These peppers were everything!! Looking at the pictures, I am happy that I have one left over to enjoy as school lunch today. Many changeable ingredients to please all of the picky eaters, me included. Avoiding food allergies, while trying to stay interesting enough to please my husband’s love for the spicy. He did do all of the prep and presentation, and it was wonderful!
These are made with ground beef, but feel free to use turkey or chicken or meatless. Any color pepper will be wonderful, red adds a little more spice, orange and yellow are mild and sweeter, and green the most popular. Choose a medium sized pepper so that you will have enough room for stuffing, and the pepper will not over take the taste of the stuffing.
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef ( or ?? )
4 medium bell peppers, cored and top cut off
1 bunch green onions
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1 cup Marinara Sauce ( trader joe’s No Salt Added )
21 gun salute seasoning from trader joe’s ( or all purpose seasoning )
1/4 cup shredded cheese ( mozzerella or parmesan )
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400. Cut the tops off the peppers and clean out the insides. Place them close together in a square dish and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
Brown your meat in a skillet with spices, while cutting up green onions and mushrooms to be added once the meat is ready. Cook several minutes then add marinara sauce to the mix. Bring to a boil and fill each pepper to the brim, top with cheese evenly and return to the oven to bake for another 30 minutes, until cheese is golden brown on the top.
Serve these in a low profile type of bowl for the easiest way to enjoy the juice with your meal.
Options
Mexican version: season your meat with taco seasoning or chili powder and cumin as you brown in the skillet. Leave out the mushrooms, add green chilis to the skillet with the green onions, mix in 1 cup of corn and 1 can of pinto or black beans and chopped cilantro. Also very super delicious.
These look delicious! I love getting new recipes! Unfortunately I myself am a vegetarian, however I know my partner and family will love this. I’ll be sure to put it on the menu at the next family gathering! Thanks for sharing 😊
Hi! Try it with pinto beans or kidney beans and you can keep some separate for your pepper without the meat. 👌🏼
Thank you! xoxo
Will definitely give it a try! Thank you 😊
xoxo!!
I hope you love it!! We love the Mexican version best!! 👌🏼
I am totally trying this recipe this week! I’ll let you know how it goes 😊.