I am a meal planner, and I am always searching the internet for new recipes, or recipes that I haven’t made in awhile. A few weeks back I had the taste for stuffed peppers. I don’t even eat peppers. Actually, come to think of it, I don’t think anyone in our family does! My husband likes them but they give him heartburn, so we basically cook with the peppers for flavor and then pick them out.
Anyhow, I came across this recipe on Food.com and I just had to try it. It looked so basic and easy! When I’ve made stuffed peppers in the past, I’ve used uncooked rice, and it always came out where the rice wasn’t cooked, and we’ve nearly broken a tooth (ok, not really, but the rice was hard!).
- 5 medium green peppers
- 1 lb ground beef, uncooked
- 1 cup cooked rice (Minute Rice works well)
- 1 (10 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons diced onions
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
Directions:
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Slice tops horizontally off of 4 large or 5 medium-sized green peppers. Cut out the seeds and membrane from inside each pepper and rinse with water. Arrange in baking dish.
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Prepare 1 cup of rice per package instructions. When done, allow rice to cool slightly (the cooler the rice, the easier to handle).
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In mixing bowl, break up raw ground beef. Add garlic, onion, and seasoned salt. Crack 2 eggs into mixture. Add the cooled rice and mix all together using hands in a mixing bowl (as if you were making a meatloaf or burger patties).
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Once mixture is combined, fill each green pepper to the top (Note: If there is any mixture left over, you can shape into meatballs for a pasta dinner).
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In a small bowl, empty contents of tomato soup can. Add 3/4 cup of water. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to cut the acidity of the tomato soup. Stir to combine, then pour over green peppers in baking dish.
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Place baking dish in oven, uncovered, for 70 to 90 minutes at 350 degrees. Check beef mixture in peppers near the end of cooking time to make sure beef is cooked thoroughly.
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Remove from oven. Spoon tomato mixture over top of green peppers and serve.I hope you enjoy this recipe. It was really good!!
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I love stuffed peppers. Great fall meal, when the last of the peppers are coming from the garden.
Thanks for sharing!
Michele
Re: Heartburn and peppers.On a visiting-the-farm class trip with one of our four’s preschool class, the farmer mentioned that green peppers and red peppers are actually the same peppers, just picked at different stages. He mentioned the heartburn issue, and said that most people don’t have the problem with the more ripened ones that’ve turned red. Maybe your husband should give red ones a shot and see if that helps….
Also, easy way to make this recipe veg would be to use the vegetarian beef crumbles on the market instead of the beef….
This is a great recipe! My mom also has her own stuffed pepper recipe….but getting her to share it with anyone is a bigger challenge than you can imagine
Thanks for sharing!
Same filling for Galupki, pardon, Stuffed Cabbage Rolls. Parboil cabbage leaves to soften, wrap the meat-and-rice. Lay them touching in the same 9×13 pan. Flick a little sauerkraut on them, then cover with the tomato soup. Two of my Mother’s stand-bys.
Mmmm there’s nothing better than a good stuffed pepper. These are similar to how I make mine except I use tomato sauce instead of soup.