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    Amish Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

    Published: Sep 21, 2021 · Updated: Sep 26, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 7 Comments

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    Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

    With the approach of cooler autumn weather, many Amish cooks turn their attention to seasonal soons.  Amish Stuffed Green Pepper Soup is typical of what you'd find in an Amish kitchen, with late-season peppers being plentiful.  Now, what is going to vary from kitchen to kitchen is how much "spice" to add.  Smoked paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder are nice additions to this soup and I'll put them in the recipe below as optional, because you don't have to add those to still get a really nice soup.

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    • 🙋 FAQ
    • 🥣 Amish Stuffed Green Pepper Soup Ingredients
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 🥣 More Amish Soups
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    Amish Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

    Bell peppers are a popular Amish garden item. They are easy to grow and low in calories, so slicing them and snacking on them are delicious (but not low cal if you slather them in dip). In fact, if you have the opportunity to drive through Amish country late in the summer, peppers should be plentiful. They tend to really become bountiful late in the season and keep on coming until the first frost quashes the garden.

    🙋 FAQ

    Do Green and Red Peppers taste different?

    Green peppers have a more savory taste than the slightly sweeter, fruitier red peppers. That is why blending the two in a salad or soup works so well, they are a yin and yang that kind of balance each other out.

    Chop them finely and for added color and flavor enhancement, you can use red and yellow bells also!

    You can also swap out the Parm cheese with Cheddar.  I'd probably stick with Parm, but that is what is so great about soup is you can tweak and vary it to your taste.  This recipe comes to us from the Amish Canadian community of Aylmer and I'm sure many are filling up on it there now. 

    If you choose to grow your own green peppers next garden season, they do need to be well-hydrated. I know many Amish that really, really soak their green peppers so that the roots are never remotely thirsty. Here are some more tips on growing green peppers.

    As an aside, I don't know why this recipe is called "Stuffed Green Pepper Soup" because there is nothing in the recipe about stuffing the peppers. I think this is "stuffed green pepper deconstructed soup". It has all the flavors of stuffed green peppers, but in soup form, kind of like if you call something "cheeseburger soup."

    Green peppers by themselves, I don't think, have a ton of flavor, but when you combine them with these ingredients, they really stand-out.

    🥣 Amish Stuffed Green Pepper Soup Ingredients

    • 1 pound ground beef, browned
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
    • 2 tablespoons
    • Parmesan cheese
    • 1 pint tomato juice
    • ⅔ cup rice, cooked
    • ⅛ – ¼ cup brown sugar, or to taste
    • 2 green peppers, chopped
    • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika   optional
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder optional
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder optional

    📋 Instructions

    1. Chop the peppers and set aside.
    2. Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat, drain, and set aside.
    3. Cook the rice and set aside.
    4. Combine rice, ground beef, peppers, and the rest of the ingredients in a large pot and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.

    🥣 More Amish Soups

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    Ham and Cheese Soup

    Coffee Soup

    Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup

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    Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

    Amish Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

    A perfect blend of flavors to greet the first cool autumn days.
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    Course Soup
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 pound ground beef, browned
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
    • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
    • 1 pint tomato juice
    • ⅔ cup rice, cooked
    • ⅛ – ¼ cup brown sugar, or to taste
    • 1 cup green peppers chopped
    • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika   optional
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder optional
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder optional

    Instructions
     

    • Chop the peppers and set aside.
    • Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat, drain, and set aside.
    • Cook the rice and set aside
    • .Combine rice, ground beef, peppers, and the rest of the ingredients in a large pot and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Barbara G Hunsberger

      September 21, 2021 at 2:48 pm

      Peppers are not listed in the ingredients. How many?

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      • Kevin Williams

        September 21, 2021 at 4:10 pm

        I just added them in, sorry for the omission!

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        • merle

          September 21, 2021 at 8:19 pm

          I've been noticing mistakes in your recipes lately. No spacing between words, unfinished sentences, like cook until, being the last words in instructions. This names a few mistakes. I do love the recipes and reading your page.

        • Kevin Williams

          September 21, 2021 at 9:57 pm

          I get rushed and get sloppy, I corrected the mistakes you just mentioned and I'll strive to be more careful, thanks letting me know!

        • Kevin Williams

          September 21, 2021 at 9:58 pm

          Thanks, Merle, I'll try to be more careful...I get rushed and get sloppy, I corrected the mistakes you mentioned!

    2. Wanda

      September 25, 2021 at 6:52 pm

      How many does this recipe serve? The instructions in the actual recipe are missing?

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        September 26, 2021 at 9:33 am

        Oops, sorry, Wanda...those instructions got deleted, I added them back....it serves about 6.

        Reply

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