Learn how long to cook stuffed peppers in the oven using a shortcut for easy, delicious baked stuffed peppers.
Ingredients
- green bell peppers, tops and seeds removed (reserve tops): 4 piece
- ground beef: 1 pound
- onion: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- tomatoes with juice: 1 can (14.5 ounce can, diced)
- long grain white rice: 0.5 cup
- water: 0.5 cup
- Worcestershire sauce: 1 tsp
- pinch salt: 1 piece
- pinch ground black pepper: 1 piece
- cheddar cheese: 1 cup (shredded)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Chop enough reserved green pepper tops to equal 1/4 cup; set aside. Discard remaining tops or use for another purpose. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Place hollowed-out green peppers in a microwave-safe dish; cover and cook in microwave until bright green and steaming, about 3 minutes. Set peppers aside.
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Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet with onion and 1/4 cup chopped pepper tops over medium heat until beef is browned, the juices run clear, and the onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Pour in diced tomatoes with their juice, rice, water, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and black pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover skillet, and simmer until rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Stir Cheddar cheese into ground beef-rice mixture and spoon mixture into precooked peppers. Set peppers upright in an 8x8-inch baking dish. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and peppers are tender, about 30 minutes. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
