My family always asks me to make this dish for them, especially in the summer when fresh tomatoes and green peppers are readily available. I got the recipe from my mother-in-law. —Helen Englehart, Maplewood, Minnesota

Stuffed Green Peppers

tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped

onion,

celery ribs, diced

(8 ounces) tomato sauce

water

salt, divided

pepper, divided

green peppers

beef

rice,

basil

In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, combine tomatoes, onion, celery, tomato sauce, water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, cut tops off the green peppers and remove seeds; set aside. In a bowl, combine ground beef, rice, basil and remaining salt and pepper; mix well. Fill peppers with beef mixture. Carefully place peppers in tomato sauce. Spoon some sauce over tops of peppers.

Cover and simmer until beef is cooked and peppers are tender, 40-45 minutes.

<p>try rubbing the inside of the green pepper with a little salt.  Takes away the "green", or bitter taste of the pepper.  Also the pepper seems to cook from inside out, and is very tender.</p>

I have made this recipe before.It is very good.It is easy to make and on a hot day the oven isn't on.

Good recipe, however, I cooked hamburger before simmering peppers stuffed. Also needs more seasonings as were a bit bland. Otherwise a very good recipe : )

I love this receipe with the exception of the sodium. I reduced the amount of sodium to 1/2 teaspoon, increased the tomato sauce to 16 oz, added 2 teaspoons of sugar and eliminated the water. The sugar eliminates the bitterness of the peppers and the acidity from the tomatoes.

By not boiling the green peppers, the taste is more vibrant and the fresh tomato sauce makes it taste fresh of out the garden, I did however bake mine at 350 for 1hour with a cover and they were wonderful...

To mowmow01:  Did you brown the meat first, then bake stuffed peppers in the sauce?

Our favourite stuffed pepper recipe. I make it with my garden peppers and tomatoes every year.. Occasionally, I will add a couple of Italian sausages to the ground beef, just to change it up a bit, but excellent the way it is. Supper tonight - YUM!

A great way to use up your garden tomatoes. I didn’t bother to seed them and nobody noticed. I dropped them in boiling water for about 15 seconds and then into cold water and they peeled beautifully. I added cooked chunks of pork from a previous meal. Consequently I reduced the cooking to 30 minutes. A little on the bland side so I’d spice it up some more.

stuffed green peppers

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 20 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Taste of Home

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