My Super Easy Stuffed Peppers
Created by AcadiaTwo on February 7, 2012
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 35m
- Recipe #4541
Ingredients
- 4 red bell peppers (orange, yellow or green)
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 pound ground meat (beef, pork, veal mixture)
- 20 ounces marinara sauce
- 1 cup cooked rice (I use Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice)
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
How to Make
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Step 1: Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F
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Step 2: Remove tops and seed of peppers (reserve pepper-tops). Cook in boiling water for about 4-5 minutes; drain.
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Step 3: Brown meat mixture in skillet.
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Step 4: Add 10 ounces of marinara sauce with ground meat and rice; mix well.
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Step 5: Spoon mixture into peppers. Top with pepper-tops.
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Step 6: Smear butter onto bottom and sides of square baking dish.
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Step 7: Add peppers with tops to baking dish and bake for 30-minutes.
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Step 8: Heat remaining marinara sauce to serve over peppers.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (411.6 g)
- Calories 695.3
- Total Fat - 13.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.4 g
- Cholesterol - 106.6 mg
- Sodium - 320.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 114.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.7 g
- Sugars - 61.7 g
- Protein - 29.5 g
- Calcium - 115.8 mg
- Iron - 4.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 152.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.9 mg