Aunt Virgie's Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Recipe

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Aunt Virgie's Stuffed Green Bell Peppers
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Directions:

  1. Place ground chuck in large mixing bowl. Add next 8 ingredients. With clean, damp hands mix meat mixture together until well combined.
  2. Rinse green peppers and slice top offs. Cut peppers in half and remove seeds.
  3. Make meatballs with approximately 2 tablespoons of ground chuck mixture and place in half sections of green peppers.
  4. In large Dutch Oven, place meat stuffed pepper halves in bottom of pan. With remaining meat make more meatballs and arrange on top of peppers.
  5. Pour V-8 juice over all the meatballs. Add tomato sauce and crushed tomatoes. With spoon spread tomato paste over top. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes, onion and garlic flakes.
  6. Cook on medium low heat for approximately one hour or until meatballs are cooked through.
  7. Serve with mashed potatoes.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 541 Kcal (2265 kJ)
Calories from fat 86.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.61g 15%
Cholesterol 95.94mg 32%
Sodium 1429.68mg 60%
Potassium 1620.47mg 34%
Total Carbs 74.58g 25%
Sugars 19.04g 76%
Dietary Fiber 7.25g 29%
Protein 41.66g 83%
Vitamin C 160.4mg 267%
Iron 7.4mg 41%
Calcium 113.4mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 77.63 Kcal (325 kJ)
Calories from fat 12.42 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.38g 15%
Cholesterol 13.77mg 32%
Sodium 205.15mg 60%
Potassium 232.53mg 34%
Total Carbs 10.7g 25%
Sugars 2.73g 76%
Dietary Fiber 1.04g 29%
Protein 5.98g 83%
Vitamin C 23mg 267%
Iron 1.1mg 41%
Calcium 16.3mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 10.8
    Points
  • 14
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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