My Favorite Stuffed Green Peppers
Description
Green peppers are stuffed with seasoned ground beef, rice, and onions and topped with mozzarella cheese and baked into a savory side dish.
Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups water
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1 cup brown rice
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1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed
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6 large green bell peppers, halved and seeded
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1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
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1 onion, diced
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1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
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2 cloves garlic, minced
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1 teaspoon ground coriander
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1 teaspoon ground cumin
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1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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2 cups finely shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions
1
Bring 2 1/2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, 20 minutes.
2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drizzle olive oil in a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
3
Fill a separate saucepan with water and bring to a boil; add green bell peppers and simmer for 3 minutes. Transfer peppers to a bowl of ice water until peppers are cooled. Arrange peppers in the prepared casserole dish.
4
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Return skillet to heat; mix onion and cooked rice into ground beef. Pour tomato sauce into ground beef mixture and stir to combine.
5
Mix garlic, coriander, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into ground beef mixture. Simmer until flavors have combined, 10 minutes. Remove from heat and spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons ground beef mixture into each bell pepper half. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over each filled pepper. Cover casserole dish with aluminum foil.
6
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and continue to bake until cheese is bubbling and melted, about 15 more minutes.