Description
Stuffed peppers recipe that I’ve come up with.
Ingredients
- 4 green bell peppers, tops and seeds removed (reserve tops)
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
- ½ cup long grain white rice
- ½ cup water
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Chop enough reserved green pepper tops to equal 1/4 cup; set aside. Discard remaining tops or use for another purpose.
- Place hollowed-out green peppers in a microwave-safe dish; cover and cook in microwave until bright green and steaming
- about 3 minutes. Set peppers aside.
- Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet with onion and 1/4 cup chopped pepper tops over medium heat until beef is browned
- the juices run clear
- and the onion is translucent
- about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease.
- Pour in diced tomatoes with their juice
- rice
- water
- Worcestershire sauce
- salt
- and black pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low
- cover skillet
- and simmer until rice is tender
- about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Stir Cheddar cheese into ground beef-rice mixture and spoon mixture into precooked peppers. Set peppers upright in an 8×8-inch baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and peppers are tender
- about 30 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 4