Simple and satisfying any night of the week, this stuffed pepper recipe is the perfect way to use up ground beef.
Ingredients:
6 'Sweet Stuff' peppers (or the stuffing pepper of your choice)
½ lb ground beef
Olive oil
1 diced tomato
½ small diced onion
½ tsp dried basil
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp dried oregano
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1 cup shredded mozzarella
Recipe:
- Cut the tops off your peppers and scoop out seeds and membrane. Chop what remains from the tops and set aside for your stuffing.
- In a large skillet sauté ground beef in a few tablespoons of olive oil for about 8 minutes, breaking up into small chunks.
- Add diced tomato, diced onion and 4 Tbs chopped pepper set aside from the tops; sauté 5 more minutes.
- Let cool slightly and stir in dried basil, garlic powder, dried oregano, salt, pepper and shredded mozzarella.
- Fill prepared peppers with mixture and bake at 350 degrees F for 45-60 minutes or until browned and pepper looks just softened.
October 14, 2021