Shrimp Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

SHRIMP STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Begin by making rice so it can be ready when shrimp sauce is ready.
• Slice 6 red bell peppers in half. Remove ribs and seeds. Rinse peppers. Place them in boiling water to parboil them for about 5 minutes. Remove from water and arrange in a large casserole dish.
• Heat olive oil and butter in a large pot over medium high heat.
• Season shrimp with creole seasoning.
• Add shrimp and saute until shrimp are cooked through about 3 to 5 minutes. (At this point, it may be necessary to discard extra liquid out of the pot. A little liquid is fine to leave. My shrimp were just defrosted so I had a lot of liquid to take out).
• Remove shrimp to a bowl.
• Add a little more oil to pot, and saute onion, green peppers, and garlic. Season with a little more creole seasoning. Saute until onions are clear about 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium low and add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, cream of mushroom and stir.
• Add shrimp back to sauce and stir.
• Stir in cooked rice. Turn off heat.
• Fill each pepper with a good amount of shrimp mixture.
• Pour about 1//2 cup of water into the bottom of casserole dish (or both dishes if using two). This is to allow the peppers and the rest of the dish to continue to steam a little.
• Cover casserole dish with foil and seal tightly.
• Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Carefully remove foil (be careful of steam) and top with a little shredded cheese and fresh parsley.

CAJUN STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8x12 inch baking dish. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Remove tops and seeds from peppers. Blanch in boiling water 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until translucent. Stir in garlic, and season with oregano, Creole seasoning and black pepper. Stir in shrimp and sausage, and cook until shrimp turns pink, 5 minutes. Stir in rice, and cook 1 minute. Pour in chicken broth and tomato sauce. Cook until thick, 15 to 20 minutes. Fill peppers with stuffing mixture, and place in baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until heated through. Serve with lemon wedges and hot sauce.

SHRIMP STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preboil cleaned Bell Peppers for 5 minutes. Remove from boil and let drain upside-down.
• Cook Bacon and save Grease.
• Put Grease into a large skillet with Garlic and Onion and begin to simmer. Cook until desired softness of Onions.
• Put Shrimp into skillet and cook for about 2 minutes, or until all pink.
• Remove Shrimp and Onions for heat and place into a bowl and keep warm.
• In same skillet bring 1 Cup of Chicken Broth to a boil and add the Arborio Rice. Reduce Heat to low. Continue to stir until desired softness of Arborio is reached adding additional broth as needed.
• Mix back in Shrimp and Onion mix into Arborio while also adding the Tomato Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce.
• Add Salt and Pepper to taste.
• Put mixture into boiled Bell Peppers until heaping.
• Sprinkle Bread Crumbs atop Bell Peppers.
• Bake at 350F on baking sheet for 15 minutes or until crumbs become golden.

SHRIMP STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Parboil peppers for about 5 minutes to soften slightly. Turn upside down to drain. Saute garlic and onion in the olive oil (or butter) until softened. Add water and 1/4 t salt; bring to boil. Stir in couscous and take pot off heat. Cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork; mix in Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, salt, pepper and shrimp. Place peppers in greased baking dish and fill with shrimp mixture. Toss the crumbled bread in melted butter and put on top of peppers. Put small amount of water in bottom of dish and bake peppers 350 degrees, loosely covered with foil, for about 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake an additional 15-20 minutes until heated through and crumbs are lightly browned. (This is a great dish to make ahead, refrigerate, then pop in the oven when you get home from work. Will need additional baking time).

SHRIMP AND RICE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut tops off peppers and remove the seeds and ribs.
• Cook brown and white rices. Set aside. While rice is cooking, drizzle olive oil in a pan and sautee shrimp over medium heat.
• When shrimp are pink, remove shrimp from the pan. Cut shrimp into bite-sized pieces.
• Combine rices and the spices in pan and let simmer. Add shrimp to pan. Also add tomato sauce. Cook over medium heat.
• Add bread crumbs and 1/2 the parmesan cheese.
• Stuff peppers graciously and top with the remaining parmesan cheese.
• Cook in casserole dish for 15-20 minutes, until the parmesan cheese is melted and bubbling.