Zesty Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Recipes

ZESTY STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a large kettle, cook peppers in boiling salted water over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside. , In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Loosely stuff into peppers. , Place in a 9-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°.

SPICY STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cook peppers in boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Combine ground beef, onion, rice and seasonings; spoon into peppers. Place in a greased baking dish; top with picante sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

ZESTY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Cut tops off peppers. Remove stems. Seed and core peppers. Dice pepper tops in a small dice.
• Combine in a large bowl: diced pepper tops, meatloaf mix, corn, olives, shredded cheese, rice, 1/4 cup of the petite diced tomatoes, and the ground fresh chili paste. Stuff peppers with equal amounts of meat mixture and place in dutch oven or deep skillet with cover.
• In a medium size bowl, stir together condensed tomato soup and petite diced tomatoes. Pour evenly over stuffed peppers in skillet. Cover and cook in 350 preheated oven for 1-1/2 hours. Remove cover and cook another 20-30 minutes. (I like to serve this with Yucca Croquettes which can be cooked in the same oven the last half hour).

STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS I

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tops off the peppers, and remove the seeds. Cook peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle salt inside each pepper, and set aside.
• In a large skillet, saute beef and onions for 5 minutes, or until beef is browned. Drain off excess fat, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes, rice, 1/2 cup water and Worcestershire sauce. Cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat, and stir in the cheese.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C). Stuff each pepper with the beef and rice mixture, and place peppers open side up in a baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine tomato soup with just enough water to make the soup a gravy consistency. Pour over the peppers.
• Bake covered for 25 to 35 minutes, until heated through and cheese is melted and bubbly.

SPICY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Rinse rice and place in a saucepan. Add water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is partially cooked, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir turkey in the hot skillet until partially cooked and crumbly, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Add cooked rice, tomato sauce, egg, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, basil, oregano, and parsley; mix thoroughly.
• Remove the tops of the peppers and scoop out the insides. Arrange peppers, hollowed-sides up, in a deep baking dish. Slice the bottoms of the peppers if necessary to help them stand upright. Spoon turkey mixture into each pepper and place any extra in the dish around the peppers. Cover with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until turkey and rice are cooked through and filling is hot, about 50 minutes.

YUMMY SPICY TURKEY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Wash peppers, cut off tops and remove seeds, cores and membranes.
• Melt butter or margarine in large skillet over medium low heat. Add onion, garlic and jalapeño. Sauté over medium low heat, stirring for 10 minutes or until tender.
• Add turkey, herbs, chili powder, cocoa powder and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally 10 minutes or until turkey browns. Remove from heat.
• Stir in brown rice, corn, peas and 1/2 cup of the cheese.
• Pour tomato sauce in bottom of 9 x 13-inch pan.
• Spoon turkey mixture into peppers and place in pan. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 45-60 minutes or until done.

SPICY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Boil rice in a saucepan with three cups boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Rinse with cold water and drain well.
• Heat two tablespoon oil in a skillet, add onion and cook over low heat until softened. Let cool.
• Mix with remaining stuffing ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut tops off of peppers and remove stem, core and seeds.
• Spoon stuffing into peppers and cover with reserved pepper tops. Stand peppers in a baking dish into which they just fit.
• Pour tomato sauce over peppers.
• Sprinkle peppers with oil.
• Bake uncovered about 1 hour or until very tender.

ZESTY STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Add the hot pepper sauce and peppers, bring to a boil again and cook for 5 minutes.
• When cooked, drain and place in an 8x8inch casserole with high sides.
• Brown ground meat in skillet, adding rice, salsa, cumin, onion powder, salt and pepper half way through browning. Simmer for about 10 mins, adding water as needed to keep things moist.
• Cut tomatoes in quarters, lengthwise.
• Stuff peppers first with tomatoes, arranging them so they nestle in the ribs inside of the peppers.
• Stuff each pepper with meat mix, pour 1/4 cup of water into each pepper.
• Bake peppers covered for 25-30 minutes.
• Top with grated cheese and bake 5 minutes more.
• You can substitute tomato juice for the water.