Cheesy, Meaty Stuffed Bell Peppers
I was so happy to see green bell peppers on sale. Of course when I got them I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to make. They sat there in the crisper drawer for a few days before I had to think of something quick before they started to get all wrinkly and stuff.
I pulled out my old recipe book that I made when I got married and there it was, a recipe for stuffed bell peppers that I got from a friends mom. I had these stuffed peppers at her house MANY years ago and thought they were pretty darn tasty so she gave me the recipe. I adapted the recipe slightly to suit my families taste.
I’m looking forward to playing around with the fillings a bit more in the future. I already have dreams of pizza stuff bell peppers and philly cheesesteak stuffed bell peppers that I know will be a hit so stay tuned for those.
Stuffed Bell Peppers: Easy weekday dinner, fit for company! |
The yummy filling for the stuffed green peppers |
Watch me make these Cheesy, Meaty Stuffed Bell Peppers from start to finish!!
Get the Recipe: Meaty, Cheesy Stuffed Bell Peppers
Ingredients
- 4 green bell peppers
- salted water and/or chicken broth, to boil whole peppers in
- 1/2 white onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 lb ground turkey
- 1 smoked turkey dinner sausage link, diced
- 1 1/2 cups rice, cooked
- 16 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons parsley
- 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2-1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2-3/4 cup cheddar cheese
- 3/4 cup of mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Cut about ½ inch off of the top of the bell peppers and diced them up (discard the stem)
- Remove the membranes and seeds and rinse the peppers out.
- Lightly shave off the rounded bottoms if needed to make them stand sturdily.
- Bring chicken stock or salted water to a boil.
- Add the peppers and parboil for 3-4 minutes.
- When slightly tender, remove from pot and dry.
- Sprinkle the insides with salt if desired.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, sauté diced peppers and onions in olive oil until tender.
- Add in ground turkey and minced garlic.
- Cook until ground turkey is almost done. Then drain off the fat if needed.
- Mix in smoked turkey sausage.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Stir in cooked white rice
- Add in a can of diced tomatoes, parsley flakes, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder and onion powder.
- Stir and taste and adjust the seasonings if needed.
- Stir in cheddar cheese.
- Place peppers in a casserole dish.
- Stuff each bell pepper with the mixture. Pack in it tightly
- Cover with foil and bake for 15-18 minutes.
- During the last few minutes of baking, remove the foil and top the peppers with mozzarella.
- Place back into the oven uncovered until cheese has melted.
- Serve and enjoy
Notes
Feel free to play around with the meat and cheeses! I love using smoked cheese to change it up a bit!
On busy days I cheat and use minute rice, nobody ever knows.
You have kept me in the kitchen and I’m not mad about it. Made these last night and they were a hit. I used a pound of ground beef, smoked beef sausage, and everything else you told me to add. I had plenty left over and it was finally enough for me to enjoy without my family eating it all. Thanks again. I added dairy free cheese for those with allergies and we were good to go. Love that I can make minor changes like that. keep those recipes coming. This allows me to keep my girls in the kitchen as well, YOUNG DIVAS!
OMG- these stuffed peppers were the bomb.com! I made them last night for Valentine’s Day dinner and my 9 y/o son was begging to taste the filling before I stuffed the peppers! I used yellow, green, red and orange peppers for my family and they were SLAMMIN! I will DEFINITELY keep this as a staple in my household. Even the 4 y/o and 6 y/o were scraping the plate! WORK IT Monique, I could’ve eaten the filling alone! I also cooked the rice with one of those dry onion soup packets from lipton to give the rice some flavor as well. BRAVO for this recipe! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Omgosh!!! These were soo good. I was showing your website to my boyfriend and he drooled over the video the entire time. He nagged me for a week to make it. I finally broke down and it was AMAZING!! Thank you for taking the time out to share your gift with us. May GOD continue to bless you for the new year.
these were excellent! my son loved them!
Good, didnt love it, had to tweak it too much and i think peppers give me heart burn, I got the point though..thnks!
Cooked it today and Husband loved it