Ground Beef Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 large green bell peppers
• 5 cups water, boiling, salted
• 1 lb lean beef, ground
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped, 1 small
• 1/2 cup celery, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup instant rice, uncooked
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cut each bell pepper lengthwise in half.
• 3 wash the insides and outsides of the peppers after removing the seeds and membranes.
• 4 cook the peppers in the boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain and set aside. cook and stir the meat, onion and celery in a large skillet until the meat is brown.
• 5 drain off the excess fat. stir in half of the tomato sauce and the remaining ingredients, heat to boiling then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
• 6 place the peppers, cut sides up, in an ungreased baking pan 9 x 9 x 2 or 8 x 8 x 2-inches.
• 7 spoon the meat filling into each of the pepper half evenly and then cover the pan with aluminum foil.
• 8 bake for 25 minutes then uncover and top with the remaining tomato sauce and bake an additional 5 minutes.