The art of stuffing shouldn't be reserved just for the holidays. These creative recipes show you how to combine various ingredients and textures into one — delightful — dish!Why stop there? Try some more stuffed goodness, starting with these
ravioli ideas and these stuffed pepper recipes recipes.
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Cheddar-Stuffed Burgers with Pickled Slaw and Fried Shallots
Kyle Bailey makes these cheese-stuffed "Juicy Lucy" burgers with a custom blend of ground rib eye steak and pork fatback, and serves them on homemade herb-butter rolls. This streamlined version for the home cook calls for ground beef chuck and store-bought brioche buns.
Recipe: Cheddar-Stuffed Burgers with Pickled Slaw and Fried Shallots
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Stuffed Baby Peppers with Yogurt and Floral Honey
The sweetness from honey balances out the heat in these jalapeno, olive, and yogurt stuffed baby peppers.
Recipe: Stuffed Baby Peppers with Yogurt and Floral Honey
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Quinoa Stuffed Poblanos with Grilled Romesco Sauce
To pump up the smoky flavors in this dish, Alyssa Gorelick grills both the stuffed poblanos and the vegetables for the romesco sauce. Any extra sauce is terrific with roasted or grilled potatoes or on a veggie burger.
Recipe: Quinoa-Stuffed Poblanos with Grilled Romesco Sauce
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Mushroom-Stuffed Eggplant
Brimming with hearty mushrooms, wine-soaked bread, savory spices, and cheese, these stuffed eggplants are so packed full of flavor, you'll never miss the meat.
Recipe: Mushroom-Stuffed Eggplant
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Stuffed Flatiron Steak
Stuffed with prunes, chestnuts, and pancetta, this sweet and savory steak recipe is perfect for a weeknight in.
Recipe: Stuffed Flatiron Steak
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Shrimp-and-Feta-Stuffed Zucchini
Ana Sortun tops stuffed zucchini with a tangy sauce of feta, olive oil, and Hungarian peppers (spicy wax chiles). For an easy alternative, just top the roasted zucchini with a little feta, then broil briefly.
Recipe: Shrimp-and-Feta-Stuffed Zucchini
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Ganache-Stuffed Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Jessica Sullivan, the pastry chef at Boulevard Restaurant in San Francisco, developed these overstuffed chocolate-ganache sandwich cookies using nutty chocolate-chip cookies.
Recipe: Ganache-Stuffed Chocolate-Chip Cookies
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Goat-Cheese-Stuffed Grape Leaves
Inspired by Turkey's stuffed grape leaves, Mehmet Gurs ingeniously wraps goat cheese in the briny leaves, then quickly grills the little packages so the cheese melts.
Recipe: Goat-Cheese-Stuffed Grape Leaves
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Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
This cinnamon-scented recipe is Yotam Ottolenghi and Rami Tamimi's take on a dish made by Elran Shrefler at Azura Restaurant.
Recipe: Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
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Stuffed Veal Breast with Gigante Beans
Wine, raisins, onions, and herbs create a perfect bread stuffing to complement veal.
Recipe: Stuffed Veal Breast with Gigante Beans
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Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Cutlets with Mustard Sauce
For her lovely riff on classic chicken cordon bleu, Marcia Kiesel replaces the heavy ham-and-Swiss-cheese filling with creamy havarti and thyme.
Recipe: Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Cutlets with Mustard Sauce
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Stuffed Peppers with Thai Curry Rice and Mushrooms
Emilee and Jere Gettle make this hearty vegetarian dish when bell peppers are at their peak in late summer.
Recipe: Stuffed Peppers with Thai Curry Rice and Mushrooms
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Squash Stuffed with Quinoa and Wild Mushrooms
Maple-glazed roasted squash stuffed with quinoa and sautéed wild mushrooms. For a more substantial dish, serve it with roasted root vegetables brushed with the same glaze.
Recipe: Squash Stuffed with Quinoa and Wild Mushrooms
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Brioche French Toast Stuffed with Apple Raisins and Pecans
Raisins, cinnamon, pecans, and applesauce are just some of the several ingredients used to stuff this decadent french toast.
Recipe: Brioche French Toast Stuffed with Apple Raisins and Pecans
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Apricot-Stuffed Pork Shoulder with Soy-Honey Glaze
Pork shoulder is a succulent cut that's best braised or roasted slowly, so it stays tender and juicy. The sweet-and-savory glazed pork here is terrific with the garlic-and-dried-apricot stuffing.
Recipe: Apricot-Stuffed Pork Shoulder with Soy-Honey Glaze
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Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Lamb and Fresh Herbs
Tradition-minded Greek cooks stuff all sorts of vegetables, like eggplant, zucchini, peppers, and onions. For the recipe here, look for tomatoes that aren't overly ripe, or they will fall apart while baking.
Recipe: Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Lamb and Fresh Herbs
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Spinach-and-Sausage-Stuffed Peppers
An Italian revelation: Smaller Italian frying peppers are much easier to brown in a skillet than the typical green bell peppers — and they also cook faster. Experiment with these peppers stuffed with a mixture of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, pine nuts, red onion, hot Italian sausage, and spinach.
Recipe: Spinach-and-Sausage-Stuffed Peppers
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Shrimp-Stuffed Peppers
Fruity, pale-yellow güero peppers — just like Hungarian wax peppers — are a great source of vitamin C, folate, and manganese. They're perfect for stuffing because "they have a little chile personality without being too hot," Deborah Schneider says. The shrimp-and-cheese filling here is a delicious source of protein. And the tomatoes in the salsa add vitamin K and potassium while also balancing the sweetness of the mangoes, which are high in vitamins A and C.
Recipe: Shrimp-Stuffed Peppersn
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Escarole-Stuffed Seared Trout
This one-skillet dish from Utah's Amangiri Resort has more flavor than its short ingredient list suggests, especially if made with fresh-caught fish.
Recipe: Escarole-Stuffed Seared Trout
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Oven-Roasted Tomatoes Stuffed with Goat Cheese
Boost the flavor of the creamy goat cheese filling with garlic and basil. The result works both as a side dish or a main course. Pair with a salad and crusty bread.
Recipe: Oven-Roasted Tomatoes Stuffed with Goat Cheese