Stuffed Peppers With Ground Beef And Rice

I had never made stuffed bell peppers before, and this is the recipe I tried.  they came out really good!  I would make this again

Serves about 6 people.

Time Required:

• Preparation Time: 20 min
• Cook Time: 1 hr
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 min

Ingredients:

• One pound of ground beef
• Half cup of uncooked, long rain white rice
• One cup of cold water
• Six green bell peppers (I used yellow, and they came out with a nice mellow bell pepper taste)
• Two cups (or 8 oz cans) of tomato sauce
• One tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
• Quarter teaspoon garlic powder
• Quarter teaspoon onion powder
• One teaspoon of Italian seasoning

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook rice.  About 20 minutes or until the rice is soft and edible. (rather than water, I used beef broth)
3. While that is cooking, brown one pound ground beef all the way through, then drain it. 
4. After both the rice and beef are finished, combined both plus the rest of the ingredients in med/leg sauce pan. (you can use the same pan as the beef was browned in)
5. Simmer for a few minutes
6. Spoon the mixture into the peppers. Place in oven .
7. Cook about 40 to 45 mins.
8. Ovens vary in cook time.  Keep an eye on peppers.  
9. When about 10 mins finished, put layer of shredded cheese (optional) 
10. Cook the remaining 10 mins.  
11. When cheese is melted, browned and peppers are cooked all the way through, take out of oven.
12. Cool about 5 mins
13. Serve and enjoy!!