Philly Cheese Style Stuffed Peppers… WOW. Our family loves these so much, I rushed this recipe right to the head of the line so all of you can make them! Now Eric and I aren’t exactly Philly Cheese Steak experts or anything. But these are a perfect way to get the rich flavor of the iconic American sandwich, without breaking the bank with carbs, calories, or ww points! “How is it possible?” you may ask. For starters, I eliminated that grease-soaked bun, and loaded the delicious stuffing into baked bell peppers! This makes them low in carbs, but very high in flavor. They’re totally filling, so you won’t overeat or get hungry again two hours later. And if you still need a reason to make these, how about this: they’re pretty dang easy to make. For all these reasons, the cook will love these just as much as everyone else!
So for years, I’ve seen Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Pepper recipes floating around the internet. But all of those called for either shaved beef or thinly-sliced steak. Long before I had this blog, I actually cooked up the steak recipe, and I didn’t love it. It needed a sauce, and more flavor. It called for first cooking the steak on the stove, and then baking it. And well, that meat ended up way too dry for us. I’m not knockin’ those recipes- if you’ve tried it that way and you like it, that’s great! But it just wasn’t our cup’a tea. I decided my version of Philly Cheese Style Stuffed Peppers would have a few key differences – I’d use a savory creamy sauce to tie together the meat, mushrooms, peppers, and onions; I would hide the mushrooms as much as possible, while making sure to preserve all of the added flavor (if you’ve been following for a while, you probably already know that mushrooms and I aren’t best friends…); and finally, I would call them Philly Cheese Style Stuffed Peppers. Because there’s no way around it, we all know ground beef is not steak, so I’m not gonna pretend it is. But I’m tellin’ ya, it really does the job in this recipe!
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: My dislike, distaste, and general hatred of mushrooms is limitless, and very powerful. As a result, a significant portion of this post returns to that topic. So for those of you who enjoy them, here’s a way to skip over these parts: From this point forward, if you see these symbols: 🍄, that means more trash-talking about those nasty little fungus lumps.
Eric’s been throwing different ideas my way lately. You know, just to shake things up, and to help exercise my creative cooking muscles. In the mix of those ideas, a couple things kinda stuck in my brain- stuffed peppers, and steak sandwiches… and I was was all “Hot dog! Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Peppers… I need to try’m again!” As I said before, I just wasn’t a fan of the sliced steak pieces after cooking them twice. So I used extra lean ground beef… also because we have about 20 lbs of it stocked up in the freezer. 🍄 I also decided to *gasp* keep it as close to the classic sandwich style as I could, which meant *double gasp* MUSHROOMS. Many of you already know I hate mushrooms with a fiery passion. Like, I don’t really even allow them in my kitchen… at all. So before the first bite, I was full-on prepared to hate this recipe… I went ahead and made’m for Eric, because y’know we do things for the ones we love, yada yada. But to my disbelief, I loved these more than I ever thought possible. 🍄🤢 The thought of eating mushrooms bothers me so much that when I make these again, I’ll add mushrooms to only half of the stuffing mix, and it’ll be fine. But for my readers, I wanted to include the mushrooms in the main recipe… then us sane people who hate mushrooms can just leave them out. Ha! I really am mostly kidding around. 🍄 If you’re a fellow mushroom hater, I’m not going to promise that you’ll like these. But I can tell you this: I think mushrooms are horrible, squishy, vile little things… and I already have these Philly Cheese Style Stuffed Peppers on the meal plan again next week. So go ahead, give them a try!
The one thing I will say bout the shrooms is that I minced those suckers so fine, they basically melted into the sauce. So I couldn’t really tell they were present. 🍄 I had to basically trick myself into thinking they weren’t there! “Hi I’m Star, and I’m basically five… Hide my veggies please!” But seriously… If someone else had cooked these and no one told me the ingredients, I’m almost certain I wouldn’t have known. And I can detect mushrooms like no other.
🍄 The first one I had, I ate reeeeeal slow. It actually made me chuckle a bit, because I was like “I like this a lot, but I’m having a hard time liking this, because I know how many mushrooms went into this.” Anyway, I guess I’m laughing now because I’ve written a few hundred words about how much I hate mushrooms… and you’re probably all like “Girl, please – stop talking about dang mushrooms and give us the recipe already!!” 😂
And so I will! Here we go, folks!
Let’s get into the kitchen!
Let’s get this step out of the way… Grab an 8oz package of white mushrooms. Slice, dice, and mince your lil hearts out. After chopping, this picture shows only about half of what I ended up with. For reasons that don’t need to be repeated, I minced the heck outta these.
