I got a lot of peppers this week in my basket. We aren’t big pepper fans in this house, but I wanted to do something else besides just chopping them and adding them to stir fry. So, I decided to try stuffed peppers. I got a recipe from a friend of mine, then looked up a couple other recipes, and came up with this.
Stuffed Peppers
4-6 peppers, tops and seeds removed
1 cup cooked rice
1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano (Or any flavored tomatoes. If you use plain tomatoes, you will want to add some kind of seasoning)
1 egg
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cups tomato sauce (I used Ragu Traditional sauce)
1 cup water
Mix the rice, ground beef, onion, tomatoes, egg, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Fill the peppers with the stuffing, making it level with the top of the pepper. Add filled peppers to a large saucepan. In a separate bowl, combine tomato sauce and water. Pour over the peppers in the saucepan.
Bring the liquid to a boil, then turn heat down to a simmer. Cover, and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until meat is fully cooked and peppers have softened.
I cut open a pepper to make sure mine were done, and they were!
Note: This can be done in your slow cooker instead. Place the peppers in your slow cooker and cook on low 6-8 hours.
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