Stuffed Bell Peppers
Tender bell peppers stuffed with seasoned ground meat, sautéed veggies, and Italian breadcrumbs — baked to perfection with Cajun Smoke Season-It-All.
Watch How It's Made
Ingredients
- 6 bell peppers
- 3 lbs ground meat
- 1½ large onion, chopped medium/fine
- 4 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 bunch green onions/shallots
- 8 oz container mushrooms, chopped medium/fine
- 1 cup Italian bread crumbs (plus extra for topping)
- Cajun Smoke Season-It-All to taste
Instructions
- 1
Cut off tops of bell peppers and chop them up for seasoning — do not use seeds or stem.
- 2
Clean inside of each bell pepper, removing all seeds.
- 3
Boil peppers until fork tender (jade color), then drain and place upside down to dry.
- 4
Mix all seasoning ingredients (onion, garlic, green onions, mushrooms, chopped pepper tops) together with 1 tbsp Cajun Smoke Season-It-All and set aside.
- 5
Place 3 lbs of ground meat in a pot, season well with Cajun Smoke Season-It-All, and brown the meat.
- 6
When meat is done, drain and add the seasoning mix to the ground meat. Simmer with just a crack in the lid until seasoning is soft.
- 7
Add 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs and stir together.
- 8
Spoon mixture into cooked bell peppers, filling to the top.
- 9
Sprinkle Italian bread crumbs or cheese on top of the meat in each pepper.
- 10
Bake in oven at 350°F for 30 minutes.
- 11
Enjoy!
Shawn's Tip
"You can also use the meat mixture to stuff mushrooms — same seasoning, same oven temp, same delicious result!"
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