Recipe: Delicious Ground Beef (or Turkey) Stuffed Bell Peppers

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Ground Beef (or Turkey) Stuffed Bell Peppers. These stuffed peppers are made with green, yellow or red bell peppers and a deliciously seasoned ground beef and rice filling. Garlic and some dried basil add flavor to the simple tomato sauce. Use cheddar cheese or a pizza blend of shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese to top the stuffed peppers.

Ground Beef (or Turkey) Stuffed Bell Peppers Low Carb Stuffed Peppers with Ground Turkey Option. To make the stuffed peppers low carb, replace rice with cauliflower rice. Cut peppers lengthwise in half; remove seeds. You can have Ground Beef (or Turkey) Stuffed Bell Peppers using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ground Beef (or Turkey) Stuffed Bell Peppers

  1. Prepare 1 lb of Ground Beef/Turkey.
  2. It's 1/3 cup of Uncooked Rice.
  3. Prepare 2/3 cup of Water.
  4. Prepare 4 of Bell Peppers (color of your choice).
  5. It's 1 1/2 cup of Tomato Sauce.
  6. Prepare 1 dash of Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Oregano, Basil, Crushed Red Pepper, Salt & Pepper..
  7. You need 1 cup of Shredded Cheddar Cheese.

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Bell peppers - The star of the show slash what gives this recipe its name! Any color bell pepper works great. Ground turkey - I used ground turkey in this recipe but any ground meat would work!

Ground Beef (or Turkey) Stuffed Bell Peppers instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F..
  2. Cut and remove the tops of the bell peppers. Set aside..
  3. Place your rice and water into a medium pot, bring to boil. Then reduce heat to low, cover, and cook about 20 minutes..
  4. Brown the beef (or turkey) & drain any grease..
  5. In a bowl mix together ground meat, rice, SOME tomato sauce, SOME cheese, and the rest of the ingredients. Then spoon mixture into the 4 bell peppers. Pour remaining tomato sauce on top of the stuffed peppers..
  6. Let cook in pre-heated oven for 1 hour. Add remaining cheese on top during the last 10 minutes of cooking..

You could do ground chicken or ground beef. And if you're vegetarian or vegan, you could use lentils, crumbled tempeh or tofu. Classic stuffed peppers with rice, ground beef, and a healthy rainbow of sweet red, yellow and orange bell peppers makes the best easy dinner idea any night of the week. Ever since I was a starry eyed pre-teen, I've been a fan of drawing rainbows. But as a kid, I wrinkled my nose.