Unstuffed Bell Peppers recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
3 cups cooked rice
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 orange bell pepper, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 cups tomato sauce
½ cup brown sugar
8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

Nutrition Info

496.5 calories
carbohydrate: 48.5 g
cholesterol: 87 mg
fat: 22.1 g
fiber: 2.4 g
protein: 25.9 g
saturatedFat: 11.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 713.9 mg
sugar: 23 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Break ground beef into pieces and add to skillet, cook and stir until about half of the beef is browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, and green bell pepper into the beef, continue to cook and stir until the beef is entirely browned, about 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease.

  3. Mix tomato sauce and brown sugar together in a bowl, pour over the beef mixture. Stir rice into the beef mixture and stir, transfer to a 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the mixture.

  4. Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is bubbling, about 30 minutes. Cool dish 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

A classic family favorite deconstructed. My kids love stuffed green peppers, but don't like to eat the whole peppers, so I came up with this to make it more appealing to my picky eaters.

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