meatloaf - all the makings of a stuffed pepper wrapped up in a moist and tender meatloaf. Filled with rice, spices and then topped off with green peppers and a tomato glaze. Stuffed peppers made easy and delicious!
Provided by Nikki Lee - Soulfully Made
Categories Main Dish
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium bowl mix topping ingredients (except for green peppers) - crushed tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and salt.
- In a large bowl combine meatloaf mixture ingredients - ground beef, instant rice, grated onion, egg, garlic, bullion and black pepper. I find using your hands is easiest way to combine.
- In a casserole dish, dutch oven, loaf pan or sheet pan - form a loaf.
- Top the meatloaf with sliced green peppers and pour tomato mixture over the peppers. (alternately, if you prefer you can mix the peppers in with tomato mixture and spoon over the top you can)
- Cover with foil or over safe lid and cook for 45 minutes. Remove foil and cook remainder of time (30 to 45 minutes) or until done. An instant read thermometer should read 155° to 160° when done. I check to 1 hour mark with thermometer as shape of meatloaf and oven times vary.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 1 serving, Calories 361 kcal, Carbohydrate 11 g, Protein 34 g, Fat 19 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 124 mg, Sodium 475 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 3 g, UnsaturatedFat 9 g
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.
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ONION- AND PEPPER-STUFFED MEATLOAF
Ever get bored with meatloaf? Me too! Take a classic recipe and make it pop! You can stuff it with just about anything and make it fun and exciting!
Provided by Bill Adams
Categories Main Dish Recipes Meatloaf Recipes Beef Meatloaf Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x11-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Cut 3/4 each of onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper into thin slices. Dice remaining 1/4 of onion and peppers.
- Mix ground beef, diced onion and peppers, tomato sauce, crushed crackers, brown sugar, egg, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, olive oil, steak seasoning, garlic, and pepper together in a bowl until well-combined.
- Spread 1/2 of the beef mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top meat with sliced onion and peppers, leaving a 1-inch border. Spread remaining beef mixture over vegetables, tucking in sides to seal vegetables in the center of the meatloaf. Pour ketchup over the top of the meatloaf.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 418.5 calories, Carbohydrate 21.8 g, Cholesterol 111.3 mg, Fat 25.1 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 26.5 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 897.5 mg, Sugar 13.7 g
STUFFED PEPPERS
Hundreds of satisfied home cooks agree: this stuffed peppers recipe is a winner. It's been proudly served at dinner tables across America ever since it first appeared in the Betty Crocker™ cookbook. And it's no wonder why-even picky eaters love stuffed peppers (hint: they taste like cheeseburgers).
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 55m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Cut thin slice from stem end of each bell pepper to remove top of pepper. Remove seeds and membranes; rinse peppers. If necessary, cut thin slice from bottom of each pepper so they stand up straight. In 4-quart Dutch oven, add enough water to cover peppers. Heat to boiling; add peppers. Cook about 2 minutes; drain.
- In 10-inch skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in rice, salt, garlic and 1 cup of the tomato sauce; cook until hot.
- Stuff peppers with beef mixture. Stand peppers upright in ungreased 8-inch square glass baking dish. Pour remaining tomato sauce over peppers.
- Cover tightly with foil. Bake 10 minutes. Uncover and bake about 15 minutes longer or until peppers are tender. Sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 390, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 80 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 4 g, Protein 29 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 1470 mg, Sugar 8 g, TransFat 1 g
STUFFED MEATLOAF
Create two delicious dishes in one. Reinvent the classic duo by baking fluffy mashed potatoes into the middle of meatloaf.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Beef Recipes Ground Beef Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place potatoes in a large saucepan; add enough cold water to cover by about 2 inches. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a colander, and drain; return potatoes to pan.
- Mash potatoes with a fork or potato masher until light and fluffy. Add butter, cream, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and a pinch of pepper; stir until combined, and set aside.
- Combine ground beef, onion, mustard, egg, breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup ketchup, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Place half the mixture on a rimmed baking sheet, and form into an 11-by-6-inch loaf. Place 1 1/2 cups of mashed potatoes on top of meat mixture, leaving a 1-inch border. Place the remaining meat mixture on top; form into a loaf, encasing the potato mixture. Bake 30 minutes, then brush remaining 2 tablespoons ketchup over meat loaf. Continue baking meat loaf until firm to the touch, about 20 minutes more. Serve immediately.
