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Beef Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe
Melissa @ Living a Frugal Life
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Prep Time
20
minutes
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Cook Time
35
minutes
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Course
Ground Beef
Cuisine
American
Servings
4
Equipment
Sharp Chefs knife
Cutting Board
9x13 Baking Dish
Large Saucepan or Stock Pot
Paper Towels
Skillet
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
4
green bell peppers
tops cut off and seeds taken out
2
Tbsp
olive oil
1
Medium
onion
chopped
1
pound
ground beef
2
tsp
garlic powder
1/4
cup
dried parsley leaves
chopped
3/4
tsp
salt
1/2
tsp
ground black pepper
1
pinch
red pepper flakes
3
cups
white rice
cooked
1
can
tomato sauce
15 oz
water
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350
Cut off tops of peppers and chop the edible parts of the tops.
Heat water in a large pot and parboil the peppers for 2 to 3 mins or until tender. Take out peppers and let sit on paper towels to dry
in a skillet, heat olive oil and add onion and pepper tops to the pan and cook until soft
Add beef, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes. Cook until meat is browned and crumbled
Add rice and tomato sauce and stir well.
Arrange peppers in baking dish and add water until about and 1/3 inch thick.
Stuff peppers with rice and meat mixture until filling forms a slight dome above the edge of the pepper.
Bake 25 to 30 mins or until peppers are tender
remove from the oven and let rest for 10-15 mins before serving
Keyword
Dinner Recipes, Ground Beef, Stuffed Peppers
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