Also, chop up a medium red onion and a bell pepper. I’m using a yellow one, but the color makes no difference.
While chopping up those things… grab a pound of extra-lean ground beef, throw it in a skillet over medium heat, and sprinkle it with a couple pinches of kosher salt and some freshly ground pepper. Once it starts cooking, keep an eye on it and break it up with a spatula until it’s all nicely browned. When it’s done cooking, remove from the skillet and set aside.
In the same skillet, over medium heat, add two teaspoons of olive oil followed by the onions, bell peppers, and yes… mushrooms.
🍄 (If you’re a mushroom hater, I hear you. I am with you. I get it.
🍄 I know this will be hard for you to do, and I’ll understand if you just can’t do it. Okay?
🍄 I don’t know if I’ve completely gone off the deep end or if this whole blogging thing has just taken over my brain and I’m just like “It’s okay Star, do it for the blog.. and for Eric too I guess- every couple weeks, he begs me to make something with mushrooms in it.”)
🍄 Anyway, if you need to stand up for your mushroom hatin’ beliefs, just leave’m at the grocery store. You’ll have a little less mixture to throw into each stuffed pepper, but it shouldn’t make much of a difference. Like I said, the mushrooms melt away to almost nothing when the whole mixture is complete.
Now sprinkle them with a little kosher salt and pepper, and continue to cook until everything is soft, and the onions are a bit caramelized.
Add the ground beef back into that skillet, and stir it in.
🍄 (Is anyone else extremely weirded out that I’m telling you to put mushrooms into something?)
Sprinkle everything with two tablespoons of flour, stir it together, and then continue to cook for about a minute.
Stir in one cup of beef broth, 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite all-purpose seasoned salt (I’m team Lawry’s), 1/2 teaspoon oregano, 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, and one tablespoon of hot sauce. Let it cook for a few minutes, and be sure to salt and pepper to taste.
Stir in two ounces of light cream cheese. Continue to stir until the cheese melts into all of that delicious stuffing mix- meat, pepper, onion… and um, 🍄 mushroom mixture.
Goodness, I’m really sellin’ this recipe, 🍄 even while I continue to be so weirded out about mushrooms being a part of it. I hate’m, but I love this… and it feels so wrong! Haha!
Grab three more peppers. (again, color isn’t gonna matter here, I chose green and red because apparently, I was feelin’ Christmasey.) Just slice’m in half, so that you have six halves total. Remember to get rid of the seeds and such! Grab your 9×13″ casserole dish, and add about 1/4 cup beef broth into the bottom. Now place the empty pepper halves in there, leaving a bit of space between them. Sprinkle’m with some kosher salt and pepper, and then spray them with some olive oil cooking spray.
Onto the best part – load those babies up with the Philly Cheese mix, and then top it off with some shredded Colby Jack (made with 2% milk, or the good ol’ regular stuff if that’s what you fancy). Spray the tops of the cheese with just a bit of cooking spray.
Hey… WHERE’S THE PROVOLONE? I know. Truth is, I didn’t have any. And this was already so stinkin’ good, I’m not gonna change a thing! But of course, you can totally do some provolone on top, to make it more Philly Cheese Steak-y.
Anyway, cover these guys with some tin foil. (This is the reason we sprayed the tops of the cheese with cooking spray – we all know tin foil is a great and amazingly useful product. One of the few downsides is that while baking, foods that touch the foil end up sticking to the foil. Nobody likes it when that delicious melty cheese comes off… so we spray the tops, and it comes right off, easy peasy! Pop’m in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes covered; then uncover them, and bake for about 10 more minutes.
And then they are done and we can all drool together, okay? Oh my goodness, these are just too good. I can’t even believe how good they actually are 🍄 because there’s so many mushrooms and my brain can’t handle it!
Okay- Please go make these, and then let me know how it went… because I’m dying to know if you love them as much as I do. If you hate mushrooms and then make these with mushrooms like I did, I want to know if you like them too… or of I’ve just lost my goshdarn mind.
I hope y’all have a great week!
With love from my kitchen to yours,
Star
Grab the printable recipe below!
These Philly Cheese Style Stuffed Peppers are bursting with flavor! With a rich, savory Philadelphia Cream Cheese sauce and a generous portion of lean ground beef in each serving, they’re very filling… and to top it off, they’re health- and WeightWatchers-friendly, so you can enjoy one or two of these without feeling guilty about it!
