Mom's Stuffed Bell Peppers

Green bell peppers stuffed with a delicious ground beef mixture, served over rice! This recipe also works great with ground turkey.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 4 -6  green bell peppers, depending on their size and how much meat you want per pepper
• 1  lb ground beef or 1  lb ground turkey
• 1  yellow onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano
• 3⁄4 cup tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 cup beef broth
• 2  tablespoons parsley
• 1 -1 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese (optional)
• 4 -6  cups white rice or 4 -6  cups brown rice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Blanch peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove and place in glass baking pan. Set pan aside.
3. Cook meat and onion in skillet on medium heat until meat it browned, then drain excess liquid.
4. Add salt, pepper, oregano, tomato sauce, and beef broth. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Mix in parsley.
6. Stuff green peppers with meat mixture.
7. Cover pan with tin foil and bake for 15 minutes.
8. *Uncover, top each pepper with 1/4 cup of cheese (optional), and bake for another 5 minutes. (*uncover and cook even if you do not add the cheese).
9. Serve each pepper over 1 cup of rice.