Stuffed French Bread Recipes

FAMILY FAVORITE STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Slice the french bread in half lengthwise. Press down the inside of each half with your fingers, (or remove some of the bread) creating an indention to hold the meat mixture. Place each half onto a baking sheet.
• Brown and crumble the ground beef with the onion until the beef is done, remove from heat, and drain off the fat. Mix in the evaporated milk, egg, oats, mustard, steak sauce, salt, pepper, and 2 cups cheddar cheese.
• Stuff equally into each half, top with remaining 1 cup cheese, and bake for about 20 minutes. Midway through cooking, check to see if the edges of the bread are browning too quickly. If so, loosely cover the loaves with foil and continue baking.
• After baking, slice into hand-held size serving pieces.

STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Slice French bread in half (lengthwise), scoop the center of each half and crumble it in a large bowl.
• Place the halves of bread onto a baking sheet and set aside.
• In a large skillet place 1 Tablespoon of olive oil and ground beef and cook over medium-high heat until the beef is browned, stirring occasionally. Add chopped onion, chopped leek (or other vegetables) and minced garlic and cook a few minutes until the vegetable is tender.
• Add soup, mustard, salt and pepper to taste and cook for at least 5 minutes.
• If the mixture is too thick add a little milk.
• Add cooked beef mixture to the bread and stir to combine.
• Spread the mixture in the center of one half of the french bread.
• Spread shredded cheese in the center of other half of the french bread. and place the bread carefuly back on top of first half.
• Bake 10-15 minutes (until the cheese is melted). If you don't want to brown the bread too much or to become too crispy, cover with aluminium foil.
• Let it cool 5-10 minutes before slicing. Garnish with chopped parsley if you like.

BEEF-STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Cut off top of bread. Carefully hollow out bottom of loaf, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Cut removed bread into small cubes; set aside. In a skillet, brown beef; drain. Add soup, green pepper, celery, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Cook and stir 3-4 minutes. Stir in the reserved bread cubes. Spread into bread shell; top with cheese. Replace bread top. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until cheese is melted.

STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Cut the top third off the loaf of bread; carefully hollow out top and bottom, leaving a 1-in. shell. (Discard removed bread or save for another use.) Set loaf aside., In a large skillet, cook the sausage, mushrooms, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder and oregano. Stir in the sausage mixture., Line the bottom bread shell with mozzarella slices; top with sausage mixture. Replace bread top; wrap in foil. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until heated through. Cool for 5 minutes before slicing.

STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place thawed bread loaf on cookie sheet, that is lined with foil.
• Cut bread loaf into 8 slices that DO NOT penetrate to the bottom.
• Spread butter mixture into sliced bread, you are making 'pockets'.
• Into the 'pockets' add sliced cheese, ham, and place partially cooked bacon on top of each slice.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until bacon becomes crisp.
• Slice into individual sandwiches.