Di's Stuffed Green Peppers
Hard Italian Lunch

Di's Stuffed Green Peppers

Total Time
1h 56m
29m prep · 87m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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These stuffed peppers with rice and mozzarella are easy to make and freeze well. For lunch, I just cut up the stuffed peppers and mix in some corn before I reheat.

Ingredients

  • 6 greens bell peppers , reserve tops
  • salt to taste
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 0.5 cups chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic , minced
  • 1 can tomatoes , 16 ounce
  • 0.5 cups long-grain white rice
  • 0.5 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce , such as Tabasco®
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 can tomato sauce , 8 ounce

Instructions

  1. 1

    Chop reserved green bell pepper tops. Measure out 1/4 cup and set aside.

  2. 2

    Bring a pot of water to a boil; cook whole green bell peppers in boiling water until slightly tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and lightly season inside of bell peppers with salt. Set aside.

  3. 3

    Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, onion, reserved 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper, and garlic in the hot skillet until ground beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Stir canned tomatoes and liquid, rice, water, Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon salt, hot sauce, and black pepper into ground beef mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover the skillet with a lid, and simmer until rice is tender, 15 to 18 minutes.

  6. 6

    Stir 3/4 of the mozzarella cheese and 3/4 of the tomato sauce into ground beef-rice mixture. Stuff bell peppers with ground beef-rice mixture; top each with remaining mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce. Arrange peppers in a baking dish. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.

  7. 7

    Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and cheese is melted, 30 to 35 minutes.

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