Healthier Stuffed Peppers

Name: Healthier Stuffed Peppers
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: 💧 1 cup water; ½ cup brown rice; 🥩 1 pound lean ground beef; 🧅 1 onion, chopped; 🧄 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 green bell peppers; 2 red bell peppers; 2 yellow bell peppers; 2 (8 ounce) cans natural tomato sauce; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 🧂 Salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning; 🧀 ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

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105 Min
6 Servings
$12.5

Healthier Stuffed Peppers

Cost $12.5, save $15

Source: Recommended by CookPal

105 Min
6 Servings
$12.5

INGREDIENTS

Others
- 💧 1 cup water
- ½ cup brown rice
- 🥩 1 pound lean ground beef
- 🧅 1 onion, chopped
- 🧄 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green bell peppers
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 yellow bell peppers
- 2 (8 ounce) cans natural tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 🧂 Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 🧀 ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

STEPS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Bring water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 45 to 50 minutes.

Warm a large skillet over medium heat. Add beef, onion, and garlic to the hot skillet; cook and stir until meat is evenly browned and onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Set aside.

Remove and discard tops, seeds, and membranes of green, red, and yellow bell peppers. Arrange peppers in a baking dish with the hollowed sides facing upward. Slice the bottoms off peppers if necessary so that they stand upright.

Mix browned beef, cooked rice, 1 can of tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Spoon mixture into each hollowed pepper. Mix remaining tomato sauce with Italian seasoning in a bowl; pour over peppers.

Bake in the preheated oven, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, for about 1 hour until peppers are tender. Sprinkle peppers with grated Parmesan cheese if desired, and serve warm.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

291

Calories

20
Protein
29
Carbs
11
Fats

💡 Use lean ground turkey instead of beef for even fewer calories.Cut the bottoms off bell peppers carefully to ensure they stand upright while baking.Make it gluten-free by using tamari instead of Worcestershire sauce.Leftovers taste even better the next day, making this a great meal-prep recipe.