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easy spanish rice stuffed bell peppers

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Becky Graves
Del City, OK

My Brother Dan made this the other night-Yummy!

(1 rating)
yield 2 -4
prep time 40 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For easy spanish rice stuffed bell peppers

  • 3 lb
    ground beef
  • 6 lg
    bell peppers-red, yellow, orange or green
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp
    minced garlic
  • 1 tsp
    dried cilantro
  • 2 box
    rice a roni spanish rice *see note*
  • 1 Tbsp
    butter
  • 1 can
    mexican tomatoes
  • 5 c
    water *see note*

How To Make easy spanish rice stuffed bell peppers

  • 1
    Pre Heat oven to 350 F.
  • 2
    Salt and pepper ground beef, brown in a skillet. Add cilantro and minced garlic - cook grease off. Set aside. Cook Spanish Rice according to instructions, add mexican tomatoes, juice also.( If you want it spicy-use Rotel tomatoes) Add cooked hamburger to the rice mixture, mix well.
  • 3
    While the ground beef and rice are cooking, cut tops off of your bell peppers, scoop out the seeds, rinse. Add beef/spanish rice mixture to the bell peppers, stuff full. Put stuffed peppers in a 9 x 13 glass pan; add a little water to the bottom of the pan. Cover with foil, cook for about 45-60 mins.
  • 4
    *NOTE*: Use only 1 Tbsp of butter in the Spanish Rice to cut out fat; use only 4 Cups or less of water if you add the juice of the Mexican tomatoes.
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