Stuffed Bell Peppers

Submitted by PCrocker

"Comfort food at its best. I like to use fresh peppers right out of my garden."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 green peppers
• 2 (16 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1 cup rice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• salt and pepper, to taste

directions

1. Remove tops from peppers; wash and seed.
2. Pour 1 can of tomato sauce and 1/2 cup of water in bottom of 2 quart casserole dish; set aside.
3. In bowl combine 1 can tomato sauce, 1 cup water, rice, salt, pepper, onion, and beef, mix well.
4. Spoon mixture into peppers and place in pan.
5. Cover with a tight fitting lid and bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until rice is tender.
6. Baste occasionally with tomato sauce in bottom of pan.

Reviews

[Nrod13]

Sorry ladies but I have to laugh at some of the comments here.... Who doesn't know not to cook the ground beef BEFORE putting it in the pepper?! I mean it's like preparing meatballs and just throwing them in the sauce before slightly cooking them.... Rice should always be boiled for 20-25 min before putting it in the peppers....sorry it didn't work for you ladies...just a heads up, I usually use butter in a pan let it melt and throw in the chopped onions and let them sizzle up..after that I then throw in the ground beef and mix it together until brown (being puerto rican I use ADOBO to season the meat, just a few sprinkles makes the meat delicious)-don't forget to dump the excess fat if using ground beef instead of ground round. Just my opinion on how to season the meat before putting it in the pepper....happy cooking!! : )

 

[ababai]

Um yeah you should have added that the rice should have been boiled a bit before putting them in the peppers!!! Wasted all my ingredients. I should have just winged it. I am pretty sure i would have had better peppers without using this recipe.

 

[Catwhispers]

After having stuffed peppers for the first time at a friends home recently, and since I really enjoyed them,I chose this recipe to try and make them myself (and I did follow the recipe exactly). I have to admit I was very disappointed in the results. The sauce was thin and watery, and the overall flavor somewhat acidic, never reaching that rich, comfort-food flavor I had hoped to recreate. It was edible, but not a recipe I would try again. Instead, I am going to try and wear down my friend for her recipe.

 

[harbqll]

Excellent! I like to use a hollowed-out onion instead of peppers. Also, I'd like to suggest to Chef #282136 that she might try turning the oven on next time.

 

[Miss. McGillicudy]

Chef #282136, I have never cooked my meat first when making peppers, and I par boil the rice just a bit, they always come out well, maybe you just can't cook stuffed peppers?