Southern Style Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

N'AWLINS STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large pot over low heat. Saute onion, celery and chopped green pepper for 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, and saute for 2 minutes. Season with parsley, Creole seasoning, file powder, salt and pepper.
• Increase heat to medium high, and add ground beef. Cook until beef is evenly browned. Stir in ham, and cook for 5 minutes. Add shrimp, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in stuffing mix.
• Stuff each bell pepper half, and lightly sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Place stuffed bell pepper halves in ungreased baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.

NAWLINS-STYLE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Brown ground beef with garlic, onions and celery.
• Prepare Dirty Rice.
• Add beef mixture to Dirty Rice and simmer for 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let sit 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare peppers by coring, removing seeds and cuting off tops (level the bottoms of any uneven so that they stand upright on their bottoms).
• Beat egg with Frank's Red Hot sauce and add 1 cup cheese to egg mixture.
• Add egg mixture to dirty rice/beef mixture.
• Stuff each pepper to the top with meat and rice mixture, and place in glass baking dish.
• Cover loosely with Alumnium Foil.
• Cook in oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven, uncover and top each pepper with remaining cheese. Bake uncovered for an additional 10 minutes.
• When finished, remove from oven and let sit 5 mins before serving.