Stuffed Pepper Casserole
Stuffed Pepper Casserole

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, stuffed pepper casserole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Stuffed Pepper Casserole is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Stuffed Pepper Casserole is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

A Stuffed Pepper Casserole is an easy, one pot casserole that could be called 'unstuffed pepper casserole'. This recipe is incorporates the ingredients from classic stuffed peppers like rice, ground beef and tomato sauce all in one skillet for a great weeknight meal. Like a hearty stuffed pepper soup, this recipe is an easy family favorite!.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed pepper casserole using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Pepper Casserole:
  1. Prepare 1 cup rice
  2. Take 2 cup salted water
  3. Get 1 1/2 lb ground beef
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
  5. Take 3 green peppers - diced
  6. Make ready 1 medium onion - diced
  7. Take 48 oz seasoned tomato sauce ( 2 - 24 oz cans - i use a onion garlic sauce )
  8. Make ready 1 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes, undrained
  9. Take 1 tbsp parsley
  10. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  11. Prepare 1 tsp basil
  12. Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp paprika
  14. Take 1/4 tsp pepper
  15. Make ready 1 1/2 cup marble jack / colby jack shredded cheese

This dinner dish uses my Mother's famous stuffed pepper recipe but I turned it into a casserole to make it quicker and easier. It's filled with ground beef, green peppers, diced tomatoes, rice and smothered in mozzarella cheese. This cheesy stuffed pepper casserole is a family favorite for sure! Like deconstructed stuffed bell peppers it's an easy casserole topped with lots of cheese you can throw together and even my kids love it!

Instructions to make Stuffed Pepper Casserole:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Combine rice and water & cook to your preference / bag instructions. Set aside when finished.
  3. In a LARGE skillet brown ground beef. Drain. Remove from skillet, set aside.
  4. In same skillet - saute onion and peppers with olive oil over medium heat for 10 - 15 minutes or until peppers start to become tender. Peppers don't have to be completely tender at this point.
  5. Stir meat and all remaining ingredients into skillet EXCEPT rice.
  6. Mix well - let everything simmer for a few minutes stirring often.
  7. Mix rice in.
  8. Pour mixture into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove dish from oven and sprinkle top of casserole with shredded cheese. Bake for another 5 minutes.
  9. Let casserole rest for 10 minutes before cutting / serving. Enjoy : )

Packed with the classic flavors you remember it is easier to make and great the next day too. I love to serve this bell pepper casserole with a side of delicious roasted vegetables, a batch of warm homemade dinner rolls or a spinach salad to complete the meal. Skip the tedious prep work and throw all of the raw ingredients into one dish! Our daughters Kimberly and Kristina don't like the way the meat and rice mixture is usually stuffed inside big green peppers. This casserole really does taste like real stuffed peppers and it's perfect for any busy weeknight!

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