Stuffed Bell Peppers
These stuffed bell peppers are a classic comfort food recipe that are loaded with deliciously seasoned ground beef, tender rice, onions, and cheese.
Servings: 6 Peppers
Ingredients
- 6 bell peppers, green, red, orange
- 1½ pound ground beef
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 10 ounces Rotel, drained
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1½ cups brown rice, cooked
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups pepper jack cheese, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Wash and cut the stem off of each pepper.
- Remove the seeds and membranes and, if necessary, trim the bottom of the peppers evenly so they stand upright.
- Spray a 8 x 8 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Precook peppers for 15 minutes before stuffing them for a more tender pepper.
- In a large frying pan, cook ground beef, onion, and garlic until meat is no longer pink.
- Drain and return to pan.
- Add Rotel, tomato paste, salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes to pan. Stir and cook until hot.
- Add Worcestershire sauce and cooked rice. Stir.
- Add 1 cup of cheese into meat mixture. Stir.
- Spoon mixture into peppers.
- Top with cheese and bake for 30-40 minutes depending on the size of the peppers or until the peppers are tender.