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Stuffed Bell Peppers
Recipes
Stuffed Bell Peppers

Ingredients

  • 1 pound 93% lean ground beef
  • one 12-ounce package 50% less fat sausage
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 4 large bell peppers
  • one 4-ounce can mushroom pieces
  • one 8-ounce can tomato sauce
  • one 14 ½-ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup instant rice
  • aluminum foil

Steps

    1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
    2. Fill saucepan ¾ full of hot water, cover and place on high heat to boil for bell peppers.
    3. Preheat sauté pan on medium-high for 2-3 minutes.
    4. Place ground beef, sausage, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning in sauté pan. Cook for 7-10 minutes until brown, and all pink is gone. Stir frequently, breaking meat up into small crumbles as it cooks. Drain well.
    5. Wash bell peppers; cut tops off and remove seeds. Trim bottom of bell peppers evenly. (This will help peppers to stand upright.) Add peppers to boiling water, cover and boil for 5 minutes.
    6. Stir into meat mixture: drained mushrooms, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes (including liquid) and rice. Cook for 3 minutes.
    7. Using tongs, remove bell peppers and stand upright in 8-inch baking dish.
    8. Remove meat mixture from heat and pack each bell pepper with mixture, mounding the top. Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes. Serve.