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STUFFED PEPPERS | stuffed bell peppers recipe + meal prep tips



Stuffed peppers are always a family favorite. This classic version is loaded with ground beef, garlic, onion, tomatoes, spinach, and rice. They’re easy, healthy, filling, and bonus – they make for delicious leftovers or meal prep.

When bell peppers are sliced in half they become the perfect vegetable to stuff with a variety of ingredients. They’re firm enough to hold their shape while cooking, yet soft enough to enjoy sliced up with the filling, for a self-contained complete meal. Enjoy them for lunch or dinner!

This recipe is also endlessly customizable to fit a variety of diets and preferences, so have fun with it! And check out some of my variations on the recipe post below.

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50 Comments

  1. Downshiftology

    Do you prefer a classic stuffed pepper or do you alter it with different ingredients? There really are so many options. And I'm thinking I should share some of the breakfast options you can make with stuffed peppers as well. 😉 xo – Lisa

  3. Felisha’s YouTube page

    Did you start with 3 bell peppers or six as you stated? The baking pan only had three… so should I cut the recipe in half, I’m confused now and I want to prepare this dish tonight. I will just freeze the leftovers if I have some.

  6. adeline wurzer

    am I the only one that adds homemade tomato sauce instead of just diced tomatoes? it makes them moist and delicious

  7. Raquel M

    Last week I made these! So good 👌 I am making them again later next week. Perfect prepped meal for work. Thank you

  8. Angies Kitchen

    I love your recipe!!! I get very sleepy when eating rice so I am going to make this recipe with quinoa and left over roasted chiken but will follow all the other steps.

  9. Simone Emmons

    I made this twice now already. I did also add more seasoning and added Turkey instead of beef and it's so delicious. I never learned how to cook so this is my first time trying many of your recipes. Thanks for sharing them.

  10. Panda

    I have cooked this recipe for many many times already,! It becomes our favorite dish 😍

  11. Anastacia Bo

    I've just tried the recipe, maybe the best stuffed peppers recipe I have tried, especially if you consider that I come from Greece which takes pride in good stuffed peppers recipes. My husband also couldn't put his fork down…he told me that this is the reason why he married me, because I am a great cook! hahaha! So the compliment is also for you Lisa, thanks!

  12. Anti - Ethnic Cleansing

    Vegetarian Italian stuffed bell peppers are my favorite dish to eat. I seriously could eat it every day of my life lol.

    I never pre-cook my peppers for stuffed bell peppers. My mom taught me as a kid to simply add a bit water to the casserole dish to create steam, which cooks them through. But we make them standing up with the tops cut out (so the sides aren’t going to get soggy from touching the water). It doesn’t waste any pepper because you aren’t going to eat the core anyways. I never understand why people say that.

    We also love to add a slice of cheddar cheese on top of the hall, which has a great consistency after it is baked.

    Storing them is easy for leftovers. I have a ton of Tupperware from used yogurt, and they always fit perfectly in there.

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  21. Erica Melendrez

    I Love your channel. I've learned to prepare the most tastiest over night oats and my first Thanksgiving Turkey was so good, thanks to your videos, that i watch over and over, lol. These stuffed peppers are next on my hit list. 😋

  22. Song Bird

    I’m the printed version of this recipe you say to use 6 bell peppers, but in this video you use 3. I assume this is a type error?

  23. LaQueisha Malone

    I was very skeptical about this recipe since I’ve never had stuffed bell peppers before. BUT!! This was very good. Definitely going to make again!!!!

  24. Byrute Syvret

    Love this recipe and have sent it by Gmail to 6 of my senior friends to try and I hope to make this weekend but have to get the ingredients first! What's this 30 day plan and would it be useful to a single senior? You are such a cool and calm cook so relaxing to watch you prepare your MASTERPIECES! Regards from Canada 🇨🇦 😀

  30. S.

    Just made this tonight for dinner. WOW, absolutely delicious. Highly, highly, recommend this recipe. The video is so incredibly helpful too as I get most of my dinner recipes from youtube. Thank you for sharing 🙂

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  36. Melissa Gonzalez

    Can I mixed cubed chicken (Smallest pieces) with ground beef ? Need to cook my chicken up and I don’t wanna waste the chicken . I need to make this !!!

  38. Gary Gushue

    Thank you so much sounds good with the spinach, but I have to eliminate the dairy as I'm lactose tolerant. I thought I was the only one that cut them in half? I was wrong great & very well self explanatory video. Momma is having bell peppers tomorrow 😍😍

  41. Minnie Moe

    First time having and making stuffed peppers. I upped the salt and added maybe 1/4-1/3 c marinara sauce to the filling before stuffing the peppers. (Was trying to use up ingredients in the fridge.) daughter really liked them! So did I. Thank you for sharing! I have about a cup of filling left and a cabbage head. May blanch some cabbage leaves and make stuffed cabbage rolls.

  43. Ron Baum

    I love stuffed bell peppers. I use Uncle Ben's Wild and white rice, stewed tomatoes, some onion chopped fine, some chopped mushrooms and for meat, par boiled to fallin off the bone squirrel, and par boiled and then fried squirrel pieces to circle the pan of preppers. It gets baked covered. I have lately learned to pre cook, or steam the peppers till almost tender, then stuff and bake. 375* for about 20 mins works for me.

  45. Leslie Bellamy

    First time making stuffed bell peppers 🫑 My husband and I loved this recipe. Thanks for sharing this recipe 💕🌻

  47. Laura

    I've made these. They are delicious! When I want to get them out of the freezer should I let them defrost first or put them in the oven directly?

  49. Bruce Wayne

    One tidbit, If you put green bell peppers in boiling water for 2 minutes, it takes the bitterness out of them. Yea mom was Hungarian and she would even put some meat on your skinny bones. ✌️😇

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