Mr. John's Meat-Stuffed Bell Peppers

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I'd been searching for the perfect stuffed bell pepper recipe, and this is it..I finally go around to making them, and the taste was absolutely wonderful, although I added two Tablespoons of Emeril's Essence, and a can of diced tomatoes instead of the 8oz can of tomato sauce..it was off the chain !!!!!!Thx

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I agree with the reviews that the recipe is a good starting point. It's simple but surprisingly bland. I added extra seasoning, smoked hot sauce and some beer... that kicked it up a notch ; .

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Best stuffed pepper recipe I've ever tried. I did use a can of Rotel tomato and green chiles to give it some extra kick. The par-boiling of the peppers prior to stuffing and cooking is the perfect solution to the peppers cooking properly.

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This is a good starting point for a stuffed pepper recipe but, the way it stands they are bland. To give them flavor, add two links, about a pound, of green pepper and herb sausage (or your favorite sausage flavor cut in thin pieces. Make meatballs out of the mixture instead of browning the meat and cook the rice in chicken broth. To the tomato sauce , add one can of diced tomato and season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cooking the meat as a meatball in the green pepper eliminates the green pepper parboiling step. These turn out very tasty and you can make them with any kind of ground meat and sausage you prefer.

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Fantastic recipe! If you like your food with a little more spice, add more hot sauce. My fav is Cholula. If you don't want extra tomato taste, go by the recipe; if you want more, I use equal amounts of canned crushed tomatoes and sauce, doubling the tomato recommendation. Extra sharp cheddar on the top of the uncovered peppers for last 5 minutes of cooking is what we prefer. This recipe couples really well with the Emeril buttermilk hush puppies recipe. Add more jalapenos & hot sauce for more heat.

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I found this to be bland. Added a small 10oz can of chili ready tomatoes and that helped. I think it also needed at least another 1/2 lb of meat.

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Awesome! My husband couldn't stop talking about how great it was, but I did make a few small changes. I used 1 lb spicy italian sausage and 1 and 1/2 cups of brown rice cooked in chicken stock. Other than that I did everything according to the recipe. I will be making this over and over!

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I added a few tweaks to the recipe, and it was delish:
I used wild rice & ground turkey (what I had on hand
I swapped the parsley for basil.
I added diced green chilies, slivered almonds (for texture & 1/2 tspn of Srirachi.

It definitely had a good kick and was very flavorful, the slivered almonds were my favorite addition!

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Have to give this fabulous receipe 5 stars. I did substitue wild rice for the white and I also doubled the meat and tomatoe sauce to be able to fill my 6 peppers. Par boiliing the peppers really made a big difference as well, I had never done that with stuffed peppers before. We also covered and put ours on the grill. YUM!

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Simple recipe that was perfect. I did add a bit of allspice to the meat mixture to give it that surprise taste I like to slip in to meat dishes.