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lovingly stuffed bell peppers, iris

(1 rating)
irislynn avatar
Recipe by
iris mccall
@irislynn
chicago, IL

Moist, flavorful, and with just the right bite, my mom made these maybe 2 or 3 times a month, Any good cook is always tweaking her or his recipe and I believe my momma would love my take on her original recipe, try them for yourself and see. Takes a little work, but SO WORTH IT!!!! Toni T, this is for you.

(1 rating)
yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For lovingly stuffed bell peppers, iris

  • 6 lg
    bell peppers, make sure they're firm
  • 2 lb
    spicy italian sausage
  • 1 lb
    ground sirloin
  • 1/2 lb
    bacon, fried, drained and crumbled
  • 1
    red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1
    white onion, minced
  • 1 bag
    kraft shredded pepper jack cheese
  • 1 bag
    mozzarella cheese
  • 1&1/2 jar
    clasico spicy tomato basil pasta sauce
  • 1 c
    aborio rice
  • 3 clove
    garlic, crushed
  • 1 lg
    pot of water, will need
  • 2 qt
    pot with 1&1/2 cup of water
  • evoo

How To Make lovingly stuffed bell peppers, iris

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350.
  • 2
    Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the skillet. Add sirloin, sausage, garlic and onion to skillet and cook until brown but not dry. Add bell pepper a few minutes before meat is done strain off oil in colander.
  • 3
    Prepare rice according to directions take off the heat a little early, remember it's going into the oven.
  • 4
    Put on a large pot of water, enough to cover the peppers. Once water is boiling, lower heat to medium, add peppers, cook 5 minutes. Remove the peppers, plunge into ice bath . remove from bath and place upside down on paper towels to drain.
  • 5
    In a large bowl add meat mixture, including bacon, add 1 cup of the pepper jack cheese, and prepared rice (you don't have to use it all).
  • 6
    You can season your mixture with the flavors that appeal to you. I use basil, fennel seed, cayenne, salt and pepper.
  • 7
    In your 9x13" baking dish, spread 1 cup of sauce. Place peppers, stuffed with the meat mixture down into sauce. Top each peppers with a tablespoon of sauce from the dish then top with cheese, bake 20 minutes.
  • 8
    After 20 minutes remove from oven, top with the rest of the sauce and mozzarella put oven on broil. When brown and bubbly, serve.
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