Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
6 peppers
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 6 medium green peppers
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1⁄3 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1⁄4 cup chopped button mushroom
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1⁄2 cup uncooked long-grain rice
- 1⁄4 cup prepared breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
- 6 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese
- 1 dash garlic salt
- 1 dash pepper
directions
- Cut the tops of the poppers and remove the seeds and membrane.
- Precook the peppers in boiling salted water for about 1 minute and drain on paper towels. If you like firmer peppers, cool in icebath or omit precooking.
- Meanwhile, lightly brown onions, mushrooms, and add the ground beef. Stuffing will continue to cook with the rice.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Drain grease.
- Add tomato sauce, uncooked rice, oragano, basil, and soy sauce.
- Cover and simmer until rice is tender; about 15-20 minutes.
- Stir in bread crumbs.Rice will continue to cook in oven.
- Stuff peppers and stand upright in baking dish.
- Top with 1 tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese on each stuffed pepper.
- Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until rice is fully cooked.
- Add bell pepper tops last 10 minutes of cooking to avoid burning the stuffing.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
toninalani
Ewa Beach
I work long hours through the week and I don’t like cooking every night so I normally prepare a week’s worth of meals on the weekends.