Recipe for Stuffed Peppers

This recipe for stuffed peppers was given to me by a friend. I choose not to use green peppers as we do not really like them, but you can use any colour pepper to suit your family’s taste.

You can chop the tops of the peppers and add them to the ground beef mixture at the same time as the onions.

Ingredients

• 6 red or yellow bell peppers
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1-2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1tsp basil
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 cup uncooked rice
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 (10 oz) can condensed tomato soup
• 1 can (10 oz.) tomato sauce

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cut the tops off the peppers, and clean the insides. Cook peppers in boiling water for approximately 5 minutes then drain. Sprinkle salt and pepper inside each pepper.

2. In a large skillet, sauté beef, garlic and onions until beef is browned. Drain and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the diced tomatoes, rice, beef broth, spices and Worcestershire sauce. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat then stir in 1 cup of cheese.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

4. Stuff each pepper half way with the beef and rice mixture, spoon a tablespoon of tomato soup and sprinkle some cheese on top of it, then continue to fill it with the rest of the meat mixture. Place peppers open side up in a baking pan. Mix the remaining tomato soup with tomato sauce and a little bit of water. Pour over peppers. You can sprinkle the peppers with some more cheese if you like.

5. Bake in the preheated over for approximately 25 minutes or until hot.

Makes 6 stuffed peppers

Serving suggestions:

I serve this dish with a nice side salad.

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