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stuffed peppers

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
JoAnne Fletcher
Branson, MO

Have been making this recipe for several years. Everyone raves over it, so hope you will like it as well. This basically is a meat loaf but stuffed into peppers. Very easy and quick.

(2 ratings)
yield 4 plus
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min

Ingredients For stuffed peppers

  • 4
    bell peppers (any color or mix)
  • 1 lb
    extra lean ground beef or ground turkey
  • 1 sm
    onion, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp
    basil, dried
  • 1/2 c
    parsley flakes
  • 3/4 c
    oatmeal (quick) or cracker crumbs crushed
  • 1 sm
    can tomato sauce
  • 1
    egg, beaten
  • SMALL CAN OF TOMATOES CAN BE USED ALSO. DON'T WANT MEAT MIXURE TOO SOGGY

How To Make stuffed peppers

  • 1
    cut tops off peppers. What pepper flesh is cut, can be chopped and added to meat mixture. Clean out seeds and menbrane inside peppers. Place in a back dish
  • 2
    Mix ground meet with remaining ingredients. Mix well. Stuff meat into each pepper. Bake at 350 degrees till meat is done.
  • 3
    Note: you can add rice if so desired. This can be leftover rice about 1 cup into meat mixture or 1/2 cup instant rice.
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