Stuffed Green Peppers

By klgettins

Ingredients

• 4 large peppers
• 5 c. boiling water
• 1.25 lbs. ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 garlic powder
• 3/4 cups cooked rice
• 15 oz. can tomato sauce, separated.
• 1 t. brown sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Cook rice.
Remove top, seeds and membranes from peppers.
Cook in boiling water 5-8 minutes. Drain.
Brown beef with onion until onion is tender. Drain fat.
Stir in salt, garlic powder, rice and 1 cup tomato sauce.
If mixture is too dry add a tablespoon or two of water.
Heat through.
Stuff each pepper with approximately 1/2 cup of mixture.
Place peppers in an ungreased, glass baking dish.
Mix remaining tomato sauce with a tablespoon of water and brown sugar.
Pour over and around peppers.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Uncover and bake additional 15 minutes.