lovingly stuffed bell peppers, iris
Moist, flavorful, and with just the right bite, my mom made these maybe 2 or 3 times a month, Any good cook is always tweaking her or his recipe and I believe my momma would love my take on her original recipe, try them for yourself and see. Takes a little work, but SO WORTH IT!!!! Toni T, this is for you.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 6 large bell peppers, make sure they're firm
- 2 pounds spicy italian sausage
- 1 pound ground sirloin
- 1/2 pound bacon, fried, drained and crumbled
- 1 - red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 - white onion, minced
- 1 bag kraft shredded pepper jack cheese
- 1 bag mozzarella cheese
- 1&1/2 jar clasico spicy tomato basil pasta sauce
- 1 cup aborio rice
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 large pot of water, will need
- 2 quarts pot with 1&1/2 cup of water
- - evoo
How To Make lovingly stuffed bell peppers, iris
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350.
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Step 2Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the skillet. Add sirloin, sausage, garlic and onion to skillet and cook until brown but not dry. Add bell pepper a few minutes before meat is done strain off oil in colander.
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Step 3Prepare rice according to directions take off the heat a little early, remember it's going into the oven.
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Step 4Put on a large pot of water, enough to cover the peppers. Once water is boiling, lower heat to medium, add peppers, cook 5 minutes. Remove the peppers, plunge into ice bath . remove from bath and place upside down on paper towels to drain.
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Step 5In a large bowl add meat mixture, including bacon, add 1 cup of the pepper jack cheese, and prepared rice (you don't have to use it all).
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Step 6You can season your mixture with the flavors that appeal to you. I use basil, fennel seed, cayenne, salt and pepper.
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Step 7In your 9x13" baking dish, spread 1 cup of sauce. Place peppers, stuffed with the meat mixture down into sauce. Top each peppers with a tablespoon of sauce from the dish then top with cheese, bake 20 minutes.
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Step 8After 20 minutes remove from oven, top with the rest of the sauce and mozzarella put oven on broil. When brown and bubbly, serve.
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