Mom's Stuffed Peppers

🧂 Ingredients

• 6 bell pepper

  sliced in half lengthwise and seeded
• 1 yellow onion

  chopped
• 4 cloves garlic

  chopped
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cups of cooked brown rice
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 2 cups of crushed tomatoes
• 6 tbsp. cheddar cheese

  shredded

Instructions

• 1 Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Drop peppers in the boiling
  water and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the peppers form the water and cool.
• 2 In a separate large saut pan heat 2 tsp. of extra virgin olive oil and add in
  onion and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Saute for a 4 minutes or until
  the onions and garlic begin to look translucent. Push veggies aside, add ground
  beef to the pan and season with a little more salt and pepper.
• 3 Slowly combine the meat and the veggies and cook until the beef has browned.
  Stir in the brown rice and 1 cup of the crushed tomatoes, stir and simmer for
  ten minutes. Adjust seasonings as needed.
• 4 Spread cup of the crushed tomatoes on the bottom of a 911 baking dish and then
  line with the peppers. Scoop cup-ish of filling in each pepper (or enough to
  fill it up).
• 5 Top each pepper with a dollop of crushed tomatoes and a sprinkle of the shredded
  cheese.
• 6 Bake the peppers at 350 for 30 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the
  peppers are heated through. Enjoy!

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