Peppers Recipe # Unstuffed Bell Peppers

A classic family favorite deconstructed. My kids love stuffed green peppers, but don't like to eat the whole peppers, so I came up with this to make it more appealing to my picky eaters.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 orange bell pepper, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Break ground beef into pieces and add to skillet; cook and stir until about half of the beef is browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, and green bell pepper into the beef; continue to cook and stir until the beef is entirely browned, about 5 minutes more. Drain and discard grease.
3. Mix tomato sauce and brown sugar together in a bowl; pour over the beef mixture. Stir rice into the beef mixture and stir; transfer to a 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the mixture.
4. Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is bubbling, about 30 minutes. Cool dish 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts

• calories496.5
• carbohydrateContent48.5 g
• cholesterolContent87 mg
• fatContent22.1 g
• fiberContent2.4 g
• proteinContent25.9 g
• saturatedFatContent11.7 g
• sodiumContent713.9 mg
• sugarContent23 g