My Favorite Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed
• 6 large green bell peppers, halved and seeded
• 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups finely shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 5 mins


• bring 2 1/2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; add rice and stir. reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, 20 minutes.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). drizzle olive oil in a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• fill a separate saucepan with water and bring to a boil; add green bell peppers and simmer for 3 minutes. transfer peppers to a bowl of ice water until peppers are cooled. arrange peppers in the prepared casserole dish.
• heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. return skillet to heat; mix onion and cooked rice into ground beef. pour tomato sauce into ground beef mixture and stir to combine.
• mix garlic, coriander, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into ground beef mixture. simmer until flavors have combined, 10 minutes. remove from heat and spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons ground beef mixture into each bell pepper half. sprinkle mozzarella cheese over each filled pepper. cover casserole dish with aluminum foil.
• bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. remove aluminum foil and continue to bake until cheese is bubbling and melted, about 15 more minutes.