A classic American dish (and a Peggy’s Restaurant favorite) that you don’t often find in restaurants (unless it is a cafeteria) is stuffed bell peppers. They are basically a sort of meatloaf stuffed into bell peppers and baked in the oven. Done right, they’ll make your mouth water.
Ingredients
- ▢ — 1 lb ground beef
- ▢ — 1 onion medium
- ▢ — 2 cups cooked rice
- ▢ — ½ tsp garlic salt
- ▢ — ¼ tsp salt
- ▢ — ¼ tsp pepper
- ▢ — 1 can tomato sauce (15 oz)
- ▢ — 5 lg green bell peppers
- ▢ — 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
Instructions
- ▢ — Brown ground beef in skillet, stirring until crumbly; drain.
- ▢ — Add onion, rice, garlic salt, salt, pepper and half the tomato sauce.
- ▢ — Mix well.
- ▢ — Slice tops from peppers; discard seeds.
- ▢ — Spoon ground beef mixture into peppers.
- ▢ — Place in baking dish.
- ▢ — Top with cheese (if desired) and remaining tomato sauce.
- ▢ — Bake, covered, at 375 degrees for 50 minutes.
Libby Hartley
October 1, 2019 1:07 pmI absolutely love Mama Peggy’s recipes thank you so much. I wish I would have had the privilege to have met this wonderful Lady. God Bless everyone who has put all her stories and recipes on her page it’s wonderful I purchased her Cook Book which is the only one anyone would ever need in their Kitchen it has all the great Country Cooking anyone would want! Thanks again Sincerely a Fan