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.
Your presentation was awesome I stayed focused you explain very clearly tha thank you for your time and effort please continue to more quick and easy recipes I feed 30 people a week in six people every other day I thank you for your quick and easy recipes may you be Bless at God speed
Thank you so much Michell!
Sister girl! The peppers are the bomb!!! I have tried several of your other recipes but Diva I has to sit down and write a comment on this one. You did your thing with this!!!
Just made this tonight for dinner and let me tell you…. OMG so good. haha. I normally just eat bell peppers by themselves for a quick healthy snack, but i had a few left over that i needed to use up before they went bad, and i came across this recipe on youtube and super glad that i did. I will definitely be using this recipe again in the near future. So much flavor. Quick and easy. Glad to add this recipe to my dishes list. love it. Thank you.
I’ll be making this tonight with orange peppers and vegetarian soy mince/ sausage for a friend’s birthday dinner. I’ve never parbroiled the peppers first when I’ve made stuffed peppers in the past so that’s new. But given the other comments about this recipe I’m sure it’ll be great.
I’ve made stuffed peppers before but this recipe is by far THE BEST! So flavorful!! I made the filling the night before and snuck a quick snack with the filling inside a corn tortilla with some cheese. So if you’re on a budget and bell peppers aren’t on sale, you can def just make the filling and eat with tortillas and it will be just as tasty!!! Btw thanks for the tip where you cut around the stem and dice the peppers. I always throw that part away, never knew how much goodness I was wasting!!! Thank you x a million for this delicious recipe Diva!!!
Will certainly make this again. I used red, orange and yellow peppers instead of green. Followed the recipe and truly enjoyed it. Thanks.