mom's sloppy joe stuffed peppers

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (1.3 ounce) envelope sloppy joe seasoning
• 5 red bell peppers, tops removed and set aside and seeds removed
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1/2 cup instant rice
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• mix tomato sauce and sloppy joe seasoning together in a bowl.
• finely chop the usable 'meat' from the removed tops of each red bell pepper. heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir red pepper pieces and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• 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. drain off excess fat from the cooked 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. 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.
• 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.
• bake in the preheated oven until filling is cooked through, about 25 minutes. sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup parmesan cheese over the peppers. bake until cheese is melted and bubbling, about 10 more minutes.