Stuffed Peppers
By punk
Ingredients
- SERVINGS 4-6 UNITS US
- 6 green bell peppers
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 ⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 ⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1 ⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon parsley
- Quick Tomato Sauce Topping
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 ⁄4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon pepper
Details
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Lightly spray baking pan with cooking spray.
Blanch peppers in boiling, salted, water 5 minutes.
Briefly, and lightly, hand mix ground beef mixture, adding all ingredients from ground beef to parsley, except tomato sauce topping.
With a tablespoon, stuff each pepper with meat mixture.
Mix ingredients of tomato sauce and spices, or use any tomato sauce of your choice.
Place 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce in baking pan covering bottom. (This will be a small amount of covering).
Add meat stuffed peppers to dish.
Drizzle tomato sauce over top of stuffed peppers.
Add optional 1 piece of bacon to top of each pepper.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
When serving, dish out tomato "gravy" to top of each pepper.
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