Ingredients
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6 green bell peppers
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1 lb ground beef
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1/2 cup onion, chopped
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1 tablespoon garlic, minced
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1/2 cup breadcrumbs
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1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon ground pepper
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1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
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1/2 teaspoon oregano
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1/4 teaspoon parsley
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1 cup tomato sauce
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1/4 cup water
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1 tablespoon brown sugar
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1 tablespoon vinegar
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1 teaspoon prepared mustard
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1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
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1/4 teaspoon dried basil
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1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
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1/4 teaspoon parsley flakes
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 egg, whisked
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees.
- Lightly spray baking pan with cooking spray.
- Blanch peppers in boiling, salted, water 5 minutes.
- Briefly, and lightly, hand mix ground beef mixture, adding all ingredients from ground beef to parsley, except tomato sauce topping.
- With a tablespoon, stuff each pepper with meat mixture.
- Mix ingredients of tomato sauce and spices, or use any tomato sauce of your choice.
- Place 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce in baking pan covering bottom. (This will be a small amount of covering).
- Add meat stuffed peppers to dish.
- Drizzle tomato sauce over top of stuffed peppers.
- Add optional 1 piece of bacon to top of each pepper.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
- When serving, dish out tomato "gravy" to top of each pepper.