Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Easy Stuffed Peppers

Easy Stuffed Peppers. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the ground beef, and cook until brown and crumbly. Pour off excess grease, then stir in garlic, onion, and tomatoes.

The perfect filling meal that can even be made ahead of time! That's why I make this easy stuffed pepper recipe with fresh uncooked peppers. When dinner is served those pepper shells still have that fresh crunch and flavor I love so much. You can have Easy Stuffed Peppers using 8 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Stuffed Peppers

1. You need of -lb ground sirlion.
2. It's of -C rice (uncooked).
3. Prepare of -C chopped fresh tomatoes.
4. You need of -Tbsp minced onion.
5. You need of -Tbsp garlic powder.
6. You need of -tsp black pepper.
7. You need of -C tomato sauce.
8. Prepare of medium/large bell peppers.

If you don't love your stuffed peppers with quite so much crunch, you can put them in boiling water for just a few minutes to soften them. If you would have asked me to try stuffed peppers when I was a kid, I would have turned up my nose at you. But, as I've gotten older, I've expanded my horizons to try new foods. How to Make the Best Stuffed Peppers.

Easy Stuffed Peppers step by step

1. (Pre-heat oven to 375.) Start by cooking rice, using beef broth instead of water gives good flavor - although I use beef broth and tomato paste to make my tomato sauce... if you don't have have beef broth, don't worry! It will still be very good!.
2. While rice is cooking, prepare bell peppers by cutting tops off (as 'lids') or slicing lengthwise (like 'bowls'). Remove seeds by rinsing..
3. Heat pan to brown beef on stove..
4. Chop tomatoes and prepare tomato sauce, mix together..
5. When water is almost absorbed in rice, place bell peppers in pot with rice and cover, turn off heat..
6. Brown beef in heated pan, add minced onion, garlic and black pepper..
7. While beef is cooking, uncover rice and remove bell peppers with tongs..
8. Place cooked beef in pot with cooked rice and mix together..
9. Add tomatoes with sauce to rice/beef mixture..
10. Place bell peppers in loaf or casserole baking dish. (whichever fits best).
11. Fill bell peppers with meat mixture and place extra mixture around peppers to fill dish..
12. Bake for 20-30minutes. (Place cheese on top of peppers for last 5-10minutes if you choose).
13. Serve and enjoy!.

Cook rice according to package instructions. Next, fill the peppers with the filling to the brim. In a bowl, mix together the remaining tomato sauce and Italian seasoning. Pour as a topping over the stuffed peppers. Drain peppers and stuff with meat mixture.