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef, 95% lean, raw
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 8 ounce pkg white mushrooms minced, minced, and minced some more
- 1 medium red onion chopped
- 4 medium bell peppers 1 pepper chopped, 3 peppers cut in half, destined and deseeded
- 2 tbsp all purpose white flour
- 1-1/4 cup beef broth, low sodium 1/4 cup reserved for later
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp hot sauce i use Frank’s
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp all purpose seasoned salt i use Lawry’s
- 2 oz light cream cheese
- Kosher salt & pepper to taste
- cooking spray i prefer olive oil or avocado oil cooking spray
- 2/3 cup Colby Jack cheese made with 2% milk shredded
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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In a large skillet over medium heat, add ground beef, season with a pinch or two of kosher salt and pepper. Break up with a spatula and continue to cook until browned. Remove from skillet and set aside.
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In the same skillet add olive oil, diced onion, mushrooms, and peppers. Season them with a little kosher salt and pepper while cooking. Cook for about 3 minutes or until the mixture is very soft.
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Add the beef back into the skillet with onions, mushrooms, and peppers. Stir together and sprinkle with flour. Stir to coat the mixture for about 30 seconds.
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Add in 1 cup beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, oregano, seasoned salt, and cream cheese. Stir together until everything is combined and the cheese is melted. Salt and Pepper to taste.
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Slice 3 peppers in half lengthwise, clean out seeds and such, spray peppers with cooking spray, and sprinkle a little salt and pepper on each. In your 9×13 baking dish, add 1/4 cup of beef broth, then place pepper halves inside.
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Stuff each pepper half with Philly Cheese mixture (about 2/3 cup), top evenly with shredded cheese, then spray the cheesy top of each pepper with cooking spray. Cover the dish with tin foil.
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Place in oven, covered, for 30 minutes. Then uncover, and bake for about ten more minutes.
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EAT AND ENJOY!
Made this recipe and loved it! Such a rich recipe – I may or may not have helped myself to a few spoonfuls of the mixture while stuffing the peppers! So good I could eat it by the spoonful!
I love this recipe – I usually only stuff one pepper and use the rest of the filling in wraps/over potatoes/etc. later in the week.
On the down side, when I made it tonight I had a complete brain fart and added the whole can of beef broth when the recipe said to add 1 cup.
On the bright side, that means I accidentally used this recipe to make Philly cheese soup and it was amazing. Not *exactly* what I was planning on having for dinner, but still super delicious!
These are so good! Just wondering about the serving size though. It says 1 pepper is that one half? Or 2 halves so it would be 1 whole pepper?
I’ve made this several times and my family loves it. We weren’t a fan of it with mushrooms, so this last time I tried diced water chestnuts. It didn’t make much of a difference in taste but it was a nice filler to stretch out the filling.
This absolutely fantastic!
SO Delish!! I have been craving Philly cheesesteak sandwiches for a while and this totally hits the spot!!
My family LOVED these!! Me…meh….not so much. Let me explain. I am a total mushroom hater but you talked me into giving it a try! I may or may not have gagged a couple of times while mincing the mushrooms to smithereens!!! I can definitely say that I could not taste the mushrooms and that was great….but I knew they were in there and I just could not get past that enough to truly enjoy them. Thankfully the hubs and kids gobbled them up. I will keep making many of the other recipes of yours that I love so much, but I’ll skip this mushroom one!
Delicious!
Hands down, this is one of the best meals I have ever cooked in my life! I’ve shared your recipe with everyone I know, and I can’t wait to make it again!!
Made this using ground turkey. Fantastic. I didn’t wanna stop eating it!!
We love the flavor of this! The second (or third?) time we made it, we just chopped everything up and turned it into philly cheese style sloppy joes, and that has been our FAVORITE way to eat this recipe so far. It’s back on the menu this week!
Thank you!
Just found your website and thoroughly enjoyed these stuffed peppers. One request: Sometimes I print out the recipe and then come back to it later to make. Your printed version does not include the Skinnyish Dish logo, so I don’t know who’s website this is from, and I like to look at other readers comments and adjust if necessary. Just a thought!
Thanks for some great recipes though!
Do these hold up well in frig for leftovers and do they freeze well? Want to try but I’m going to need to convince the men in my house!
They are wonderful as leftovers!!! I hope everyone enjoys
Made this yesterday. Super yummy! Today I wanted to mix it up a little so I cut it all up and served it over a baked potato. Add zero more points to the purple plan and was super delicious! I think next time I make it will just serve it over baked potatoes since my family isn’t pepper fans. 🙂 Thanks for all the great recipes!
I’ve always wanted to love stuffed peppers, but I never have, until now! This recipe is so so good and my hubby raved about them too. I’ve been making a lot of your recipes lately and we’ve loved them all! Thank you for sharing and for all the hard work you put into this space, as well as your Instagram. You have been making it a lot easier on me to make healthy meals that do not lack any flavor. I appreciate all you do!
