Get all the delicious comforting flavor you love in classic stuffed peppers in just 30 minutes with this equally yummy but twice as easy Unstuffed Peppers recipe.
Unstuffed Peppers
Mr. Gracious has a few favorites that he eats at the firehouse all the time. One of these is stuffed peppers. Now, I’m all for a good stuffed pepper, but they just seem so involved and time consuming to make. So I have this slow cooker stuffed peppers recipe which is great, but I needed even easier than that, folks. I am just so bogged with schedules and life right now.
This led me to the totally delicious decision to make UNstuffed peppers. All of the yummy ingredients you use in stuffed peppers, only they’re not stuffed. Get it? UNstuffed peppers. This unstuffed peppers recipe was a huge hit at our house. And even though my children are convinced that bell peppers are the devil and should never be consumed under any circumstances, they gobbled down their unstuffed peppers like it was mac and cheese night.
Yup. It’s that good. And just for you, here’s a gratuitous cheese shot.
Unstuffed Peppers Recipe
Unstuffed Peppers
Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice uncooked
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 green peppers cut into 1" pieces
- 1 teaspoon steak and burger seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 24 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella divided
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef with onion and green peppers. Drain and return to skillet.
- Add steak seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, spaghetti sauce, and rice to the ground beef mixture. Stir to combine.
- Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Continue simmering for about 15 minutes, or until rice is tender.
- When rice is tender, stir in cup shredded mozzarella.
- Sprinkle the remaining cup mozzarella on top. Cover and continue cooking until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Serve warm.
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Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
August 21, 2016 at 9:01 amI like the idea of deconstructing the dish – I’ve always had a hard time eating them as whole peppers! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up and don’t forget to leave a comment at the party – Next week’s features that also leave a comment get pinned and tweeted!
Beverly says
August 26, 2016 at 8:49 pmThis sounds like a great dinner and so much easier than making making each pepper.
Bev
Michelle says
August 27, 2016 at 7:44 amOh, it’s SO easy. And so yummy too!
Karly says
August 28, 2016 at 3:31 pmThis is a great comfort food dinner! Thanks for linkin’ up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Kelly Kimbrough says
August 30, 2016 at 10:02 pmI’m not one to cook much in the summer but hallelujah fall is on the way and this looks like a dish we’d love! Thanks so much for sharing on Friday Favorites Linky Party underatexassky.com/friday-favorites-linky-party – I can’t wait to try it.
Katherines Corner says
August 31, 2016 at 7:41 pmthank you for sharing this yumminess at the Thursday Favorite Things link party. I love stuffed peppers so I know I will love this too. Watch for your feature at the party xo
Catherine says
September 1, 2016 at 10:47 amHi Michelle
Oh my this looks good! Will definitely try, and be back for a few more recipes….I’m in a recipe rut and need some new ones.
Catherine (newest follower of your blogging adventures!) 🙂