Description
Green bell peppers are stuffed with a cheesy, ground beef, rice and tomato sauce mixture.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 4 minced garlic cloves
- 1.5 lbs lean ground beef (85% lean or higher)
- 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1 cup cooked rice (or 1/2 cup of instant rice)
- 15 oz tomato sauce
- 4 large green bell peppers (or 5 medium sized bell peppers)
- 1 cup shredded microbial-rennet mozzarella cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat: Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Sauté: Add oil to a large frying pan and turn heat to med/high. Add chopped onion and minced garlic. Cook one to two minutes.
- Brown: Add the lean ground beef. Break up the ground beef into small pieces. (If using 73% lean, drain the grease before adding the remaining ingredients).
- Simmer: Add the worcestershire sauce, dried basil, tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste, and instant rice (if using) to the ground beef. Cook on med/high until meat is browned and sauce has thickened (about 10 minutes).
- Prep Peppers: Wash and remove stems from the green bell peppers. Oil spray a baking dish and place the peppers upright in a baking dish.
- Combine: Stir in microbial-rennet mozzarella cheese and cooked rice (if using) into the cooked meat.
- Season: Sprinkle some salt into the empty peppers.
- Stuff: Spoon the meat mixture into the peppers. Pack down the meat into the peppers.
- Bake: Cover the stuffed peppers with aluminum foil and bake at 375F for one hour and 15 minutes or until the peppers are very soft when pierced with a sharp knife. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
Use gluten-free Worcestershire sauce to make this recipe gluten-free. To freeze, place them in a plastic container, label them with the date and place them in your freezer for up to six months for maximum freshness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 27 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pepper
- Calories: 404 kcal
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 683 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 37 g
- Cholesterol: 102 mg