Stuffed Green Peppers
One of my favorite meals to make is stuffed green peppers. To me, it is easy comfort food and it seems to always hit the spot! This is enough for a family of 4 but I always enjoy having them as leftovers!
Ingredients:
4-5 green peppers (or mix it up if you want!)
salt
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion (peeled and chopped)
1 clove of garlic (peeled and chopped)
1 lb of ground beef or ground turkey (I always prefer ground turkey. Less grease.)
1 1/2 cups of cooked rice or 3/4 cup of uncooked instant rice
1 can of Ro-tel (I substituted Ro-tel for 1 can of chopped tomatoes. It gives it a little kick and great flavor!)
1 tbsp of fresh oregano or 1 tsp of dried oregano
Ground pepper
1/2 cup of ketchup
1 1/2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce
Dash of Tobasco sauce
Directions:
Bring a large pot of water to boil with a couple generous pinches of salt.
Cut off the stems of the peppers and remove all seeds. Add the peppers to the boiling water. Make sure they are completely submerged or make sure to rotate them. Once they are softened (approx. 3 minutes), remove from the boiling water, drain, and let them cool.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat 4 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic. Saute until they are translucent (approx. 5 minutes).
Remove from heat and add meat, rice, tomatoes (Ro-tel), and oregano. Season with salt and pepper.
Drizzle the remaining olive oil inside the peppers then stuff the peppers with the filling. (TIP: I cut my peppers in half and fill them. They take less time to cook then).
In a bowl, combine the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and tabasco. Spoon over the peppers.
Add about 1/4 cup of water to the baking dish (just enough to cover the bottom so the peppers do not stick). Add the peppers to the baking dish and put in the oven for 40-50 minutes.
Chris' rating: 3.5/5 (He wanted more salt and pepper and said that the rice needed to be cooked a little longer. I cooked it in the rice cooker prior to stuffing the peppers, but I never win the rice battle against someone who is half Korean!)