Homemade Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Stuffed peppers are the ultimate comfort food - one whiff of them baking and you'll feel like you're wrapped in a warm, delicious hug straight from grandma's kitchen.
Ingredients
- 8-10 bell peppers
For The Filling:
- 1-1/2 lbs. ground beef or ground chicken
- 1-2 onions diced
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1-2 tsp. Vegeta Seasoning or Seasoned Salt
- 1/2 cup of the sauce see below
- 1/2 cup arborio rice
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- Shredded cheese optional
For The Sauce
- 2 small cans Campbell's Tomato soup
- 2 lemons juiced
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 can Whole tomatoes
- 1 tsp. Smoked Paprika
- Dash of cinnamon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Prepare your peppers
- Sauté onions until translucent. Let cool
- Make the sauce: Mix together the tomato soup, juice from 2 lemons, and brown sugar. Add in smoked paprika and a dash of cinnamon. Whisk together and set aside.
- To a large bowl, add the ground meat, garlic powder, onion powder, Vegeta Seasoning, sautéed onions, rice, and whole tomatoes. Add 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce, salt & pepper. Using a fork, mix everything together and break up the tomatoes at the same time so that is creates a smooth mix.
- Add a couple spoonfuls of the tomato sauce to the bottom of a rimmed baking pan.
- Stuff each of the peppers and place them into the baking dish.
- Pour the rest of the sauce over top of the peppers. Cover with the aluminum foil
- Bake for 1 hour covered. Remove the foil after 1 hour and place shredded cheese on top of each pepper. Continue to bake for another 20 minutes or until desired doneness.