Italian Stuffed Peppers in Tomato Sauce

• hidangan: 4 servings
• masa aktif: 15 minutes
• jumlah masa: 1 hour 15 minutes

Bahan-bahan

4 bell peppers

1 lb ground beef

1 tbsp olive oil

2 carrots, chopped

2 stalks of celery, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tbsp tomato paste

1/2 cup red wine

1 28 oz can whole plum tomatoes

5 basil leaves

1-2 tsp salt to taste

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup white rice

2/3 cup parmesan cheese

2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley with some extra for garnish

Arahan

rice

In a saucepan, cook 1/2 cup of white rice as directed on the bag.

saute

Bring a large dutch oven to medium-high heat. Add olive oil and once shimmering, add onion, celery, and carrot. Saute for 5-8 minutes until vegetables begin to soften. Then stir in garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Stir in tomato paste and saute until the tomato paste begins to caramelize about 3 minutes. You'll start to see little brown spots on the bottom of the pot where the tomato paste was.

beef

Separate ground beef into pieces and add into the dutch oven. Break up the ground beef with a wooden spoon. Cook the ground beef for about 5 minutes or until it starts to brown (it doesn't have to brown all the way). Add the red wine and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 3 minutes or until the fragrance of alcohol is gone.

remove

Use a slotted spoon to transfer ground beef to a large bowl. Set aside for now. Preheat oven to 375℉

simmer

Bring the red wine back to a simmer and add the whole tomatoes crushing with your hand or a wooden spoon. Bring the tomato sauce to a simmer. While the tomato sauce is simmering, combine the ground beef, rice, parsley, and parmesan cheese. Add half a cup of the tomato sauce to the bowl and mix everything well. Cut the tops off of the peppers off and stuff them to the brim with the ground beef mixture. Top each pepper with a spoonful of tomato sauce and a handful of mozzarella cheese.

bake

Place stuffed peppers upright into the tomato sauce. Configure them in a way that they won't fall. Place dutch oven uncovered into the oven for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve with spoonfuls of extra sauce.

Pemakanan

• Kalori: 646 kcal
• Jumlah Lemak: 37 g
• Lemak Tepu: 16 g
• Lemak Tidak Tepu: 18 g
• Lemak Trans: 1 g
• Kolesterol: 114 mg
• Natrium: 628 mg
• Jumlah Karbohidrat: 36 g
• Serat Pemakanan: 5 g
• Jumlah Gula: 10 g
• Protein: 36 g