The Cube Recipe Remix is a series of posts I will be doing as a new cook and someone who has just found her way around the kitchen. These recipes have been tried and tested in my home kitchen, and are remixed from the soul with my family in mind.
Now that I am cooking on a regular basis during the week, I have been searching for recipes that have easy prep time and that my family would enjoy. When I was little, I always enjoyed my grandmother’s stuffed bell peppers, so I scoured the Internet looking for a recipe that I could try out. Allrecipes.com had a fabulous recipe on their site, so with a little tweaking, I knew it would be perfect for my brood.
With the help of my trusty Xoom Shelby, I was able to follow along with the recipe in my kitchen with no problems at all. How fab is that?
I call my version Stuffed Belle Peppers because, well I am a wonderful Beauty Belle—it was a perfect way to get that use of the word in.
You will need the following items:
5 or 6 bell peppers
Rice
Diced tomatoes
Lean ground beef
Diced garlic to taste
Salt to taste
Italian seasoning to taste
Oregano to taste
Basil to taste
Parmesan cheese
Tomato soup
Worcestershire Sauce
Here’s my remix:
Put water in a large pot with salt and boil
Rinse and cut your green bell peppers. Core out the center and remove the seeds
Add peppers to large pot of boiling water for 5 to 7 minutes
Preheat oven to 350
Add ground beef to a pan and add seasoning (salt, oregano, basil, Italian seasoning). Cut the garlic and add to the beef mixture. Add the diced tomatoes
Prepare rice
Remove bell peppers and put them in a pan coated with Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Add rice to the beef mixture and begin to heat the tomato soup
Add 1 cup of tomato soup and a few tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce.
Add Parmesan cheese to mixture
Add 1 cup of tomato soup to bottom of the bell peppers
Stuff the mixture in the bell peppers, leaving 2 to 3 inches from the top
Pour tomato soup to the top of the bell peppers
Put in the oven for 15 minutes
Remove bell peppers and add your choice of shredded cheese
Cook in oven for 10-15 more minutes
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese
Let it rest for 2 to 3 minutes, then serve
You may have extra beef stuffing left. In my case, I did, so I packed it in a container to freeze to make next time.
The recipe won resounding approval from my family, and I was very pleased with the zestiness of the stuffing in the peppers. The use of real garlic (not powder) and Italian seasoning gave it an extra kick.
I will be making my Stuffed Belle Peppers a part of my weekly menu rotation. Try it out for yourselves and let me know what you think! 🙂
See the original recipe HERE
I love stuffed peppers. Great idea about freezing the left over meat stuffing that will make cooking this meal again very easy.
Omg, I am soooo ready for lunch. lol That looks so good!
It was good. And makes good leftovers too for lunch in the office the next day!
Stuffed Peppers is one of my favorite dishes however I’ve never made them myself–I’ve always done either store-bought or from a restaurant. Thanks so much for posting this recipe: I’ll be giving it a try! 🙂
I’ve never tried making stuffed peppers, but always wanted to try sometime. I didn’t know that using real garlic as opposed to just using garlic powder really made a difference in the flavor. Nice to know! Thanks for posting your take on the recipe and the recipe itself!
We really like stuffed peppers too. Taylor and I don’t eat the actual pepper though so I just buy that part for Hubby but I still make a full batch of the “stuffing” part and cook it all together. The stuffing is the fun part to play with and change up the tomato base, you can change the rice to orzo or quinoa or even beans. All different fun ways to play with this recipe!
Robyn, I eat the pepper and all. I loved peppers, cooked or raw 🙂
I’m not a big green pepper eater – never raw on it’s on, not even cooked. I like a little chopped up finely and cooked to add flavor in things, but that’s it. Red, yellow, and orange peppers are ok though.
I made these tonight. I was looking for something to make and since I had most of the ingredients I took a stab at it. I think it’s a good recipe. The prep is a bit more than it seems but it’s still a pretty easy meal to make. I think especially once you get a rotation of rice/beef mixture. It can help as well. Overall good recipe. I didn’t make many changes except I used fresh tomatoes as opposed to diced tomatoes.
Andrea, I am glad you liked the recipe. I am going to try it next time with fresh tomatoes. I am glad you tried it 🙂
Freaking hubby hates stuffed peppers but I love them and these look delish!!
I just love Belle Peppers, and always looking for new recipes. They sounds like perfectly wonderful Cube Recipe to me! Thanks for sharing.