Stuffed French Bread
Make this easy Stuffed French Bread filled with seasoned ground beef, veggies, and melty cheese. A quick, family-friendly dinner that’s perfect for busy nights.
It was a little difficult to take a good picture of this Stuffed French Bread, but I HAD to share the recipe. It was so delicious! A cheesy and flavorful ground beef mixture piled inside French bread. Holy moly, so good! It’s even better if you use my homemade French bread recipe!
STUFFED FRENCH BREAD
Another reason I love this comforting stuffed bread so much is that it’s one of those easy 30-minute meals. Perfect for those tired, stressful, I-don’t-feel-like-cooking nights. 🙂 The beef mixture requires a skillet prep of around 20 minutes, then you pop it in the oven for another 10 or so. After that, you’re on your way to a crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, delicious hot sandwich!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 Tablespoons dried minced onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 can (10 ounces) cream of celery soup
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/2 cups freshly grated cheddar cheese
- 1/2 Tablespoon freshly chopped parsley (optional)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Brown the ground beef and onion in a large skillet, over medium-high heat. Drain any grease. Add the celery and minced garlic to skillet. Cook a few minutes until the celery is tender. Next, add the soup, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Stir and cook mixture until heated through; about 5 minutes or so.
Meanwhile, slice the French bread in half, lengthwise, so you have two equal pieces. Scoop out the bread in the center of each piece and tear into small pieces. Add these bread pieces to the beef mixture in the skillet. Stir to combine.
Set the two halves of French bread onto a large baking sheet. Set aside.
Pour the warm beef and bread mixture into the center of one half of the French bread. Spread out evenly. Top the mixture evenly with the shredded cheese. Top with the other half of the bread.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before slicing and serving. Enjoy!
Stuffed French Bread
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 Tablespoons dried minced onion (or freshly diced white onion)
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 can (10 ounces) cream of celery soup (or cream of mushroom or chicken soup)
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper
- 1 ½ cups freshly grated cheddar cheese
- 1/2 Tablespoon chopped parsley optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Brown the ground beef and onion in a large skillet, over medium-high heat. Drain any grease. Add the celery and minced garlic to skillet. Cook a few minutes until the celery is tender. Next, add the soup, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Stir and cook mixture until heated through; about 5 minutes or so.
- Meanwhile, slice the French bread in half, lengthwise, so you have two equal pieces. Scoop out the bread in the center of each piece and tear into small pieces. Add these bread pieces to the beef mixture in the skillet. Stir to combine. Set the two halves of french bread onto a large baking sheet. Set aside.
- Pour the warm beef and bread mixture into the center of one half of the French bread. Spread out evenly. Top the mixture evenly with the shredded cheese. Top with the other half of the bread.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before slicing and serving. Enjoy!
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I think this Sammie just screams for some mustard! I’ll try it both ways!
Wow!! Simple but great taste. Hubby loved it. This is a keeper.
Made this for lunch yesterday. Really good since my guys don’t like traditional sloppy joes. Added a bit more Worcestershire.
This was really good and easy. I added extra mushrooms and a little green pepper. Tast d like a really yummy steak and cheese .
Assigned dinner to my 14 year old son. He found this and knocked it out of the park! Family liked it, he was really proud of himself and I got the night off!
Karen, that is so awesome! My 13 yr old daughter loves to cook too. It’s so nice when Momma gets a night off 🙂
Definitely gonna to try this, thinking about substituting the cheddar with either mozzarella or provalone or maybe a combination of all 3
Your recipe looks great. But one question, is it the actual French loaf bread or is it baguette. Thanks for the great recipe 🙂
I use a loaf of French bread from the grocery store
Made this tonight and it was DELICIOUS and easy. These are changes I made – did chopped onion, 1/2 green bell pepper & 1/2 sweet red bell pepper chopped. Didn’t use the celery. Followed all other directions, and used Monterey Jack cheese & shred cheddar. Great recipe that we will make again – thank you!
This is very good. I did add some bell pepper. Baked produced a very crusty bread so next time I will wrap in foil. Ate it with crystal hot sauce. Will do again soon.
I originally made this recipe back in August and since then I’ve made it countless times. It’s super easy and it’s soo good!! It even tastes great the next day. Thank you for a great recipe
When a recipe has this many positive reviews you know it will be good!! I’m making this tonight, but am using some ground venison in place of the ground beef. I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for an easy, and I’m sure tasty, dinner recipe!! =)
Made this for dinner and it was so yummy! Added a bit more onion and some green pepper but otherwise stayed true to the recipe. Will definitely be making this again. Thanks for such a easy and delicious recipe!
Just stumbled upon your website after a search for ground beef recipies. I tried this sandwich for dinner and it was a huge hit! Quickly made the top favorite of all dinners ever. Thank you!
Made this 2 weeks ago, absolutely loved it! Wrapped left overs in foil and baked again the next day to reheat and crisp up the bread, was just as delicious as the first day. Trying it again tonight but this time with ground turkey. Tasted like our favorite cheesesteak hoagie so why not give it a try as a “chicken cheesesteak”!
I made it tonight for dinner and my family loved it
I was really surprised by how good this is. I hate celery so I just had chopped onion. I had leftover bolleo rolls so I used that instead. Really tasty! Really easy! Cheap!
Great. Thank you. I was able to follow and enjoy it.
Just tried this tonight–it was delicious!! I added some finely diced green bell peppers, since they were on sale today, and added some garlic powder and onion powder, and it turned out wonderfully. I’ve been looking for more ground beef recipes to add to my book, since all I can ever think of is spaghetti and burgers… :] Thank you!
I made this last night ….the only thing I would change would be to spread some butter on the hollowed out surface of the french bread. It was too dry. It also could benefit from some sort of dipping sauce, such as BBQ or marinara sauce. Otherwise it was very yummy and my family enjoyed it!
it’s almost embarrassing that we haven’t thought of something this simple and delicious before! I love the convenience and easy of this stuffed bread and how one can use artisan breads of their choice with fillings that they like. Awesome recipe and thanks for sharing!
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I also was really surprised by how good this is. I hate celery so I just had chopped onion. And I had leftover bolleo rolls so I used that instead. Really tasty! Really easy! Cheap!
i just made this and it’s sooooo good!! i ended up making a lot for just me so i still have a lot of the beef mixture, i have another half of the bread, so it’s gonna use up some, but do you think this would go well with pasta?
We like spicy in our house – has anyone tried a variation of this with chopped jalapenos? I’m just not sure the cream of mushroom soup would work with that. Any thoughts?
Michelle, you could replace the cream of mushroom soup with cream of chicken soup. I think that would be yummy with jalapeños!
I made this and we loved it! Thank you. Looking forward to try more of your recipes.