Beef and Rice Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Bell peppers stuffed with beef and rice in tomato sauce – easy, homemade traditional recipe. These stuffed peppers are flavorful, easy to make and super delicious. Great meal for weekend dinner.
Beef and Rice Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Ingredients
For the filling:
- 8-10 bell peppers medium
- 1 pound 450g ground beef
- â…” cup 120g Rice, soaked in water for 1 hour and drained
- 2 Onion copped
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 2 tomatoes grated
- 1½ teaspoons Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Oregano
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ¼ cup Parsley chopped
- ¼ cup Cilantro chopped
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
For the sauce:
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 Onion chopped
- 400 g 14oz Tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Water
- 2 tablespoons Tomato paste
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS1. In a pan over medium heat, sauté chopped onion for 4-5 minutes, add crushed garlic and sauté until golden. Let cool slightly. 2. In a large bowl mix ground beef, rice, cooked onion, parsley, cilantro, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin and oregano. Set aside. 3. Cut the tops off of the bell peppers and remove the seeds. Fill loosely the peppers with the meat mixture, fill only ¾ of the peppers, leaving room for the filling to expand. 4. For the sauce: in a large oven proof pot, heat olive oil, sauté onion for 4-5 minutes, add tomato sauce, tomato paste, seasoning and water. Arrange stuffed peppers in the pot, pour 2-3 tablespoons of the sauce over each stuffed pepper. Cover with the tops of the peppers and Cover the pan with a lid. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour. Every 15-20 minutes pour 1-2 tablespoons over the peppers. 5. Preheat oven to 400F (200C). 6. Bake, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes. This stage is optional. You can serve the peppers without baking them.
