Mom's Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers

Name: Mom's Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 118 milliliters beef broth; 850 grams tomato sauce; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 454 grams ground beef; 5 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 118 milliliters instant rice; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 118 milliliters shredded Parmesan cheese; 5 red bell peppers, tops removed and set aside and seeds removed; 37 grams envelope sloppy joe seasoning; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Mom's Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers requires around 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. This gluten free recipe serves 5. One portion of this dish contains about 24g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 419 calories. It works well as a main course. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, tomato sauce, bell peppers, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

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Oven

Mix tomato sauce and sloppy joe seasoning together in a bowl.

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Tomato Sauce

Seasoning

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Bowl

Finely chop the usable 'meat' from the removed tops of each red bell pepper.

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Red Pepper

Meat

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir red pepper pieces and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Red Pepper

Olive Oil

Garlic

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Frying Pan

Cook and stir ground beef and 1/2 cup beef broth into the red pepper-garlic mixture until ground beef crumbles are browned, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Ground Beef

Beef Broth

Red Pepper

Garlic

Drain off excess fat from the cooked ground beef.

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Ground Beef

Add instant rice, 1/2 cup beef broth, and Worcestershire sauce; stir to combine. Simmer until the rice becomes tender and absorbs most of the liquid, about 10 minutes.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Beef Broth

Rice

Add about 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce mixture, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, salt, and black pepper to the beef mixture; stir to combine.

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Parmesan

Black Pepper

Tomato Sauce

Beef

Salt

Ladle about half the remaining tomato sauce mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Stuff each of the red bell peppers with ground beef mixture; arrange in the baking dish. Ladle the remaining tomato sauce mixture over each bell pepper. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.

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Red Pepper

Tomato Sauce

Bell Pepper