Ground Beef Stuffed Green Bell Peppers II - Oven or Crock Pot

Submitted by Quick n Easy Recipes

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb beef, Ground
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce, divided
• 1 1⁄4 cups water, divided
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope garlic & herb salad dressing mix
• 1 cup white minute rice, uncooked
• 4 large green peppers, halved
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• salt & pepper

directions

1. Brown meat and onion in a large skillet on medium heat. Stir in 1 cup of the tomato sauce, 1 cup of the water and salad dressing mix.
2. Bring to boil.
3. Stir in rice, cover.
4. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
5. Meanwhile cut tops off peppers, remove seeds and cu in half.
6. Mix remaining tomato sauce, and water in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking disk.
7. Place peppers in dish.
8. Spoon meat mixture into peppers, cover with foil.
9. Bake at 400 for 35-40 minutes.
10. Spoon sauce over peppers before serving.
11. Crockpot Stuffed Peppers Ready In: 7 - 9 hours Servings: 4 8 small green and/or red -peppers (tops removed and -seeded) 1 10 oz. pkg. frozen corn 1 lb Ground chuck (browned and -drained) 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce 1/4 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Garlic salt 1/4 tsp Pepper 1 cup Shredded cheese (I use -Cheddar or Swiss) 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cup Chopped onion 2 Tbsp Ketchup.
12. Wash peppers and drain Combine all remaining ingredients except ketchup in mixing bowl.
13. Stir well.
14. Stuff peppers 2/3 full.
15. Pour 3 Tbsp of water in crock pot. Arrange stuffed peppers in crock pot. Pour ketchup over top of peppers.
16. Cover and cook on low 7-9 hours or high 3-4 hours.

Reviews

[Kelly S.]

I followed the instructions for the crock pot version. It turned to mush in 6 hours on low. I made it for a friend and was very embarrassed to bring her green pepper soup. I do not know what happened. I followed the baking recipie and the meat tasted good but will not do it in the crock pot again.

 

[dancingcrystal2007]

I don't like bell peppers, but this was freakin' great! The family absolutely loved it and I am definately going to cook this again. I'm not a really experienced cook, but this was really easy!

 

[Mrs. Flanagan]

AWESOME! The only thing I changed was that I made them the night before. I don't know if that changed the taste or not, but they were really good. I was a little iffy about the dry dressing, but I think that is what made the dish. I will be making this again!

 

[Kitchenette]

These turned out very well, and they're quick and easy to make. The seasoning was just right. I'll definitely make them again. I made this dish for my finicky, meat-n-potato-loving, convalescent granny, and she gobbled it up. She said the peppers needed some cheese, though. For seasoning, I used Durkee Grill Creations Italian Herb marinade mix. I wanted to freeze some of the filling, since it made way too much, so I made it with just the beef, rice, and seasonings. I froze half, then stirred some sauce into the rest and stuffed the peppers. To use the frozen filling, I thawed it out, microwaved it, stirred in more tomato sauce, and stuffed more peppers. It turned out just as good as the first batch.

 

[DianaEatingRichly]

Made the oven version in my shallow dutch oven instead of a casserole. Made as written and absolutely delicious!