Recipe: Yummy Italian Stuffed Pepper

Italian Stuffed Pepper. Add rice, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper; mix until well blended. Add rice, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper; mix until well blended. Stuffed Peppers are an American classic.

I have a fresh twist on a house favorite today: Italian Stuffed Peppers. Sweet bell peppers stuffed with a savory blend of ground chicken or turkey, Italian herbs and cheeses, and the whole grain of your choice, each stuffed pepper is its own tidy and complete healthy dinner package. Italian Stuffed Peppers My Italian Stuffed Peppers feature ground meat, rice and onions with marinara, Pecorino Romano, mozzarella and basil. You can cook Italian Stuffed Pepper using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian Stuffed Pepper

1. It's 3 of green peppers (or bell peppers).
2. It's 1 cup of white rice.
3. You need 1 pound of ground beef.
4. You need 1 of yellow onion.
5. It's 1 can of diced tomato.
6. You need 5 of garlic cloves.
7. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
8. You need 1/2 cup of Grated Parmesan.
9. It's 1 cup of shredded Italian cheese mix.
10. Prepare 2 tsp of Italian Seasoning.
11. It's 2 of fresh basil leaves.
12. You need of Salt and pepper to taste.

These Italian Stuffed Peppers are the perfect family meal. They are wholesome and delicious and give you a whole meal in one dish. These stuffed peppers leave out the grains and replace them with tons of veggies to keep the dish light, moist and delicious. The Italian Stuffed peppers are such a crowd pleaser.

Italian Stuffed Pepper instructions

1. Wash the white rice and cook it in instant pot for 5 minutes with 1:1 water ratio..
2. Preheat oven to 350°F..
3. Cook the ground beef on a separate pan and drain the grease..
4. Cut the green peppers in half and remove the seeds and membranes inside..
5. Put the peppers in oven and cook for 10 minutes..
6. Peel and chop the garlic and onion. Chop the fresh basil and set aside..
7. Heat up a separate pan and add the olive oil. Add the garlic and cook till garlic turns golden. Then add chopped onions and cook till the are crystallized..
8. Add diced tomato, cooked ground beef and white rice to the pan. Add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper to the pan. Continue cooking until all ingredients are well mixed together. Make sure the rice is not soggy by the tomato juice..
9. Add Parmesan and half of the Italian cheese mix to the pan and mix well with other ingredients. Turn off the heat..
10. Put the stuffing in the peppers and put the chopped fresh basil and the other half of shredded cheese on top..
11. Cook in oven for 10 minutes..
12. Delicious stuffed peppers ready to serve..

Alessandra suggests a salt and olive oil rub. Once the peppers are stuffed, Alessandra puts aluminum around the peppers to help them stand up. Why didn't I think of that as my stuffed peppers were listing to the side? Once stuffed, Alessandra adds a last touch - she sprinkles bread crumbs to the top of the mixture to give it a nice crust. Italian Stuffed Peppers Recipe Ingredients Like the cheesy chicken and rice casserole and leftover turkey casserole I shared recently, these ground beef stuffed peppers start with a little shortcut — a package of Knorr Herb & Butter Rice.