Stuffed Cubanelle Peppers
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Stuffed Cubanelle Peppers

1. Water - 1 cup
2. White rice - ½ cup
3. Extra-virgin olive oil - 3 tablespoons
4. Lean ground sirloin - 1 pound
5. Tomato sauce, divided - 2 (14 ounce) cans
6. Green onions, chopped - 2
7. Garlic salt - 1 teaspoon
8. Kosher salt - 1 teaspoon
9. Cracked black pepper - 1 teaspoon
10. Cubanelle peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded - 4
11. Tomato sauce - 1 (14 ounce) can
12. Packed brown sugar - 1 tablespoon
13. Dried parsley - 1 tablespoon
14. Dried basil - 1 teaspoon
15. Dried oregano - ½ teaspoon
16. Shredded mozzarella cheese - ¾ cup

How to cook deliciously - Stuffed Cubanelle Peppers

1. Stage

Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

2. Stage

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in ground sirloin; cook until it begins to brown, and is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain any excess fat. Stir in 1 can tomato sauce, green onions, garlic salt, kosher salt, and pepper; cook until flavors combine, 5 to 10 minutes.

3. Stage

Mix rice into ground sirloin mixture.

4. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

5. Stage

Stuff Cubanelle pepper halves with the meat and rice mixture, rounding the tops. Place the stuffed peppers into a 9x13-inch baking dish.

6. Stage

Stir remaining can of tomato sauce, brown sugar, parsley, basil, and oregano together in a bowl. Spoon tomato sauce over peppers in the baking dish.

7. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are hot and beginning to brown, about 1 hour. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.