Stuffed Red Peppers With Ground Beef

Stuffed Red Peppers With Ground Beef

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 cans petite diced tomatoes with juice
• 2 tablespoons concentrated tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons basil
• 1 tablespoon oregano
•  1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
•  6 red peppers
• 2 tbsp. avocado oil

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Brown the ground beef in a large fry pan over medium high heat for 5 minutes or until cooked
almost through. Add chopped onion and garlic and cook until are softened. Stir in the diced
tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, oregano and red pepper flakes. Season with kosher salt and ground
pepper to taste and cook for 15-20 minutes. Stir in rice and chopped parsley and cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, cut off the tops of the peppers and spoon out the ribs and seeds, then rinse. Lightly
sprinkle the inside of the peppers with kosher salt.
4. Staff red peppers with the filing. Close the top of each pepper with round slice of fresh cut
tomatoes and place them in a baking dish that has 1cup water. Bake them for 30 minutes or until
peppers are tender.