Go make these right now! They are so so so good! We have a restaurant near our house that does delicious Philly cheesesteaks but they are not WW friendly! I made these over the weekend in an effort to squash my craving for the high point sub and WOW these did not disappoint!! They are really delicious! And as someone who “doesn’t cook” these were easy to make!! Thank you Star!!
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Made these for the first time and they were freaking awesome!!!! I had mini sweet peppers that needed to be used so I stuffed a bunch and had leftover filling. Yay me! I can throw together more later.
Made this last night, and my self proclaimed “bell pepper hater” mom LOVED them !! My grandma said it tasted like a restaurant! You make being one WW easy ! Thank you ❤️
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My husband and I loved this recipe!! It was delish!! Would also be good in an egg roll as an app or main dish! @bcb521
Easy, delicious and filling! I have tried tons of your recipes and I’ve loved all of them, but this one is by far my favorite! It even made great leftovers! I will be making this very often!
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OMG Delicious! Made this tonight subsituted beef for ground turkey and used chicken broth. Sooo Good! Thanks for the recipe!
One of my most favorite recipes. It was super easy and so delicious! Will definitely keep it in my meal rotation quite frequently.
I love this recipe! It is on a regular rotation at my house. Sometimes when I don’t feel like stuffing peppers I’ll mix the suffusing mixture with pasta and have it as a pasta dish.
This recipe is the BEST!
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Hands down my favorite recipes. Me and the hubby love these Philly Cheese Style Stuffed Peppers.
These peppers were so cheesy and delicious! My husband loved them so much he asked if they can go in the rotation! That’s high praise! Fantastic recipe and so low in points! 10/10!
So easy and tasty! Love the little bit of heat with the hot sauce. This is a staple in our house!
These were so good! I used ground Turkey because that’s what we had and they were still incredibly delicious! Definitely a keeper!
This is our very fav since starting our WW journey!
These were the easiest most delicious stuffed peppers I’ve ever had! The whole family loved them! Thank you for all the hard work that you do creating these healthy recipes
These are AMAZING, and not only are they delicious when you first make them, even better yet, they freeze great! I love to pull one out of the freezer for an easy, no-prep lunch to take to work.
Do you freeze them cooked or frozen ?
I think this is my fave of your recipes. It’s soooo tasty and pretty easy to make.
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Wow o wow ee! These have so many of my favorite ingredients and also don’t take too long to prep! I love your recipes so much and this one did not fall short! Can’t wait to make more!! @magicalmrsmel
I made this recipe with thinly sliced stif fry beef strips. It was very good and the leftovers even better as a sandwich.
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These are the best stuffed peppers! Seriously they are magical! I am a fellow mushroom hater! Thanks for giving us the idea to chop them into smithereens. You seriously cannot even tell they are there. Since trying this recipe, I have done the same with mushrooms in other recipes like meatballs to add some veggies. They seriously take a meaty type texture and blend right in! Made this last week, and I am going to make this recipe again this week. I was bummed I didn’t get any of the left overs. My family devoured them! Another great recipe, Star! Your recipes are always a hit for me & my family!
Love these!! Always love an amazing stuffed pepper receipt and these are awesome!!! @tonyiastewart
I love these! Now I just need to get up the nerve to add the mushrooms!
@bajensen525
OMG! These are the absolute best. This was the first recipe I made for dinner when I started weight watchers and it showed me that weight watchers didn’t mean food I didn’t love. This recipe is a staple in our house- for those of us on weight watchers and those who aren’t! Thank you so much!!
Omg this is so good and is now on my regular rotation of recipes i make!!
Wow, these are amazing! So filling and full of flavor. Honestly a total comfort food but one that you can feel good about because of all the veg. Also totally wow worthy enough for company! These would be so great for a dinner with friends and family because it’s impressive and it’s one dish that goes in the oven freeing you to do other things! LOVED so much.
Sooooooo good! I made this for dinner last minute and my boyfriend woke up out of his sleep because it smelled so good coming out of the oven. He gobbled it down without saying a word, drank he juice left in the bowl!, kissed me on the cheek, and fell back into bed. It was apparently a hit even to the walking dead lol.
Oh my gosh! I love this! Haha
Honestly, I really wasn’t super excited about making this recipe because stuffed peppers were never a favorite of mine. But, I’m looking for new recipes to add into my rotation that aren’t chicken. WOW! I’m so glad I tried this! This is definitely one for the rotation. Thank you for sharing and changing my mind about stuffed peppers. These are so good (even my hubby liked them)!
