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STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS 
1 lb. ground meat
1 lb. ground pork
4 eggs
1 cup Italian style bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 cloves fresh garlic
salt
pepper
Italian seasoning
2 cans tomato sauce
1/2 cup cooked white rice
4 large green peppers, sliced in half

Grease bottom of pan with olive oil. Mix meat, eggs, bread crumbs, cheese, garlic, and all seasonings in large bowl. Add rice and mix together. Slice green peppers so that you have 8 halves. (You can also slice off the top of the pepper and use the whole pepper instead). Stuff peppers with meat mixture. Place in pan and pour both cans of tomato sauce over top and along bottom of pan. Cook at 350°F for about 1 hour.

Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

Submitted by: Nicole D.

recipe reviews
Stuffed Green Peppers
 #18753
 Janet says:
This is the best Stuffed pepper recipe I have ever had... I lost it when my computer crashed and it has taken me forever to find it... It would also make a wonder cabbage roll and meat loaf... Love it Love it!! I am sure after a few times of making it I will add some of my own touches but I am so glad I found it again...
 #21172
 David (Virginia) says:
Excellent Recipe. Instead of white rice, I substituted Zataran's Dirty Rice. And for the ground pork, I used Valleydale's Mild Sausage. Very delicious. Thanks for your recipe :-)
 #26905
 Kim M (United States) says:
Very good recipe. However, I found that in order to obtain a softer green pepper I had to cook about 1-1/2 hours. I stuffed a full pepper and didn't slice in half so maybe that's the difference. Either way my husband loved it. Said it was just like his grandmothers! :-)
 #28766
 Marcia (Illinois) says:
I love the filling for this recipe - it also makes great "mini-meatloaves" for my non-pepper eating family members under 15 (I just keep some aside that I don't mix with rice and bake the mini-loaves in a muffin tin).

Slicing the peppers in half is definitely better than stuffing them whole. Also, I boil the peppers for about 8-10 minutes before stuffing them so that they're nice and tender by the time the meat is done - it also reduces the baking time a bit to around 40 minutes.

The ground Italian Sausage sounds like a nice substitution for the pork - I'll have to try that next time!

Thanks!
 #34067
 Julie Stewart (New Brunswick) says:
Thank you for this recipe. Every other stuffed pepper recipe I have found calls for browning the meat first. It may reduce the final cooking time a little but I think it just adds more work in the beginning and one more pan to wash.
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 Qwho (Arizona) says:
I have not made stuffed peppers in years and no longer remembered exactly how I made them so I went looking for recipes, so many call for cooking the beef first, and don't call for eggs, so I kept looking til I found this recipe which is much like what I remember. I will try cutting the peppers in half (I always just removed the top) for faster baking time and may boil them first for a few minutes too, somehting I had never done in the past. I also never covered mine I don't think, still not sure if this is necessary or not
 #41827
 Elaine Kanode (Nevada) says:
This recipe is nearly identical to mine. I use 1 can tomato sauce and one can tomato soup with 3/4 c water.It is a nice surprise to your taste buds....a little sweetness to compliment the peppers.Now I'm in the mood to make this and the season is right!
 #43100
 Rebecca Szymendera (North Carolina) says:
Thanks so much for this yummy recipe. It was a huge hit for my family.. All the way from NC best wishes... =)
 #44011
 Melissa N. (Minnesota) says:
This recipe was easy and our family loved it. I liked the fact that you really did not have to cook anything prior to baking! Delish...
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 Gina (Connecticut) says:
This was our first attempt at stuffed peppers. It was something that I grew up eating and was looking for a close match to my mothers. This was very close. The only complaint was there was very little rice, so while preparing we added closer to 1.5 cups of rice. Also, I prefer a cooked pepper. This pepper was still crunchy. I noticed some recipes call for boiling the pepper 1st, I would recommend that... Good luck and happy cooking...GINA
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 Lu. (Alberta) says:
Turned out very nicely. I used tomato soup and slices of mozzarella - one on the bottom and one on top. Yummy...
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 Debbie (Illinois) says:
This was EXCELLENT! Just tweeked the recipe a bit, I par boiled the green peppers 5 min. and I used Jimmy Deans ground Italian sausage instead of the ground pork, and used 1 large can of tomato sauce, sprinkled parmesan cheese on top before baking and again before serving. My family absolutely love them!
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 Patricia heppler (Texas) says:
This recipe is awesome, so easy for gourmet taste, and so flexible leaving lots of options to add and create!
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 Kristen H. (Illinois) says:
My husband and family go absolutely crazy over this recipe. Instead of pork I use venison and it rocks! I would highly recommend this to anyone who has 20 minutes to prepare it.
   #109353
 Jollene (Florida) says:
I made this recipe without any changes to it, served with jasmine rice. My family ate it all. No leftovers. Delicious.

 

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