I am so DELIGHTED to be finally sharing this recipe! Stuffed Pepper Soup is a staple in my kitchen and in my family but it's been so HOT outside that I haven't been able to make it until now! Lucky for me, North Florida has a lovely fall season and I finally got to bust out this classic :) As I said, I've been eating this meal as long as I can remember. My mom is not a huge fan of cooking but she LOVES making this, and everyone loves eating it. The French bread and butter is an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. The soup is just not the same without it. Don't skip that step. It really doesn't get much more simple than this! So few ingredient, but so much flavor, it amazes me really. The beef, peppers, and tomato flavors blend beautifully together with just one standard seasoning - salt. That's it, but I promise the basic ingredients come together in a wonderful way.
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Stuffed Pepper Soup
Makes 4 Servings
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 cup rice
1/4 cup water
1 egg
46 fl oz tomato juice
46 fl oz water
3 green bell peppers
1 loaf French bread
1/4 cup butter
Salt to taste
1. Mix tomato juice and water in a large pot and turn heat to high. Mix
ground beef, rice, water, and egg in a large bowl.
2. Slice off the top third of two of the bell peppers. Cut around and
discard the stems. Discard any seeds. Tightly pack meat mixture in the hollowed
out bell peppers.
3. Cut the remaining bell pepper and top pieces into 1 1/2 inch cubes,
discarding stems and seeds. Form the remaining meat mixture into meatballs 2
inches in diameter.
4. Add stuffed peppers, meatballs, and pepper chunks to the pot. When the
pot comes to a boil, cover and turn heat to low. Simmer for 1 hour and 30
minutes. Add salt to taste. Serve with sliced French bread and butter.
Mix the tomato juice and water in a large pot and turn the heat to high. To make your life easy simply pour the tomato juice in, fill the tomato juice container with water, add that to the pot, and mix!
Mix the ground beef, rice, water, and egg. Simple ingredients.
Slice the top third off of two bell peppers. The larger bases will hold some of the stuffing! Discard any seeds and stems. Don't waste the pepper pieces around the stems though!
All clean.
Tightly pack the meat mixture in the hallowed out bell peppers and add them to the pot.
Chop up the other bell pepper, discarding the stems and seeds like before.
Form the remaining meat mixture into 2 inch meatballs and add all meatballs and peppers to the pot!
When the pot comes to a boil, cover and simmer on low for an hour and a half. This is another one of those meals that makes your house smell scrumptious!
Salt to taste and serve with French bread and butter. This recipe is perfect for feeding large groups of people! Depending on the size of your pot, you could fill it with more stuffed peppers and meatballs for a larger crowd. I've even had two pots going on the stove at the same time for large groups! It's definitely hungry-man approved - my boyfriend puts in requests for this soup! The flavor tastes as if you put 49189173679 times more effort into the recipe than you really did, which is always good! Enjoy this easy and hearty family recipe :)