These are my daughter's favorite thing to eat. Best served with corn and homemade mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
- water: 2 cups
- uncooked white rice: 1 cup
- green bell peppers, halved and: 3 piece (seeded)
- ½ pounds lean ground beef: 1 piece
- onion: 1 piece (diced)
- garlic powder: (to taste)
- salt: (to taste)
- ground black pepper: (to taste)
- tomato sauce: 1 can (15 ounce can)
- mozzarella cheese: 2 cups (finely shredded)
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Stages of cooking
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In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Place green bell peppers in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove peppers from the water and set aside in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
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In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the ground beef; drain. Return to heat and mix in onion, cooked rice, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour in tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. Let simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
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Spoon the meat mixture onto each half of the green peppers. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until mixture begins to turn golden brown.
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Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top of each stuffed pepper. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is lightly browned, about 5 to 10 minutes.
