Stuffed Bell Peppers With Cloves |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is the recipe I grew up with and couldn't find one like it on Zaar. When I was little, I did not like this recipe but now crave it! My mom would make a meatball in the sauce w/o the pepper for my brother and me. Now, I usually just half the peppers and put in the filling but the directions below are the way my mom makes them. Also for the sauce, I skip the flour and the heating part and just dump all the ingredients over the filled peppers. The prep time is a total guess! Ingredients:
2 -4 large bell peppers |
1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs turkey |
1 slice bread, crumbled (or equivalent in bread crumbs) |
1 egg |
1 medium onion, finely chopped, divided use |
1 teaspoon table salt, divided use |
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided use |
4 tablespoons ketchup (optional) |
1/2 cup skim milk |
4 cups tomatoes, chopped (fresh, frozen or canned) |
2 tablespoons flour |
3 cloves |
1/2 teaspoon sugar |
Directions:
1. Peppers: Slice tops off peppers and remove seeds. Cut small hole in bottom of each for drainage. Boil a few minutes, covered, in small amount of water. Remove from water and drain.
2. Filling: Mix the meat, bread, egg, about 1/2 cup of the onion, 3/4 t. salt (or to taste), pepper to taste, ketchup and milk. (My mom did not include the ingredients for her meatloaf so I copied most of the ingredients from Yes, Virginia There is a Great Meatloaf as they sounded pretty close to what she uses!).
3. Stuff peppers. If you have too much meat, form extra into pepper-sized balls.
4. Tomato sauce: Mom uses about four cups of fresh (frozen) or one lg. can of canned tomatoes. Heat with a couple tablespoons flour, salt and pepper to taste, chopped onion and more green pepper if you want, and maybe three cloves. Mom suggests adding a little sugar to tomato-based dishes, maybe half a teaspoons.
5. Arrange peppers in a deep casserole (Mom uses a deep square Corning one).
6. Pour tomato sauce over the top. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for about an hour. Serve with boiled potatoes.
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