That’s so awesome! What I find even more awesome is that you made this recipe even though you don’t like stuffed peppers and just put a lil trust in me. That means so much. Thank you!!! SO happy yall ended up enjoying them!
So easy & filling! Love the savory flavor!
These were so good. Will be making again soon!!
This is a great recipe. I used ground turkey instead of beef and it was delicious. I also dont like mushrooms but put them in my chopper and you couldn’t even tell. Will now add mushrooms to my spaghetti and chili for an extra vegetable. I had leftovers and put pepper in a wrap next day.
I made this recipe for dinner tonight and it was a huge hit. My partner HATES hates hates mushrooms. I love them. I used the full 8 oz and minced super thin and didn’t tell him they were in there. He had absolutely no clue and loved the peppers. The mushrooms just add volume and meatiness! The peppers in the grocery store this week were kind of wimpy so i ended up stuffing 4 full peppers and knocked a few minutes off the cook time for a little crunch. I normally only buy ground turkey but went all out with the beef for a treat! So yummy but I’m sure would be great with turkey as well. Thanks for this recipe, am really enjoying reading about, picking out, and executing recipes from this page 🙂
Another amazing meal! These are flavor bombs!!!! So yummy!! I was too scared to use mushrooms so I subbed in finely diced yellow squash. It’s a new favorite!!!
Fantastic! Star you’ve done it again. Trying to figure out how to make the stuffing into a bubble bake with out too many calories. Thanks for giving us great options to try and eat healthier.
I can’t recommend this recipe enough! I was hesitant because I wasn’t sure how it would turn out with ground beef. My only regret is I didn’t try the recipe sooner. The mixture once made up is delicious and you could literally just eat it plain. I did use a white shredded cheese blend on top instead but that is only because that’s what I had in hand. Any cheese would be delicious!
My husband loved them! He’s doing keto and this worked for that. My kids would only eat the filling out of them, but I’ll consider that a win. 🙂
Sounds like a win to me! Haha So happy he loved them!
These are amazing! My husband who doesn’t like mushrooms (just like you!) loved them. Thanks!
Oh my goodness! We had these tonight and they were amazing! No one would believe they are WW friendly. Thank you
Hi! I want to make these next week but I cannot find the Colby Jack 2% cheese. Any other recommendations?
Any cheese will work just fine! I like to use cheddar or colby jack, but mozzarella would do well too!
This is so tasty, I stayed very closed to the recipe and I lovvvvvve it. Now obsessed with your website, thank you!!
So happy you enjoyed!!
I also hate mushrooms and was only able to chop up 3 oz before I had to quit but added them in – you were correct, I was not able to tell they were in the mixture. I loved this dish! It was amazing and I am adding it in to my meal rotation. Love everything I have tried of yours – thanks for keeping me cooking and losing weight! 5 stars althought it wouldn’t let me leave any.
This recipe is FANTASTIC!! I don’t like cream cheese so I chose to use laughing cow cheese instead and it was perfect!
I’m so happy you enjoyed Ashley!
Definately a keeper! Super delicious. Thank you for sharing. I’m still laughing at “fungus lumps” lol
Is the serving size one FULL pepper or one of the HALVES?
half of the pepper
Is the serving size one FULL stuffed pepper…..or one of the HALVES?
Holy crap!! These were absolutely delicious! I share your ‘shroom hatred! But you couldn’t taste them! This is a keeper recipe! Thank you!
5 stars!
To stretch the recipe I added some quinoa to each pepper before filling it with the ground beef. I have leftover filling for the freezer, we’ll enjoy these again soon. Thank you for the recipe.
I have used your recipes every day this week, and have never been disappointed. These are fantastic! My husband who is not doing WW, and says he’s allergic to healthy food has eaten every single one, and loved them. What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.
Loved the taste but they came out really running. I saw someone else had the same issue. I followed the recipe. Any suggestions? I want to make them again.
Thank you for this great recipe! I customized it for myself and still stayed very close to your version. It was the creamiest version of a stuffed pepper I have ever eaten.
So I love mushrooms so it doesn’t bother me, but I was ROLLING at the disclaimer and all the trigger warnings!! Lol! Great recipe!
These are absolutely amazing. I have made them several times and my husband and I just love them. It is hard to believe the amount of mushrooms in there and you don’t taste them one bit. And I love mushrooms. Thanks for the great recipe.
I’m so happy y’all enjoy’m!! I can’t believe there’s no mushroom-y taste either!
Absolutely delicious! For some reason I can’t leave a star rating, but this recipe is 5 STARS!!
