Mom's Stuffed Bell Peppers

"This recipe comes from my mother-in-law and is very easy to prepare."
 
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photo by Charlotte J photo by Charlotte J
photo by Charlotte J
photo by Charlotte J photo by Charlotte J
photo by Charlotte J photo by Charlotte J
Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
6 peppers
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cut tops off bell peppers, making a bell pepper "bowl".
  • Remove seeds and membrane, rinsing well under cold water.
  • Par-boil peppers for approximately 5 minutes.
  • Remove peppers from boiling water and place in a 9 x 13 baking dish.
  • Brown ground beef and drain any excess fat.
  • Add chopped onion to ground beef, stirring every few minutes.
  • Meanwhile, make rice by boiling the cup of water and butter, adding rice and simmering until rice is cooked, as you would normally make steamed rice.
  • While rice is cooking, mix tomato sauce, sugar and basil together in a seperate bowl.
  • When rice is done, add to meat and onion mixture.
  • Add half of the sauce and half of the cheddar cheese to meat mixture, stirring all together.
  • Spoon meat mixture into each bell pepper; if you have any left over you can spoon some around the peppers as well.
  • Spoon remaining sauce mixture over each bell pepper and top with remaining cheese.
  • Bake at 350 for approx 20 minutes.
  • NOTE: Although this sounds like a lot of steps to go through, this is one of those recipes where you can be doing more than one thing at a time.
  • I usually start my water to boil for the par-boiling of the peppers at the same time I'm browing the ground beef and chopping my onion, and cleaning the bell peppers.
  • I am also guilty of making more sauce than needed, and adding more cheese than necessary. I really don't think you can screw this up -- it's just a matter of personal taste, so feel free to play with the amounts.

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Reviews

  1. Very good, thank you. When I made these I did not read the directions very well. I ended up mixing everything together except for some of the cheese. I stuffed the peppers then put the top on with the stem removed. I had a brain storm and decided to make a well in the center of the pepper. After doing so , I filled each with the extra cheese I had leftover. I will be making this often. Made for Zaar Cookbook Tag game 2010
     
  2. I used extra onions and cheese and also added crushed tomatoes to the sauce. I then added 1 egg to the meat mixture to hold it together more firmly. This recipe was an inspiration to homemade cooking with a kick to it!
     
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