Classic Stuffed Bell Peppers
Fresh green bell peppers stuffed with beef, rice and marinara and baked in a red sauce topped with melted cheese.
Ingredients
- 4 each bell Peppers
- 2 tsp Olive oil
- 1 Onion small diced
- 3 cups Marinara divided
- 1/4 tsp Crushed red Peppers
- 1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Cup Beef stock
- 1 lb Italian sausage or ground beef
- 1 Cup Cooked white rice
- 1 Tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp Hot sauce
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp Ground pepper
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheese Cheddar, Parm. Provolone or jack
Instructions
Sauce
- Start the sauce first so it can simmer as you get the peppers ready.
- I use the cast iron pan I am going to bake the peppers in, but if yu are using a glass pyrex dish then make the sauce in a seerate pan on the stove
- Heat your pan over medium heat and add the oil and the onions. Add a pinch of salt and let the onions sauté for about 3 minutes or until softened and translucent.
- Remove half of th eonions and set aside.
- To the onions left in your pan add the crushed red pepper flakes, two cups of the marinara, and the balsamic vinegar.
- Leave to simmer while you prepare the peppers.
The Peppers
- Wash and cut your peppers in half, remove the seeds and membrane from the peppers and set them aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°
- In a bowl mix well the ground sausage or beef, garlic, rice, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, hot sauce, worstershire, salt and pepp
- Generously stuff each pepper and set them into the sauce.
- Top tightly with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove the foil and top each pepper with the remaining cheese, and place bake into the oven for 20 more minutes.
- Let sit for 10 minutes and serve topped with sauce.
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