Wow another winner from your kitchen, thank you so much. This is the 5th recipe I’ve tried from your site and everyone of them have been just fantastic. You are renewing my interest in cooking and enjoying healthy home cooked meals.
The star rating wouldn’t work on my computer but I’d give these a 10+.
Have you ever tried to freeze the leftovers?
Kids approved too, yum!!! Great recipe and pretty quick for a weeknight dinner.
Hi, I do not eat meat. Can you tell me the nutritional value without the meat? Thanks so much
I’m sorry I don’t have that info handy. You can try creating a recipe in “my fitness pal” with your own ingredients and it’ll give you info. Hope you enjoy!
I made these last night and they are AMAZING! I’ve been making all of your recipes in the last two weeks and my family loves each one! Thank you for sharing your recipes and talent with us. I’m a little obsessed with everything you create. Can’t wait to try more.
Oops…it’s romi-athenaeum.blogspot.com. it’s been a while since I posted so you can delete my website from the first comment, thank you!
Oh that makes me SO happy, Romi! Thank you for letting me know. I hope you enjoy everything else you try too!
Can’t wait to try this! Do you think it can be frozen and reheated successfully?
I absolutely love these!! So creamy and delicious. I share your hatred of mushrooms and replaced it with chopped up zucchini. I also don’t have cream cheese so I added laughing cow light Swiss cheese blocks. So so good!!! Gave it a delicious cheesy feel to the filling.
Such a silly question, is a whole pepper 1/2 or 2?
If you mean for the serving size it’s one pepper half that’s been stuffed. If you mean something else please let me know and I’ll try to clarify. =)
These were amazing! Thank you thank you thank you for sharing!!
Philly native here! This recipe was a hit with the whole family. My husband DID ask where the steak was but he dug right in to 2 of them!
Yasss! So happy a Philly native approves of these! Thanks for letting me know! And, I’m glad the absence of steak didn’t seem to bother the hubs too much. Haha!
My detesting daughter was not going to go for it (she’s in college). I told her the blogger who posted the recipe is a huge non fan too. That did the trick, she tried and loved the filling! Note: she will literally pick off or out of my home made pasta sauce! So this is huge
Haha! I love it. So happy she gave’m a try!
I made this even lower in fat and points by using ground Turkey breast. I added a bit of “kitchen bouquet” and liquid smoke, and it tastes just like hamburger.
Absolutely AMAZING recipe!!! I will be subscribing to your blog to see more!!
So happy you enjoyed Joanie!! Thanks for letting me know =) Your additions sound perfect too !
This is a wonderful recipe for stuffed peppers! Personally, I absolutely love mushrooms and used creminis instead of the button mushrooms. Can’t wait for summer when I can pick the fresh peppers from our garden. Your stuffed peppers are a definite keeper.
I’m so happy you loved this recipe, Jeanne. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to eat mushrooms “whole”, but never say never. I think I’m starting to like them finely diced up into things! Adds bulk and nutrients!
Hi Star! Making these this week and just wanted to clarify- it gives the number of points based on the number of stuffed peppers, is that 1 full pepper (so 2 halves) or per half pepper? Thanks in advance!
Hey Taylor! It’s 1/2 of the whole pepper so it’s a total of 6 servings. I hope you enjoy!
Is an entire pepper a serving or half the pepper?
one half stuffed pepper
I just had the peppers for lunch. So delicious and filling. Just loved them!! I added a little Dak’s red spice to them just to give them an extra kick. I am stuffed!!! My daughter loved them too!!
Thanks again!!!!
These stuffed peppers were a hit with the entire family! My daughter is not a big fan of mushrooms but she didn’t notice. Mincing the up smallmade them easy to camouflage. Thanks for a great recipe!
so happy you and your daughter enjoyed these, Tracy!
Hello,
Thank you for your blog. I am making this recipe as I type. It is in the oven. I halved the recipe, but only had one bell pepper, but I cut it in thirds and used the top that I cut off to use in the beef mixture. I spread the beef mixture between the three parts of the bell pepper. So tasty looking. It is going to taste really yummy. I don’t know if I can wait for dinner. Anyways, thanks again!!
These were sooo good. So much flavor and I love that it was an all in one dish. They are going into the rotation. Thank you!!
Hello! and Thank you!!!
