Description
Delicious stuffed bell peppers filled with seasoned beef and rice, baked to perfection.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce, divided
- 1¼ cups water, divided
- 1 (1 oz) packet garlic & herb salad dressing mix
- 1 cup uncooked minute rice
- 4 large bell peppers, halved and seeded
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- Olive oil, for cooking
- Optional: shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese
- Optional: fresh parsley or basil for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook ground beef and onion until browned.
- Add 1 cup tomato sauce, 1 cup water, and dressing mix. Bring to a boil.
- Stir in rice, cover, remove from heat, and let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a baking dish, mix remaining tomato sauce, water, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Place pepper halves in the dish and fill with beef mixture.
- Cover with foil and bake for 35–40 minutes until peppers are tender.
- Optional: Add cheese during last 5 minutes of baking.
- Serve hot with extra sauce spooned over top.
Notes
- Feel free to customize the filling with other ingredients like vegetables or different spices.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed pepper
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 60mg