Classic Beef Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed red bell peppers are filled with savory beef and rice and baked with prepared spaghetti sauce for a hearty dish that doesn't need a lot of preparation.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 595 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups meatless spaghetti sauce
• 6 red bell peppers - tops and seeds removed
• 2 cups meatless spaghetti sauce
• 6 tablespoons shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
• 0.25 cup finely chopped onion
• 1.5 pounds lean ground beef
• 1.5 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1.25 cups instant rice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook red bell peppers in the boiling water until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Drain and rinse peppers with cold water.

Step 3

Stir eggs, 3 cups of spaghetti sauce, instant rice, onion, salt, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper together in a bowl. Crumble ground beef into the mixture and stir until ground beef is thoroughly combined with sauce and rice mixture.

Step 4

Stand peppers in a large baking dish and fill each pepper with beef mixture. Pour 2 cups spaghetti sauce over the peppers. Cover dish with aluminum foil.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are tender, the filling is set, and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the middle of a pepper reads at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), 55 to 60 minutes. Uncover and top each pepper with 1 tablespoon Cheddar cheese.