Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers

beef

zucchini, coarsely grated (about 2 cups)

small onion, minced (about 1 cup)

bulgur

egg, lightly beaten

oregano

salt

black pepper

red bell peppers, halved lengthwise, cores and ribs removed

feta cheese

In a large bowl, combine the beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulgur, egg, oregano, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix until thoroughly combined.

Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture. Pour the tomatoes over the peppers and sprinkle with the feta cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the meat mixture is completely cooked and the peppers are tender, about 25 minutes longer.

This recipe is good, and even better with some tweaks. The first time I made it I followed the instructions and thought it was delicious, but I had to cook for longer than the time stated because the peppers were still pretty crunchy. I probably cooked 1 hour with the foil on and another 20 with it off. The second time, I used an equal amount of uncooked rice instead of bulghur, I mixed in some mild Italian sausage with the ground beef, and I mixed some feta in with the meat in addition to adding feta on top. It was awesome like this! I also put the pepper halves in the oven to pre-bake while I prepped all the filling, and this reduced the cooking time to roughly what's stated in the recipe. Next time, I plan to use ground lamb instead of beef and maybe make some tzatziki sauce to go with!

Loved it. The bulgur was really a nice touch.I used lamb ground meat which a sauteed a little bit with the onions and the tomato i scooped before and then add them with the rest.I also added some more feta in the mixture.Delicious summer recipe and fullfilling.

Very good. Needed to add more salt and also would suggest mixing the feta cheese in with the meat filling.  Made way more filling than needed so I would buy an extra pepper to stuff.  Family loved them and they are healthy!

my family just loves this dish....however, i used other recipe reviewers suggestions and changed it up a tad. instead of bulgar, i use brown rice. i use italian seasoned ground turkey for a lighter taste and mix some feta and garlic into the stuffing mixture for extra taste.  italian seasoned stewed tomatoes are a great addition as well.  

So excited to see Ellie back.  Loved the stuffed pepper recipe.  Can’t wait to join her other classes.

Delicious. Love all the veggies and beautiful color. Because of limited time, I changed the cooking method to all skillet . I browned the meat, onions, 1tsp oregano and 1tsp cinammon (for the Mediterranean twist). I also added 3cloves of garlic. I used leftover cooked farro instead of bulghur. Dumped all the rest except cheese into the pan and let it simmer 10 minutes (red peppers also, cut into bitesize pieces). Laced it with cheese, stirred in.

This was delicious and a nice change from the usual stuffed pepper. I used leftover couscous instead of bulgar. Did not have the zucchini so omitted that also used diced tomatoes. Did not have feta cheese and substituted asiago cheese.  It was awesome and is a nice healthy and light dinner with a salad. Love it will make again. 

I've been looking for recipes that are healthy AND easy on the pocket. These greek-style stuffed bell peppers definitely fit the bill! Smelled great cooking and tasted great too. Thank you for sharing!

I think the recipe is very good, but needs some tweaking to make it great.  I made it with ground beef and sweet Italian sausage, but would stick to all ground beef next time, I added the equivalent amount of uncooked rice like others suggested and would do that again next time.  I cooked it for 60 minutes covered and 30 minutes uncovered which was perfect, but probably my biggest suggestion would be to add either a can of tomato sauce, tomato paste, or tomato soup because the juice was like water.  I think the watery juice was a great disappointment as we like to serve our stuffed peppers with mashed potatoes and the juice was too bland and too thin.

EXCELLENT! Instead of the ground beef however, my boyfriend and I used ground sausage. It was amazing and so filling!! 

greek-style stuffed peppers

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 10 minutes

Servings: 6

Cost: $5.55 /serving

Author : Ellie Krieger

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