Mexican-Greek Stuffed Green Peppers
Description
Green bell peppers stuffed with seasoned ground beef, feta cheese, and rice are a nice duo of Mexican and Greek-inspired cuisine for a weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
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1 pound ground beef
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2/3 cup water
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1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning
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2 cups hot cooked instant white rice (such as Uncle Ben's®), or as needed
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1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
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1 tomato, chopped
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1 cup finely chopped mushrooms
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1/4 cup chopped red onion
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1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
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1/4 cup chopped green onions
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4 green bell peppers, tops and seeds removed
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2 tablespoons kalamata olives, or to taste
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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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. Add water and taco seasoning to ground beef; cook and stir until until water evaporates, about 5 minutes.
3
Mix ground beef mixture, rice, tomato soup, tomato, mushrooms, red onion, feta cheese, and green onions together in a bowl; spoon into green bell peppers. Arrange stuffed peppers in a baking dish.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are softened and filling is cooked through, about 1 hour. Serve with kalamata olives on the side.