Description
Italian Style Stuffed Bell Peppers are bell peppers stuffed with seasoned ground beef, tomatoes sauce and topped with cheese.
Ingredients
Scale
- Four bell peppers
- 1.5 lbs. ground beef
- 1 onion – diced
- 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small jar prepared spaghetti sauce
- 1 small can of diced tomatoes
- 2 cups cooked orzo pasta
- 1 TBS dried Italian seasoning
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 4 slices provolone cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Cut the tops off of the bell peppers, remove the seeded core and all of the seeds.
- Heat the olive oil in a stovetop skillet, add onions and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add ground beef and cook until it is fully browned.
- Pour off any excess oil.
- Add prepared sauce and canned tomatoes (with juice)
- Add Italian seasoning.
- Cook for 10 minutes.
- Add cooked orzo pasta and cook for another 5-10 minutes.
- Place the bell peppers into a casserole dish.
- Fill bell peppers with meat/pasta mixture.
- Add any extra meat/pasta mixture to the bottom of the casserole dish along with 1/3 cup of water.
- Sprinkle the tops of each pepper with mozzarella cheese.
- Cover and bake for 35-40 minutes.
- Uncover peppers, top each with a slice of provolone cheese.
- Bake for another 10 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 65 minutes