Kelsey's Favorite Stuffed Green Peppers

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Green peppers stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, rice and onion, seasoned with garlic powder and held together with tomato sauce are topped with shredded mozzarella cheese and baked.

Submitted by Shellejo
Published on August 21, 2011
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Prep Time:
30 mins
Cook Time:
45 mins
Total Time:
1 mins
Servings:
6
Yield:
6 servings
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups water

  • 1 cup uncooked white rice

  • 3 large green bell peppers, halved and seeded

  • 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef

  • 1 onion, diced

  • garlic powder to taste

  • salt to taste

  • ground black pepper to taste

  • 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce

  • 2 cups finely shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

  1. In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  3. Place green bell peppers in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove peppers from the water and set aside in a 9x13 inch baking dish.

  4. In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the ground beef; drain. Return to heat and mix in onion, cooked rice, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour in tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. Let simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.

  5. Spoon the meat mixture onto each half of the green peppers. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until mixture begins to turn golden brown.

  6. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top of each stuffed pepper. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is lightly browned, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Cook’s Note

  • (1) Put the dried garlic in the rice water so that the rice is infused with the garlic flavor. (2)Don't boil the peppers, blanch them. This keeps them from getting too discolored when you pre-cook them. (Don't worry, they will still cook sufficiently in the oven.) (3) Add about 1/2 teaspoon coriander and cumin and then add cayenne pepper to taste after you add the tomato sauce.(4) These really only need about 30 minutes in the oven to get soft too, so don't overdo it.