STUFFED PEPPER LOAF
This unique recipe tucks a stuffed green pepper inside the meat loaf. I've had this recipe so long I can't remember where I got it from. Scrumptious slices warm you up on a cold, blustery day. - Joan Hallford, North Richland Hills, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h40m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Remove top and seeds from green pepper; cut in half lengthwise. In a large saucepan, cook the pepper halves in boiling water for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender; set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add the next seven ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Stuff pepper halves with some of the meat mixture. Pat half of the remaining meat mixture into an ungreased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Arrange pepper halves, stuffed side down, over meat mixture. Cover with remaining meat mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. Cover and bake 15-20 minutes longer or until meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reads 160°; drain. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
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ITALIAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS --PLUS A MEATLOAF
This is a OAMC recipe as you can have both--a Meatloaf and Stuffed Peppers. This is the most delicious meatloaf recipe I have ever had. I love Meatloaf and I love Stuffed Peppers. I had tried many recipes for Stuffed Peppers and although they were O.K. I was never totally happy, UNTIL I came up with the idea for this. I made a meatloaf and used a portion of the mixture to make the stuffing for the peppers. Result--the best of both. You can keep everyone happy. Don't be discouraged if this looks involved--it really is not, but you are making two meals. (NOTE--I measure for the meatloaf, but for the peppers I just add what I want.) Enjoy!!
Provided by Mimi in Maine
Categories Rice
Time 1h45m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- For the Meatloaf, combine all of the ingredients and mix well (I use my hand for this).
- If you are making JUST the MEATLOAF, form it in a 9x13 greased pan and bake 400 degrees for 1 hour, basting with the pan juices.
- For the MEATLOAF, combine the MEATLOAF SAUCE ingredients in a saucepan, and heat on the stove to serve warm over the Meatloaf slices at the table.
- If you are making the ITALIAN STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS you will also get a meatloaf out of this.
- For the ITALIAN STUFFED PEPPERS cut the tops off the peppers and clean them out.
- Cut the tops up to use for the sauce.
- Put these in a pan with a little olive oil along with the onions, and garlic--simmer till done.
- Add the tomato sauce and simmer while you are preparing the stuffing for the peppers.
- Cook the rice according to box directions.
- Also, cut a tad off the bottom of the peppers so that they will sit in the pan and not tilt (don't cut through to the inside).
- Mix 3-4 cups of the Meatloaf recipe mixture, Parmesan cheese, garlic, a little of the sauce, and the cooked rice in a large bowl--adding the rice till it looks like the amount you like (I eyeball most all of the ingredients).
- Stuff the peppers and place in a pan on which you have already put a layer of sauce.
- Put some sauce over the tops of the peppers.
- Cover with foil.
- Form the rest of the mixture into a loaf as directed above.
- Bake both at 400 degrees for about 1 hour or till done.
- Now you have 2 meals--freeze some if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 548.4, Fat 26, SaturatedFat 10.4, Cholesterol 211.2, Sodium 1362, Carbohydrate 32, Fiber 3.6, Sugar 12.2, Protein 45.7
MEATLOAF SAUCE (OR STUFFED PEPPERS)
Tomato based sauce topping for meatloaf. Quick, and easy to prepare. Add before baking, or as a dipping sauce after meat loaf has finished baking. Can easily be adapted for use perched atop a vegan lentil loaf.
Provided by Andi Longmeadow Farm
Categories Sauces
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Throughly mix together all ingredients.
- Spoon sauce over meatloaf.
- Bake for one hour at 350°F.
- •For vegan, omit the Worcestershire sauce and use vegan alternative.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 71.8, Fat 0.5, Sodium 744, Carbohydrate 16.3, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 14.3, Protein 1.6
Tips:
- Choose the right peppers: For this recipe, it's best to use large, firm bell peppers. Avoid peppers that are too soft or have blemishes.
- Cook the rice ahead of time: This will save you time when assembling the stuffed pepper loaf. You can cook the rice up to 2 days in advance and store it in the refrigerator.
- Use a variety of fillings: Don't be afraid to experiment with different fillings for your stuffed pepper loaf. Some popular options include ground beef, sausage, chicken, vegetables, and cheese.
- Season the filling well: Be sure to season the filling liberally with salt, pepper, and other spices. This will help to enhance the flavor of the dish.
- Pack the loaf tightly: When assembling the stuffed pepper loaf, be sure to pack the filling tightly into the peppers. This will help to prevent the loaf from falling apart during baking.
- Bake the loaf until it is golden brown: The stuffed pepper loaf should be baked until it is golden brown on top. This will usually take about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Let the loaf cool before slicing: Once the stuffed pepper loaf is baked, let it cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing. This will help to prevent the loaf from falling apart.
Conclusion:
Stuffed pepper loaf is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It's perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion. With a little planning and preparation, you can easily make this dish at home. So next time you're looking for a new and exciting way to enjoy bell peppers, give stuffed pepper loaf a try!
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