Basic Stuffed Peppers

Ground Beef is a go-to quick meal necessity. If you want something other than meatloaf or hamburgers Stuffed Peppers is a great alternative! They are so simple to learn and so fun to get creative with once you have a basic idea how to make them.

Basic Stuffed Peppers

6 Bell Peppers

1 lb Ground Beef

1 Jar tomato sauce

-Preheat oven to 350*

-Brown the beef in a skillet and drain grease

-Cut tops off of peppers to clean out insides. Remove and discard seeds and stem membrane.

-Lightly cover bottom of casserole dish with sauce

-*Mix meat and 1-1.5 cups sauce in medium bowl or skillet

-Add meat to hallowed out peppers and stand peppers up in a casserole dish

-*Top each pepper with any remaining sauce

-Cover with foil and bake for 20-30 minutes or until tender

-Occasionally baste with sauce if you’re worried about meat drying out

Remember your meat was cooked in the skillet so we are just cooking the pepper to our preferred tenderness

OPTIONS

Mix some sausage or ground turkey in with the beef

Or use another ground meat altogether! (Keep in mind with leaner meats you will need more sauce or basting to avoid drying out )

Add cooked rice or quinoa to meat as a filler

Use diced tomatoes or ketchup instead of sauce

Try adding different shredded cheeses with the meat or melting slices on top the last few minutes (remove tin foil)

Season the meat with 1 tbl spoon or more of dry ranch seasoning, taco seasoning, Worcestershire sauce or whatever!

Add mushrooms or onions to meat mixture

Be creative! Experiment!

Tips and Tricks

If adding rice or quinoa, mushrooms, onions or whatever use the same pan you browned meat in for easier cleanup