An entree or small meal in itself, fresh green peppers are stuffed with a ground beef and rice mixture. Preparation and cook times are lengthy, but the recipe is quite easy.

Yield: 4-6 Green Peppers (depends upon the size of the green peppers)

Total Time:

45 to 60 minutes to prepare

75 to 90 minutes to cook

Ingredients

• 4-6 green peppers
• 1 pound ground beef
• 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
• ¹⁄₂ cup tomato sauce
• 2 cups instant rice
• 1 small to medium onion (about 125 grams), chopped
• ¹⁄₂ cup parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon basil, dried
• 1 teaspoon celery seed, ground
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt

Cooking Instructions

Preparations

Any step of the food preparation can be done the night beforehand and put into the refrigerator for keeping.

1. Preheat the oven to 460 degrees (unless you are preparing the peppers beforehand to bake later)

2. Cut and remove the tops from the green peppers

3. Remove the seeds and the largest part of the white ‘veins’ on the pepper walls

   1. The edges of the ‘veins’ will still be visible
   2. They can most easily be removed by scraping with a spoon or your hand
   3. If there are any bad spots on the pepper, cut them out

4. Since it is not always easy to determine how many green peppers the recipe will make, you can either wait until after the mixture is made, or just save any cleaned green pepper for another dish

5. Chop a white onion (or other cooking onion, if you prefer) to make about ³⁄₄ cup of chopped onion.

6. In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 pound of uncooked ground beef with a 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes, ¹⁄₂ cup of tomato sauce and chopped onion

7. Mix together well

8. In a medium mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of uncooked instant rice, ¹⁄₂ cup of parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon of dried basil, 1 teaspoon of ground celery seed, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of ground black pepper and ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt

9. Stir the dry ingredients together and add to the beef and tomato mixture in the first large mixing bowl

10. Mix everything together thoroughly.

11. Stuff beef and rice mixture into the green peppers, all the way to the top of the pepper.

Cooking

1. Place all stuffed green peppers into a baking dish and cover with aluminum foil
   1. Alternatively, they could be placed in one or two deep baking dishes with lids
2. Bake at 450 degrees for 75 minutes
   1. Stuffed peppers are done when they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees
3. Remove foil or lids and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes to brown the tops of the beef and pepper
   

Notes:

Serving Suggestion: Serve with a side of marinara or spaghetti sauce

Revision: 1/14/2022