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Ground Beef Stuffed Green Bell Peppers
"Green peppers stuffed with Lean ground beef, onions and Celery.
Tip: You can blanch the peppers in boiling water for 3 min and freeze them for later use."
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 large green bell peppers
- 5 cups water, Boiling, Salted
- 1 lb lean beef, Ground
- 1⁄4 cup onion, Chopped, 1 small
- 1⁄2 cup celery, Chopped
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1⁄2 cup instant rice, Uncooked
- 1⁄2 cup water
directions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut each bell pepper lengthwise in half.
- Wash the insides and outsides of the peppers after removing the seeds and membranes.
- Cook the peppers in the boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain and set aside. Cook and stir the meat, onion and celery in a large skillet until the meat is brown.
- Drain off the excess fat. Stir in half of the tomato sauce and the remaining ingredients, heat to boiling then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
- Place the peppers, cut sides up, in an ungreased baking pan 9 X 9 X 2 or 8 X 8 X 2-inches.
- Spoon the meat filling into each of the pepper half evenly and then cover the pan with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 25 minutes then uncover and top with the remaining tomato sauce and bake an additional 5 minutes.
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Reviews
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This simple little recipe formed the basis for a really wonderful dinner. I omitted the salt and substituted garlic powder for garlic salt. I also used a 10 oz can of Rotel diced tomatos with peppers instead of the tomato sauce. I added 1/4 lb of Portugese chourico and a dash of paprika. Really splendid spicy dish as a result. -
Fantastic. I used jar marinara sauce and ground turkey meat, but this was amazing. I switched to this recipe last minute, so the peppers weren't cut lengthwise, but were hollowed out and cooked upright. It was great -
I followed the directions precisely, and it really just wasn't that tasty, edible but not something I'd make again. -
We love this recipe. I do substitue the tomato sauce with Campbells Tomato soup though.
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Recipe PERFECTION!! I’ve mixed it up and used 1/2 ground beef, 1/2 ground hot Italian sausage several times and it’s been my stuffed bell peppers go-to recipe with shredded cheddar mixed with shredded Parmesan, then put in broiler for 4 minutes. For the brown rice, I used to use standard brown rice… THEN I discovered this— Ben's Original™ Ready Rice Whole Grain Medley Flavored Rice. THE best of THE best????
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This simple little recipe formed the basis for a really wonderful dinner. I omitted the salt and substituted garlic powder for garlic salt. I also used a 10 oz can of Rotel diced tomatos with peppers instead of the tomato sauce. I added 1/4 lb of Portugese chourico and a dash of paprika. Really splendid spicy dish as a result.
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I have never made stuffed peppers before, and I am glad I tried this recipe. I actually microwaved the peppers until they were soft (about 2-3 minutes on HIGH), used ground turkey instead of ground beef, didn't use celery (personal preference), used half the salt, added a few shakes of crushed red peppers, and made 1/2 cup of non-instant brown rice beforehand (which comes out to about 1 1/2 - 2 c. cooked - so I didn't add the water). Oh, and like another reviewer, I also added cheese on top of the sauce before baking for the last 5 minutes. That's why I only gave it 4 stars. My husband and I really liked these peppers, and I will definitely make them again. Thanks for posting it! -
I really enjoyed these. I have never made stuffed green peppers homemade before, only had them from the freezer section (I think it was Stouffer's brand, name's not coming to me now, it's been a long time). They were really good, but they also had ground beef in them, so I stopped buying them. I chose this recipe because it sounded like it would taste the way I like my stuffed peppers to taste and I really wanted stuffed peppers. I replaced the ground beef with ground turkey for my diet), used sweet onions, and instead of garlic salt, used garlic powder. I also added some worcestershire sauce in with the browning meat, as well as later on. When I cooked the meat, onions, and celery, I also added about one tsp of jarred, minced garlic. I followed the rest of the recipe as stated. I thought the times, ingred ratios, and cooking temp for this recipe were right on. Everything cooked up perfectly and the taste was fantastic. My bf wanted cheese on his, and all we had was a Mexican-blend cheese, so at the 5 min uncovered oven time, I sprinkled some cheese on his share. I can't eat dairy, so I left mine plain. Bf took a taste of the filling and said "Mm! Pretty good!" Later on, he remarked, "Yummy!" Btw, I don't think 3 large peppers serves 4 people. This was enough for 2 people, 3 halves each, and mine were fairly large peppers. Can't wait to make this again! Thanks Cindy Hartlin for sharing! :)
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