Grandmom Lenas Stuffed Italian Frying Peppers Recipes

GRANDMOM LENA'S STUFFED ITALIAN FRYING PEPPERS

Steps:

• wash and thoroughly dry peppers and cut the tops off. Remove seeds and white veins inside, keeping the body of the pepper whole.
• Break the bread into pieces of varying size but nothing more than about a half inch square.
• Remove the tomatoes from the can and squish into the bread breaking into pices (you may not have to use all the tomatoes in the can... go by how it looks and feels if it's too dry add some of the juice from the can.) The mixture should be moist but not very wet.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients and incorporate thoroughly.
• Stuff the bread mixture into the hollow peppers and level off on the top. (pack them fairly tightly but don't jam or force the stuffing into the pepper).
• Heat about ½ inch of oil in a deep frying pan on about medium high (I like to use half olive oil, half vegetable oil for the flavor).
• Fry the stuffed peppers until the skin begins to turn golden brown, the pepper becomes soft and the filling is heated through.
• Remove from oil and sprinkle with a little salt, if desired.
• Can be served hot, warm or right out of the refrigerator! (p.s omit the anchovy and this is a nice vegetarian (not vegan) dish).

GRANDMA PERRI'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Slice tops off peppers, seed and set aside.
• Meanwhile, slowly heat olive oil in large Dutch oven, then add onion and let brown.
• While onion browns, mix together ground meat, salt and pepper to taste, garlic, parsley, basil, cheese, eggs, and breadcrumbs. Mix lightly; do not overwork. Divide meat mixture into six portions, gently roll and stuff into peppers.
• When onion is brown, add peppers and brown on all sides. After browning, stand peppers upright and pour marinara sauce over them. Simmer for 1 hour on the stove top. When almost done, remove lid and cut each pepper in half lengthwise, then continue cooking until done.
• Serve each pepper with some sauce spooned on top and sprinkled with some grated cheese.

GRANDMA'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix first 8 ingredients well.
• Cut green peppers in to quarters (or thirds - depending on size of peppers).
• Fill cut peppers with the meat mixture.
• In a dutch oven, mix the tomato soup, tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes.
• Add the additional 1/2 cup of water
• Arrainge filled pepper in the bottom of the pan.
• Spoon sauce over pepper.
• Cover and back foe 2 hours.