Mashed Potato Stuffed Peppers

When, I was planning meals for the Jewish holidays, I knew I wanted stuffed peppers.  When, I looked at my list of main dishes, I could not fit in a meat filled pepper so I went for a vegetarian pepper.  I thought of filling it with couscous, quinoa, rice, even kasha but in the end, mashed potatoes appealed to me, the most.   This is a nice change for a stuffed pepper, especially with our cutting back on meat.


Mashed Potato-Stuffed Bell Peppers   adapted from Food.com
    • Ingredients:
      4 large bell peppers
    • 1/2 cup red onions, finely chopped
    • 1/2 cup red peppers, finely chopped
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • salt & freshly ground black pepper
    • 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped finely
    • 2 cups mashed potatoes
    • 1 cup mushroom soup

Method:


  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Split bell peppers in half.
  3. Seed them,& remove the spines.
  4. Gently parboil peppers for about 5 minutes, remove& drain upside down.
  5. Saute onion& red pepper in oil until onions are soft.
  6. Add salt& pepper, chives,& mix into the mashed potatoes.
  7. Stuff the peppers.
  8. Stand peppers in a deep-sided casserole dish & pour the mushroom soup into the bottom.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees, covered, about 20 minutes.
  10. Uncover & bake 5 minutes longer.
  11. Serve hot.
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Comments

  1. MiriamOctober 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    I never would have thought of stuffing a pepper with mashed potatoes. Good idea!
    Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

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  2. JoanneOctober 26, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    I've never thought to stuff peppers with mashed potatoes before but what a great idea!

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  3. Auntie sezzzzzz...October 26, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Long time since we've had Stuffed Peppers, and never, this way. Printed it out. Thank you!

    Gentle hugs,
    "Auntie"

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  4. CharleneOctober 26, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Sounds like a delicious alternative to a twice-baked potato

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  5. Michelle BOctober 27, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    I've never seen peppers stuffed w/ mashed potatoes. But I like the idea!

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  6. PERMANENT POSIESOctober 28, 2011 at 1:26 AM

    Ooooooh....I am a big fan of stuffed bell peppers...but I have never stuffed them with potatoes. Great idea! I used to par boil my peppers but one day I got really lazy. I just baked longer and it worked just fine. I hope you got my last email....sorry about the temporary freak out. Thought I couldn't fix the blog problem...but I did.

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  7. Amy AndersonOctober 29, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Thanks for linking up at A Little Nosh this week!

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  8. Bibi @ Bibi's Culinary JourneyNovember 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    I love this recipe, so inventive. Who would have though, well obviously someone....I will be borrowing this for my potato loving kids.

    Thank you so much for sharing this at last week Foodie Wednesday. I am little behind on my commenting. Hope you can come by and link up another great recipe today.

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