Stuffed Bell Peppers
Preheat your oven to 400°F\200°C.
- Cook1 h 20 min
- Total1 h 20 min
- Serves4
- LevelAdvanced
Ingredients
- 800gr\28oz lean ground beef
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 6 bell peppers
- 60gr\2oz onion finely chopped
- 85gr\3oz tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp. fresh parsley , finely chopped
- 170gr\6oz salt to taste
- 3 ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp. mushrooms finely chopped
- 85gr\3oz cloves Garlic , chopped
- worcestershire sauce
- mozzarella cheese or tofu mozzarella (dairy free)
Preparation
- Preheat your oven to 400°F\200°C.
- Cut the tops off the Bell peppers and use a spoon scoop out the seeds and stems from each pepper.
- Place each Bell pepper into an ovenproof dish and bake them for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350°F\176°C.
- Add 1 tbsp olive oil to a skillet and saute the onions until they are golden brown, then set aside.
- Add remaining tbsp olive oil to the same skillet and brown the ground beef until it's fully cooked.
- Set aside 28gr\1oz of tomato sauce for topping the stuffed peppers.
- Mix the cooked ground beef, onions, fresh parsley , salt, pepper, finely chopped mushrooms, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and the rest of tomato sauce.
- The pre cooked empty peppers may have liquid in the base, if so simply pour it out before you stuff them.
- Stuff the bell peppers with the tomato and meat mixture and place upright into an ovenproof baking dish.
- Spoon over 1 tbsp tomato sauce onto the top of each pepper.
- Make sure you have reduced the oven to 350°F\176°C and then cover the peppers with foil and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove the peppers from the oven and top with the cheese, bake for a further 10 minutes or until the cheese is bubbling. Serve hot and add more salt and pepper to taste.