I made Italian Stuffed Peppers for dinner Saturday night, one of my husbands favorite childhood recipes, though I despised these as a kid, I love them as an adult. The recipe is a snap to pull together and feeds a crowd.
We also made it a movie night. Actually first we had to watch the replay of the T.V. show Gold Rush which originally airs on Friday nights, but we went out with friends on Friday night so the hubs was a little stressed about missing his favorite show. So once we got caught up on where Parker, Dakota Fred and Todd were on their gold exploration in the Klondike we could start our movie. No, I am serious.
After having to watch that, I got to pick the movie and The Women was showing. The name alone made hubby cringe and mumble, I snickered. I have actually seen the movie several times and its one of those silly movies that no matter how many times you have seen it, you want to see it again, and yes I can quote several lines. If you have seen the movie, I bet you know a couple that I am talking about.
The movie stars Meg Ryan, Anette Bening, Jada Pickett Smith and Debra Messing and its a comedy about friendship, and betrayal and of course love.
If you have never seen the movie, I recommend it if you want to watch a nonsensical, entertaining comedy.. Several times I was laughing hard enough for tears running down my face and I looked over to find the hubs shaking his head and the comment “you are so wrong” may have been thrown about. he-he-he.
Ingredients:
- 1 small yellow onion, diced about 1 cup
- 1 garlic clove, diced
- ½ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 tablespoon chopped Parsley
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 cup diced pepper, from top
- ½ pound ground pork
- ½ pound ground chuck
- ½ pound ground lamb
- 1-26 ounce jar of Creamy Vodka Sauce (San Marzano is my preferred)
- ½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese + more for sprinkling on top
- 8 bell peppers any color, tops removed and de-seeded
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cook 1 cup of rice.
Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. Save two tops off peppers, remove stem and dice.
In a large bowl combine all ingredients and stir to combine.
Stuff all peppers with meat mix slightly mounding at top.
In a 13 x 9 casserole dish place peppers and bake for 1hour-15 minutes, sprinkle each pepper with Parmesan cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Italian Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients
- 1 small yellow onion, diced about 1 cup
- 1 garlic clove, diced
- ½ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 tablespoon chopped Parsley
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 cup diced pepper, from top
- ½ pound ground pork
- ½ pound ground chuck
- ½ pound ground lamb
- 1-26 ounce jar of Creamy Vodka Sauce (San Marzano is my preferred)
- ½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese + more for sprinkling on top
- 8 bell peppers, tops removed and de-seeded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cook 1 cup of rice.
- Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. Save two tops off peppers, remove stem and dice.
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients and stir to combine.
- Stuff all peppers with meat mix slightly mounding at top.
- In a 13 x 9 casserole dish place peppers and bake for 1 hour-15 minutes, sprinkle each pepper with Parmesan cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes.
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wow These stuffed bell peppers are stunning!
Thanks Angie, they are as good as they look too.
Wow, I’ve not seen an Italian version. I will have to pin these!
Bevin,
They are a crowd pleaser…. who doesn’t love it the italian way!
xo Amy
I haven’t made stuffed peppers in the longest time, but it’s a favorite of my husband and I. I really like your idea of using the creamy vodka pasta sauce in it…I’m definitely going to have to give this all a try. Thank you for linking up to the Weekend Kitchen Link Party at Home Cooking Memories…I hope to see you there this weekend!
Thank you so much for the recipe. This was a major hit in my family, especially with Vince. Many many compliments (mostly to you!). Again, thank you ….
You are very welcome Ms. Sandra! Did you end up adding water to the pan? When my mom makes her stuffed peppers she boils the peppers for about 5 minutes before she stuffs them, but we prefer more of a crunchy pepper here so I skip that step. Thanks for posting and letting me know how it went. Give Vince and the kids a kiss from me! xo Amy
These were so delicious it was difficult to not go back for seconds! This will be a staple at my house. I can’t wait to serve it to my in-laws when they come for a visit. I boiled my peppers for 5 minutes before cooking the dish. My kids like the peppers a little softer.