Zesty Stuffed Green Peppers Recipes

ZESTY STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a large kettle, cook peppers in boiling salted water over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside. , In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Loosely stuff into peppers. , Place in a 9-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°.

STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS I

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.

STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS

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.

SPICY STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cook peppers in boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Combine ground beef, onion, rice and seasonings; spoon into peppers. Place in a greased baking dish; top with picante sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

KELSEY'S FAVORITE STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place green bell peppers in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove peppers from the water and set aside in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the ground beef; drain. Return to heat and mix in onion, cooked rice, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour in tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. Let simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Spoon the meat mixture onto each half of the green peppers. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until mixture begins to turn golden brown.
• Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top of each stuffed pepper. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is lightly browned, about 5 to 10 minutes.

ZESTY STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Add the hot pepper sauce and peppers, bring to a boil again and cook for 5 minutes.
• When cooked, drain and place in an 8x8inch casserole with high sides.
• Brown ground meat in skillet, adding rice, salsa, cumin, onion powder, salt and pepper half way through browning. Simmer for about 10 mins, adding water as needed to keep things moist.
• Cut tomatoes in quarters, lengthwise.
• Stuff peppers first with tomatoes, arranging them so they nestle in the ribs inside of the peppers.
• Stuff each pepper with meat mix, pour 1/4 cup of water into each pepper.
• Bake peppers covered for 25-30 minutes.
• Top with grated cheese and bake 5 minutes more.
• You can substitute tomato juice for the water.

ZESTY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Cut tops off peppers. Remove stems. Seed and core peppers. Dice pepper tops in a small dice.
• Combine in a large bowl: diced pepper tops, meatloaf mix, corn, olives, shredded cheese, rice, 1/4 cup of the petite diced tomatoes, and the ground fresh chili paste. Stuff peppers with equal amounts of meat mixture and place in dutch oven or deep skillet with cover.
• In a medium size bowl, stir together condensed tomato soup and petite diced tomatoes. Pour evenly over stuffed peppers in skillet. Cover and cook in 350 preheated oven for 1-1/2 hours. Remove cover and cook another 20-30 minutes. (I like to serve this with Yucca Croquettes which can be cooked in the same oven the last half hour).

ZESTY STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut peppers in half long ways and take out the insides. Boil them in water until tender. Mix rice and 3/4 can of spaghetti sauce, 1 package of cheese and all the hamburger. Mix well.
• Place peppers in a 13x9 baking dish and fill with mixture. Then pour remaining spaghetti sauce over the top of the peppers and the other package of cheese.
• Place in a 425 degrees F oven for about 40 minutes making sure hamburger is done. Serve and enjoy.