Stuffed Peppers Italian Style

These Italian stuffed peppers are filled with bread stuffing flavored with onions, garlic, olives, and anchovies slowly simmered in the oven.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 246 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (2 ounce) can anchovy fillets, chopped
• 4 green bell peppers, halved and seeded
• 1 (1 pound) loaf stale Italian bread, crumbled
• 8 pitted green olives, chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 0.5 cup water, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.

Step 2

Arrange bell peppers, cut-side-up, in the prepared baking dish; set aside.

Step 3

Place crumbled bread into a large bowl and sprinkle with 1/2 cup water; set aside.

Step 4

Heat olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over low heat. Sauté onion in hot oil until translucent. Stir in garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Mix in moistened bread. Add anchovy fillets, olives, extra-virgin olive oil, black pepper, and red pepper flakes; stir until stuffing is well blended.

Step 5

Mound stuffing into pepper halves. Surround peppers with tomato sauce and a small amount of water. Cover the baking dish with foil.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are tender, 45 to 60 minutes. Uncover for the last 15 minutes of baking and baste occasionally with sauce.