Your recipes are fabulous… I made these stuffed peppers for dinner last evening and they were super delicious. I think that I may have done something wrong though because my filling was a little on the runny side… I followed the recipe exactly so I am not sure where I went wrong. They did firm up a bit after baking…. but I’m left wondering if you ever had this happen? Any ideas of what might have caused this? Or maybe this is just the right consistency and I’m overthinking it…
NOTE: I am unable to select a rating on the stars up there (my computer issue)…. so, I’ll leave it here in the comments section ~ 5 STARS!!! 🙂
I just want to thank you for another AMAZING recipe. I finally made this one tonight for the first time and I’m kicking myself for not trusting you sooner! I love all your recipes, but I hate mushrooms and thought there’s no way I’ll eat this. Not only did I eat it, I devoured it! So delicious even my 4 year old, who will only eat broccoli and corn for vegetables couldn’t get enough of the filling (he still wouldn’t eat the pepper-even though he ate it within the filling ). Thank you for teaching me something new and all of your amazing recipes! I love them all!
Hi Star, how long should I cook the peppers if I don’t want them to be soft? I want them to be a little firm, if that makes sense.
I usually don’t leave comments but I had to! These are sooo yummy! I followed your recipe almost exactly – left out flour (allergy) and increased the cream cheese by 1oz and added 2oz cheese to help bind it up a bit. These were a huge hit and will def. happen again!
Thank you!
Made these for dinner tonight!! I too am not a mushroom fan so I only put half in. Partly because that’s all I had partly because I hate mushrooms. All I had was 99% fat free ground turkey so I sub that and it was still good. I would like to try it with ground beef because I thought it lacked the steak-ness of it. My husband loved it and one of three of my kids ate it too which is a success. I must’ve had smaller peppers because I could not fit 2/3 cup of the mixture in them. So I made 8 1/2 peppers and that was fine. Thanks for sharing!!
I am in love. We had these for dinner this week. Our peppers were small so we had leftover mix. I was too impatient to wait for the peppers to cook so I grabbed a bun and put the mixture on one. Omg that was amazing. I have since eaten the actual peppers as leftovers and love it too. I can not recommend this recipe enough!
I made these for dinner last night and they were so AMAZING!!!! I don’t like mushrooms and neither do my husband and son. They didn’t even know they were in there! This will definitely become a normal dish in our house. THANK YOU!
I’m so happy you and the whole family enjoyed AND that they didn’t realize those stinky mushrooms were in there! Haha!
I loooooved this recipe! I HATE mushrooms, so much, but put them in anyways! I couldn’t even taste those little buggers. Can’t wait to add this to my weekly rotation! Thank you 🙂
I have to post this here because if I do it on Instagram my mushroom hating teenage son would then find out I made this for dinner and it was a hit! My son had no clue I stowed a bunch of mushrooms in it, and he happily cleaned his plate. Thank you again for another delicious and wonderful recipe! It’s going into the meal rotation!
Haha! I love it. I’m so happy you and your mushroom hatin’ son enjoyed these!!
Hi Star! I follow you on Instagram and when you posted this recipe I knew immediately that I had to make it. To say that it was a hit would be an understatement! The flavors were absolutely delicious and I know this will be in our regular rotation! Thanks so much for such an incredible dish!
I’m sooooo happy y’all enjoyed it, Lindsey!! So happy it was a hit!
I made this tonight sans the mushrooms and served the filling over some wheat rotini and it was delicious!
So happy you enjoyed, Brandi!! Thanks for letting me know!
So so so excited to try this! How do you feel about used ground turkey instead to bring the points down? I know it takes it further away from the concept of a cheesesteak, but thought it might be a pretty even swap? And, I’m a fellow mushroom hater, but can tolerate them ground down super fine in a food processor. I’m going to try that here, too!
Hey Anna! I think it’ll probably be okay, but I’m just not always the biggest fan of the extra lean ground turkey. If you like it then it’ll probably work super well! Let me know how it goes- I hope you love’m!
Hi Star,
So glad I saw this recipe today and saved me from going out to dinner! I’m with you on the mushroom hate so I left them out and just increased my onion and pepper. I’m.a Philly girl, and while provolone is certainly a choice of cheese for cheesesteaks, cheese wiz is where it’s at! I used a slice of velvetta cheese which is a perfec replication, on each pepper (only 1 WW point too) for our cheesy topping! Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Star,
So glad I saw this recipe today and saved me from going outt to dinner! I’m with you on the mushroom hate so I left them out and just increased my onion and pepper. I’m.a Philly girl, and while provolone is certainly a choice of cheese for cheesesteaks, cheese wiz is where it’s at! I used a slice of velvetta cheese which is a perfec replication, on each pepper (only 1 WW point too) for our cheesy topping! Thanks for the recipe!
Star – how are these for leftovers? It’s just me! I have found your recipies to be wonderful to keep me going all week long. I’m concerned these won’t re-heat well.
