Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers
By: Margaux Everett
Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers are a warm and hearty meal. This recipe for stuffed peppers uses an interesting combination of ground beef, ready-made rice and V8 juice. The oven does most of the work on this one.
Notes
You can also cook in a large crock pot on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
OR, in a Dutch oven on the stove-top at a low simmer for 1 ½ - 2 hours.
Serves4
Preparation Time20 min
Cooking Time2 hr
Ingredients
- 4 green peppers washed, topped and seeded
- 2 pound ground beef
- 1 Pkg. Spanish Rice flavor Rice-a-Roni - cooked
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4/5 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 egg
- 3 cup V8 juice (enough to go up about 2/3 the side of the peppers). Add salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and onion powders to taste to make V8 sauce.
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Combine meat and all ingredients except V8 sauce.
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Stuff the bell peppers with the meat and rice mixture.
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Arrange bell peppers in a roasting pan and pour V8 sauce over the peppers, cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 ½ - 2 hours.