Stuffed Sweet Bell Peppers Recipes

STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Combine rice and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Cut tops off peppers, seed insides, and arrange peppers in a large baking dish. Chop usable portion of the tops.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute chopped peppers and onions in oil until soft. Stir in textured vegetable protein and parsley. Reduce heat to low, and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Mix in cooked rice and 1 1/5 cups tomato sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the peppers, and top each with remaining tomato sauce.
• Cover, and bake about 45 minutes. Uncover, top each pepper with mozzarella cheese, and bake until cheese is melted.

STUFFED SWEET BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Coat a 13x9x2 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine turkey, bread crumbs, egg,diced onion, sage, thyme, salt, and black pepper. Mix together (it's easiest with your hands!).
• Fill each pepper half with an equal amount of turkey mixture. Place in a prepared baking dish.
• In a large bowl combine marinara, tomatoes, garlic, and italian seasoning. Pour over peppers.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees and bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until sauce is bubbling, and peppers are tender.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese before serving.

STUFFED SWEET PEPPERS

Steps:

• For the yogurt sauce: Mix the yogurt, dill, garlic, salt and oil in a bowl.
• For the stuffed sweet peppers: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat some oil in a pan. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add the carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft. Transfer the onion mixture into a large mixing bowl. Fold the pork into the mixture. Add the rice, savory, dill, salt, pepper and paprika and blend well.
• Fill the peppers with the pork mixture. Place the peppers on a baking pan with raised sides. Add enough water to barely cover the bottom of the pan. Cover the pan with foil and bake, about 30 minutes. Uncover the foil and bake, about 3 minutes. Serve the peppers with the yogurt sauce.

STUFFED SWEET BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut the tops off peppers, clean out the seeds and any heavy membranes, and set into 2 (lightly oiled)deep baking dishes.
• Saute 2 of the onions with the (diced) tops of the peppers in olive oil.
• Set aside to allow to cool.
• Saute remaining onion (until translucent) and garlic in olive oil in saucepan (add the garlic in last 3 minutes, so it does not burn).
• Add the tomato sauce (reserve about 1/4 cup), diced tomato (if no fresh tomato is available, a small can of diced tomato works fine), and sugar.
• Let sauce simmer gently while stuffing peppers.
• Slightly beat egg in a medium bowl.
• Add ground beef, the reserved tomato sauce, rice, sauted peppers/onion mixture, and spices.
• Mix lightly and fill peppers.
• Add sauce to baking dish.
• Bake (covered) at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, putting cheese on top during last 15 minutes of baking time.
• Serve with a green vegetable or salad.

EMERIL'S STUFFED BELL PEPPERS OR SWEET BANANA PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large skillet, brown sausage about 3 min., add onions, chopped peppers and celery; season with salt and pepper.
• Saute for 4-5 minutes , add rice, mix well, season with salt & pepper & cook 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in green onions & parsley.
• Season the insides of bell peppers with salt , spoon meat mixture into bell peppers.
• In a mixing bowl combine bread crumbs,parmesan & Recipe #5031 or seasoned salt and sprindkle over each pepper.
• Cook peppers in a shallow pan with just enough water to cover the bottom of pan and bake 30 minutes.

SWEET & SOUR STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Clean peppers and boil for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce and bring to boil till it starts to thicken, remove from heat.
• Fill Peppers and put 1 tablespoon sauce on top of each.
• Bake uncovered 40 minutes at 350°F.
• Then put 1 tablespoon sauce on top and bake for 5 minutes more.
• Served with mashed potatoes or rice.
• Put the extra sauce on the table.

TURKEY-STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cut peppers lengthwise in half; remove seeds. Place in a 15x10x1-in. pan coated with cooking spray., In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook and crumble turkey with onion, garlic and seasonings over medium-high heat until meat is no longer pink, 6-8 minutes. Cool slightly. Stir in tomatoes, cheese and bread crumbs., Fill with turkey mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, until filling is heated through and peppers are tender, 20-25 minutes.