Italian Stuffed Pepper

Name: Italian Stuffed Pepper
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 green peppers (or bell peppers); 1 cup white rice; 1 pound ground beef; 1 yellow onion; 1 can diced tomato; 5 garlic cloves; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan; 1 cup shredded Italian cheese mix; 2 tsp Italian Seasoning; 2 fresh basil leaves; Salt and pepper to taste

Bossy Panda @woah_bossypanda

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Nutritious comforting dish for a weekday night.

Bossy Panda @woah_bossypanda

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Nutritious comforting dish for a weekday night.

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Ingredients

40 minutes

2 people

3green peppers (or bell peppers)
1 cupwhite rice
1 poundground beef
1yellow onion
1 candiced tomato
5garlic cloves
2 tbspolive oil
1/2 cupGrated Parmesan
1 cupshredded Italian cheese mix
2 tspItalian Seasoning
2fresh basil leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Wash the white rice and cook it in instant pot for 5 minutes with 1:1 water ratio.
2

Preheat oven to 350°F.
3

Cook the ground beef on a separate pan and drain the grease.
4

Cut the green peppers in half and remove the seeds and membranes inside.
5

Put the peppers in oven and cook for 10 minutes.
6

Peel and chop the garlic and onion. Chop the fresh basil and set aside.
7

Heat up a separate pan and add the olive oil. Add the garlic and cook till garlic turns golden. Then add chopped onions and cook till the are crystallized.
8

Add diced tomato, cooked ground beef and white rice to the pan. Add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper to the pan. Continue cooking until all ingredients are well mixed together. Make sure the rice is not soggy by the tomato juice.
9

Add Parmesan and half of the Italian cheese mix to the pan and mix well with other ingredients. Turn off the heat.
10

Put the stuffing in the peppers and put the chopped fresh basil and the other half of shredded cheese on top.
11

Cook in oven for 10 minutes.
12

Delicious stuffed peppers ready to serve.