Title: STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS
Categories: Hamburger, Main dish, Meats, Vegetables
Yield: 4 servings
-----------------------PEPPER SHELLS-----------------------
3 ea Green Bell Peppers; Lg
5 c Water; Boiling, Salted
-----------------------MEAT FILLING-----------------------
1 lb Lean Ground Beef
1/4 c Onion; Chopped, 1 Sm
1/2 c Celery; Chopped
8 oz Tomato Sauce; 1 Cn
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Garlic Salt
1 ts Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 c Instant Rice; Uncooked
1/2 c Water
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut each bell pepper
lengthwise in half.
Wash the insides and outsides of the peppers after
removing the seeds and membranes. Cook the peppers in
the boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain and
set aside. Cook and stir the meat, onion and celery
in a large skillet until the meat is brown. Drain off
the excess fat. Stir in half of the tomato sauce and
the remaining ingredients, heat to boiling then reduce
the heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Place
the peppers, cut sides up, in an ungreased baking pan
9 X 9 X 2 or 8 X 8 X 2-inches. Spoon the meat filling
into each of the pepper half evenly and then cover the
pan with aluminum foil. Bake for 25 minutes then
uncover and top with the remaining tomato sauce and
bake an additional 5 minutes.
