Casserole Recipes
Easy Beef Stuffed Peppers
Easy Beef Stuffed Peppers was created to use ingredients you're likely to have on hand.
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef or 1 package fully cooked ground beef
- 4 medium green, red or yellow bell peppers*
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup uncooked rice
- 3 tablespoons ketchup, divided
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes, undrained
Instructions
- Cut tops off bell peppers; remove seeds and membrane.
- Combine ground beef, onion, rice, 2 tablespoons ketchup, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, salt and pepper, mixing lightly but thoroughly.
- Spoon an equal amount of meat mixture into each bell pepper.
- Place in an 8 inch square baking dish.
- Combine tomatoes, remaining ketchup and remaining oregano; pour over stuffed peppers. Cover baking dish tightly with foil.
- Bake t 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours.
Notes
* Four large zucchini or yellow squash may be substituted for the bell peppers. (Reduce cooking time by about 15 minutes.)
Nutrition
Per serving, using 95% lean ground beef: Calories 294, Total Fat 7g, Saturated Fat 3g, Cholesterol 76mg, Protein 28g, Carbohydrate 30g, Iron 5mg, Zinc 7mg, Sodium 776mg, Potassium 507mg, Calcium 61mg, Vitamin C 120mg, Vitamin A 136RE, Vitamin B12 2ug
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Texas Beef Team