greek stuffed peppers

You'll love these stuffed peppers, prepared Greek-style and stuffed with a perfectly seasoned meat mixture with rice and chickpeas and fresh herbs. You can prepare parts of this recipe ahead of time, and you can even freeze leftover stuffed peppers! Serve them as the main coarse or a side dish.

Greek Style Stuffed Peppers Recipe

Greek extra virgin olive oil

yellow onion, chopped

beef

salt black pepper

allspice

garlic cloves, minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder)

white rice,

tsp paprika

tomato sauce

water

bell

chicken broth (or water)

Cook the meat &amp; chickpeas

In a medium heavy pot, heat 1 tbsp of extra virgin oil. Saute the chopped onions until golden. Now add the meat and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until deeply browned. Season with salt, pepper, allspice, minced garlic (or garlic powder). Stir in the chickpeas and cook briefly.

Add rice etc. and cook

To the same pot, now add the parsley, rice (which had been soaked in water and drained), paprika, and tomato sauce. Stir to combine. Add the water and bring to a high simmer until the liquid has reduced by half. Then turn the heat to low, cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked and no longer hard nor too chewy. Taste and adjust seasoning to your liking.

Grill the peppers

While the rice is cooking, heat a grill or indoor griddle or skillet over medium-high. Grill the bell peppers for 10-15 minutes, covered, and turning over as needed so that the peppers will soften and gain some color. Remove from heat and set aside to cool briefly.

Assemble stuffed peppers

Assemble the bell peppers open-side up in a baking dish filled with 3/4 cup broth or water. Fill each of the bell peppers with the the cooked stuffing mixture of meat, rice and chickpeas.

Cover and bake

Cover the baking dish with foil (making sure the foil does not touch the stuffed peppers) and place the dish on the middle rack of your heated oven.  Bake for 20-30 minutes.

Remove from the oven and garnish with parsley, if you like, and serve.

To serve stuffed peppers as a main dish Greek-style, add Tztaziki sauce and Greek salad for sides.

Awesome! I substituted ground lamb and added goat cheese. DELICIOUS! I also used trader Jose’s frozen brown rice. Since it was already cooked, once I heated it up, I didn’t have to add as much water. Used fire roasted forced tomatoes and then about 1 can of water.

I made it exactly as said and found it lacking in flavour. Had to add loads more herbs ( thyme, celery leaves and bay leaf) and some Harissa paste for bite. Mixture was ok. Grilled the peppers, then baked in foil for 35 mins and they were still crunchy, borderline cooked. What have I done wrong? ??‍♀️

I made this last night and before stuffing the peppers, I tasted it and felt it needed some more flavor.  Added some dried dill as well as some Zhoug I had made for the pumpkin soup the night before and that really kicked it up a notch!
Very nice.

Did this recipe as suggested  but omitted rice as I had too much meat ! Salt and pepper are to taste of course but I found i had to add quite a bit to enjoy all the flavors. Adding too much spice will overpower the rest  of the filling. I liked your recipe  and will add it to mine. I am from the Mediterranean too, right in the center of it. How I miss that gorgeous  sea! I live in AZ.

Good recipe.  This stuffing will definitely make 6-10 stuffed bell peppers if the peppers are large.   Taste for flavoring before you stuff bell peppers; I added more salt and garlic.

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Stuffed Peppers, prepared with a Mediterranean-style rice stuffing with spiced meat, chickpeas and more. 

Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers

Bring the flavors of the Mediterranean to your table with this tasty stuffed peppers recipe. Mediterranean stuffed peppers are filled with delicious spices and are perfect for a family weeknight dinner.

bell peppers (orange, yellow and red)

olive oil (extra virgin)

onion

ground beef (90% lean)

cinnamon

tsp cumin

tsp cardamom

garlic

tsp paprkia

tsp salt

tomato paste

white rice

broth

parsley (chopped)

olives (to top)

Preheat the oven to 375F. 

Cut the top of the bell peppers, clean out the seeds and set them aside.

Bring a pot of water to boil and steam the bell peppers for almost 5 minutes.

Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Saute onion until translucent. 

Add ground beef to the onion and cook it until it's brown. 

Add in cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, mined garlic, paprika and salt. 

Add tomato paste and mix well until fully combined. 

Add in cooked white rice and combine. 

Fill the bell peppers with the filling, top with olives and parsley. Place the top part of the bell peppers on as lids and place the bell peppers in an oven safe dish.

Pour the broth into the dish and cover with aluminum foil. 

Bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes until the bell peppers are soft to your preference.

Serve warm. 

Couscous Stuffed Peppers will be your new favorite dinner. These stuffed bell peppers are so easy to make in less than an hour. Try them for a flavor packed meatless Monday!

Couscous Stuffed Peppers 

bell peppers (any color)

chicken stock

pearl couscous

olive oil

zucchini, diced

yellow onion, diced

garlic cloves,

red peppers, drained and roughly chopped

kalamata olives, make sure

store bought marinara sauce

oregano

feta cheese basil

Wash and dry bell peppers, then cut them in half lengthwise. Remove the stems, seeds and any large white pieces of membrane. Place them in a casserole dish filled with 1 cup of water open side up. 

Bake for 20 minutes. *If you like stuffed peppers on the softer side, you can increase the bake time to 25 minutes. 
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id="instruction-step-5" style="color: #000000">5. Cover the pot and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring every few minutes. *Be sure to double check the package instructions if the brand you choose varies in directions* Once the couscous is finished cooking, move it off the burner to the back of the stove. 

d="instruction-step-6" style="color: #000000">6. In a dutch oven on medium heat, add the olive oil. Once it heats up for a minute, add in the onions, zucchini and salt and pepper. Stir and cook until softened, 6 to 7 minutes. If the vegetables start to brown too much, reduce the heat. 

="instruction-step-7" style="color: #000000">7. Add in garlic, stir and cook for one minute. Turn off heat completely. 

"instruction-step-8" style="color: #000000">8. Pour in roasted red peppers, dried oregano, olives, couscous, and marinara sauce. Stir to fully combine. 

instruction-step-9" style="color: #000000">9. Carefully pour out the excess water in the bell pepper casserole dish. Place the peppers back into the dish. Stuff each pepper full to the top with filling. 

nstruction-step-10" style="color: #000000">10. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. 

struction-step-11" style="color: #000000">11. Allow the stuffed peppers to cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Top with feta cheese and fresh basil. I like to also heat some additional marinara sauce up for serving. Enjoy! 

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These Couscous Stuffed Peppers will be your new favorite weeknight dinner. These healthy, Greek inspired stuffed bell peppers are so easy to make in less than an hour. Try them for a flavor packed meatless Monday!

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