Kittencal's Stuffed Bell Peppers
Recipe: #4091
January 15, 2012
Categories: Ground Beef, Rice, Peppers, Baby Shower, Brunch, Fathers Day Game/Sports Day, Mothers Day, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Beef Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"I have another recipe posted here on this site that is great also this is a little different, do not use regular uncooked rice only instant for this or you will end up with hard uncooked rice! This recipe has a lot of rice if you want more ground beef flavor reduce the rice to 1 1/2 cups and icrease the ground beef to 1 1/4 pounds. If you want more sauce on top of the peppers you can increase the amount"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (453.4 g)
- Calories 507.3
- Total Fat - 19.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.2 g
- Cholesterol - 90.8 mg
- Sodium - 711.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 49.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.2 g
- Sugars - 11.3 g
- Protein - 32.3 g
- Calcium - 202.4 mg
- Iron - 4.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 150.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish (or any dish that will fit the peppers without over crowding). Cut off tops of green peppers and clean seeds out. Boil in large pot for 5 minutes, transfer to paper towels and place cut-side down to drain.
Step 2
In a skillet cook the ground beef with onion until browned; drain. Add in garlic and chili flakes and 2 cups of pasta sauce; bring to a simmer stirring until well combined, then simmer about 15 minutes. Remove from heat then mix in 2 cups of instant rice. Season with salt and pepper.
Step 3
Place the peppers into greased baking dish. Fill peppers with meat/rice mixture. Drizzle remaining 2 cups of spaghetti sauce evenly over all peppers. Sprinkle tops with Parmesan cheese (about 2 tablespoons on each pepper. Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 25-30 minutes or until peppers are tender.
Step 4
Remove foil and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake uncovered for another 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Tips
No special items needed.