stuffed green peppers

Recipe by
Janie Massey
Danielsville, GA

This is a family favorite of mine. The addition of the sauce gives it an interesting sweet and sour taste to the meat and rice. You can adjust the amounts of brown sugar and vinegar to suit your own taste. I hope you enjoy as much as we all do.

prep time 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For stuffed green peppers

  • 4 md
    green peppers
  • 1 lb
    ground beef
  • 2 c
    cooked rice
  • 1 c
    chopped onion
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/8 tsp
    pepper
  • 2- 8 oz can
    tomato sauce
  • 1/3 c
    brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/4 c
    vinegar
  • 1 c
    shredded cheddar

How To Make stuffed green peppers

  • 1
    Cut peppers in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Carefully cut stem pieces off.
  • 2
    Parboil peppers until a fork just pierces pepper. Drain completely. Arrange in 10X15 baking dish or size needed to put all peppers separated.
  • 3
    Lightly brown ground beef and onion. Add salt, pepper, and cooked rice
  • 4
    Mix remaining tomato sauce with brown sugar and vinegar in a saucepan until completely combined. Add 1/2 cup to ground beef mixture and mix well.
  • 5
    Pile ground beef mixture into stuffed peppers. Pour remaining tomato sauce mixture evenly over stuffed peppers and top with cheese.
  • 6
    Cover baking dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

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