Hey Lori! We thought they reheated great! We reheated them in the microwave and oven and loved them each way. I hope you think so too! Let me know how it goes for ya.
I just started following your blog. This was the first recipe I tried and boy was it yummy. It was such a nice change from stuffed peppers in a tomato type sauce. I served with rice cooked in the leftover beef broth. I will be making this again.
Hey there Lynn! So happy you found me here and very glad to see you enjoyed the first recipe you tried! Thanks for stopping back to let me know!
Made these for dinner tonight knight and they were amazing! Used mozzarella cheese since it’s what I had on hand and that really worked well. My husband has requested we have them again and couldn’t believe they were a Weight Watcher friendly recipe.
I’m so happy you and you husband enjoyed, Sam! Glad to hear they work well using the mozzarella too!
Made these for dinner last night. Added more hot sauce and omitted the mushrooms because mushrooms are evil. They were absolutely delicious! My husband said “I would not object to you making those again” and he’s a tough critic ;). Thanks for another great recipe!
Hey Sara! SO happy you and your tough critic enjoyed these so much without the mushrooms! Next time i’m making half without shrooms because even though I didn’t hate them being in there, it feels so weird! Anyhow- thanks so much for stopping back by to let me know!
Hi Star! Any recommendations for an awesome side dish to go with these? I can’t wait to make them next week!
Hey Colleen! I’ve done a chopped salad (kale/cabbage/iceburg lettuce/green onions/carrots/sunflower seeds/skinny ranch) OR my homestyle cauli-tater mash I hope you love’m! Let me know how it goes
Hey Star- I’m sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it. How would you store and re-heat these? Or is it a one time deal? haha! I’m so excited to make this, but I know I’m the only one that will eat them (unless my husband miraculously doesn’t mind the mushrooms like you!).
Just store in a air tight container in the fridge. To reheat in the oven (350 degrees in a oven safe dish covered with tin foil for about 20-25 minutes) or microwave! The air fryer would probably work well too. Seriously don’t tell him there’s mushrooms in it and see what happens. haha!
I made these tonight for dinner and all I can say is WOW. Absolutely declicious! I left out the mushroom because my household, including myself, are not fans. I paired them with a little white rice and it was more flavorful than I thought possible! You never cease to amaze me Star, bravo!
Yay!! Kaitlyn, thanks so much for letting me know how much y’all liked’m! I don’t blame you for leaving out the mushrooms. I surprised myself quite a bit by adding mushrooms to a recipe. Haha!
So I think I hate mushrooms a tad less than you do, but I went for it. I threw the shrooms in the food processor and got them teeny tiny…and loved these peppers! I made them exactly to your recipe and it was perfect! The cream cheese-y sauce was so good. I always think stuffed peppers taste better the next day, and I’ve got one of these babies packed and ready for lunch tomorrow. Can’t wait! Thanks for such a great recipe-maybe I like mushrooms now? Nahhhh
Hey Jennifer! I’m thinkin’ I’m gonna continue to stand firm on my mushroom hating beliefs. Haha! I’m so happy to hear I’m not alone with hating mushrooms, but loving this recipe!
I can’t stop laughing at the “nasty fungus lumps”! I love mushrooms so I can’t wait to try these! One quick question…the blog says 450° but the actually recipe says 400°. What’s a girl to do?
oh whoops! I was too caught up in telling you about my hatred of mushrooms. Haha! I got it wrong in the blog. The actual recipe is correct! I will make that change ASAP! thanks for bringing it to my attention! I hope you LOVE them!
So is the oven temperature 400 or 450 for 30 minutes! Your blog states two different temps thanks
Hi Cynthia! So sorry. It’s 400 degrees just fixed it!
THANK YOU FOR THIS RECIPE!! I’ve been on such a Philly Cheese Steak kick for awhile now. I can’t wait to try these! I’m also super happy the mushrooms were a hit – LOL! It took me years to even try them, but I love them!
Hi Erin!! Oh I hope you love them so much. I totally took one for the team here, but man, they were so good I don’t think I care! I don’t know if I’ll be a mushroom liker, probably not, but maybe I can at least handle them chopped up insanely fine and cooked down til there’s no tomorrow in some recipes. Haha!
Wow, you dislike mushrooms more than me, I’m impressed you ate them. These look great and I’ll try them, but without the mushrooms!
I think you’ll love them without the mushrooms! I’m honestly kind of impressed with myself too. Haha!!
I was following along in this post about not liking mushrooms (like a cheerleader) and then you said you ate them eww–lol.
I never bought mushrooms and I never will but I’ll make this recipe without them.
I love stuffed peppers.