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

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.