How To Make Stuffed Bell Peppers + Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe

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Today we are sharing How to make Stuffed Bell Peppers. Do you enjoy eating stuffed peppers? It ticks all the boxes for dinner. The filling is easy to make, you can bake them in the oven and you can make so many variations. But, best of all they are delicious! Bonus, At the end of the post, find more recipes with bell peppers that you can make. Make this stuffed bell peppers recipe!

Winner, winner bell peppers for dinner. 

You can always do the prep a day ahead of time and keep them in the refrigerator to bake on a different day. Enjoy them as a premade dinner idea too. 

Stuffed Bell Peppers 

This recipe for bell peppers can be made vegetarian by omitting lean ground beef. Use our pasta sauce recipe below and add mushrooms. Or just use tomato sauce. Looking for something different to cook with them? Try any of our other Stuffed Bell Pepper Recipes. 

How To Make Stuffed Bell Peppers

Ingredients

• 4 Bell Peppers – Pick out the wide ones, a bit bigger. (Green or Red)
• Rice 
• Tomato sauce (or) 1 Jar of Pasta Sauce
• Onion 
• Garlic
• Italian Parsley
• Italian Spices
• Red Pepper Flakes optional
• 1-1/2 lb. Ground Beef (lean) 

If you don’t have time to make homemade tomato sauce, you can use a premade pasta sauce (jar sauce) to make this recipe. Get it on the table even faster! We love this (Pasta sauce – it’s spicy) or this (Pasta sauce) that isn’t spicy. Until I share my new pasta sauce recipe, you can use this easy homemade 30 minute pasta sauce recipe. You can use it as is or omit the zucchini that is in the sauce. Or use your favorite recipe for the sauce. 

Directions

Instructions

1. Pre-make your rice according to the package directions. Set aside until needed. (for up to 4 stuffed bell peppers – use about 1-2 cups of cooked rice)
   
2. Pre-make your pasta sauce or use store-bought. If you are using store-bought one jar will be plenty.
3. Wash, Cut, and remove the seeds, and veins inside of the bell peppers. 
   
4. If you are using ground beef, add it to the pan with minced garlic, chopped peppers (the tops or other bell peppers), and peeled chopped onion. Add salt, pepper and cook on medium/low heat. (Prior to adding sauce!)
   
5. Then add your pasta sauce to the cooked ground beef, plus 1 tsp. Italian spices, plus 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes (or store-bought sauce) and simmer for 20 minutes. 
6. Prepare your baking dish by spraying with a non-stick spray and adding sauce to the bottom.
7. Mix in a bowl – rice, pasta sauce (with or without ground beef). Add this a little at a time to get a bowl of saucy rice but not overly saucy about 60-40 ratio rice-sauce.
   
8. Stuff the peppers and add them to your prepared baking dish.
9. Add sauce to the top of the stuffed peppers. 
   
10. Bake in the oven at 350F degrees until hot and peppers are able to be forked into. About 30 minutes. (See notes)
11. When peppers are done, (by forking into them and they are soft) add sprinkled Parmesan cheese and chopped Italian Parsely for garnish. 
    

Recipe Notes:

• If you want your bell pepper really cooked through you can pre-cook them in the oven a bit before stuffing to cut down the cooking time. Pre-spray your dish and place the prepared bell peppers in the oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. 
• You can use red, green, or yellow bell peppers. My favorite is red, but, Mr. loves green, so I make it both ways. 
• You can omit the Parmesan cheese and use shredded Mozzarella cheese. Add the shredded cheese to the stuffed bell peppers in tomato sauce 10 minutes prior to the finished cooking time to melt it. 

Enjoy your stuffed bell peppers any night of the week! This makes healthy stuffed bell peppers, they are so good and easy to make. If your kids don’t like stuffed bell peppers you can always make this recipe – The Best Meatloaf – it has bell peppers in it and other good things all hidden in the recipe. 

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Yield: 4

How To Make Stuffed Bell Peppers

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How to make stuffed bell peppers - Grab this stuffed bell peppers recipe it is easy, delicious and healthy. Using lean ground beef, fresh bell peppers and tomato sauce (fresh or store-bought). We share how easy it is to make this for dinner any night of the week! Winner, winner bell peppers for dinner!

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Additional Time 10 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 Bell Peppers - Pick out the wide ones, a bit bigger.
• Rice 
• Tomato sauce Or a Jar of Pasta Sauce
• Onion 
• Garlic
• Italian Parsely
• Italian Spices
• Red Pepper Flakes optional
• 1-1-1/2 lb. Ground Beef (lean)

Instructions

You can use a premade tomato sauce if you like to make this recipe even faster! We love this (Pasta sauce - it's spicy) or this (Pasta sauce) that isn't spicy. I will share my new recipe soon! But, you might like this easy pasta sauce recipe. Or use your favorite tomato sauce recipe. 

Directions

1. Pre-make your rice according to the package directions. (for up to 4 stuffed bell peppers - use 1-1-1/2 cups cooked rice)
2. Pre-make your pasta sauce or use store-bought. If you are using store-bought one jar will be plenty.
3. Wash, Cut and remove the seeds, and veins inside of the bell peppers. 
4. If you are using ground beef, add it to the pan with minced garlic and peeled, chopped onion. Add salt, pepper and cook on a medium/low heat. (Prior to adding sauce!)
5. Then add your pasta sauce to the cooked ground beef, plus 1 tsp. Italian spices, plus 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes (or store-bought sauce) and simmer together for 20 minutes. 
6. Prepare your baking dish by spraying with a non-stick spray and adding sauce to the bottom.
7. Mix in a bowl - rice, pasta sauce (with or without ground beef). Add this a little at a time to get a bowl of saucy rice but not overly saucy about 60-40 ratio rice-sauce.
8. Stuff the peppers and add them into your prepared baking dish.
9. Bake in the oven on 350 until hot.
10. When peppers are done, add sprinkled Parmesan cheese and chopped Italian Parsely for garnish. 

Enjoy your stuffed bell peppers any night of the week! This makes healthy stuffed bell peppers, they are so good and easy to make. 

Notes

If you want your bell pepper really cooked through you can pre-cook them in the oven a bit before stuffing to cut down the cooking time. Pre-spray your dish and place the prepared bell peppers in the oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. 

You can omit the Parmesan cheese and use shredded cheese. Add the shredded cheese to the stuffed bell peppers in tomato sauce 10 minutes prior to the finished cooking time to melt it. 

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Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 741Total Fat 41gSaturated Fat 15gTrans Fat 2gUnsaturated Fat 19gCholesterol 203mgSodium 501mgCarbohydrates 26gFiber 3gSugar 7gProtein 65g

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