Giant Marconi Peppers Stuffed
Get ready for an easy-peasy recipe that’ll transform Giant Marconi Peppers into a culinary masterpiece. This stuffed pepper dish packs a picnic of flavor into every bite and will make your tastebuds do the salsa! This recipe is so simple yet impressive, it could charm the apron off Gordon Ramsay himself! Buckle up, we're going pepper-stuffing!
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Italian Marconi Peppers large
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 cup rice cooked
- 1 onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic pressed or minced
- 2 cups salsa
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- salt to taste
- 1-14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes drain but reserve juice
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese grated
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Instructions
- In a pan, heat olive oil over medium heat.¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Add the onion and garlic and saute until translucent.1 onion, 3 cloves garlic
- Add the salsa, broth, tomato paste and reserved juice from the can of diced tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens.2 cups salsa, 1 cup beef broth, 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- While the sauce is simmering, brown beef in another pan.2 lbs ground beef
- Once the beef is browned and the sauce has thickened mix together with the rice.1 cup rice
- Add chili powder and salt and mix well. Set aside.1 teaspoon chili powder, salt to taste
- Strain the liquid from the meat mixture and use to cover the bottom of an oven-proof dish
- Rinse the peppers, cut off the top, gently slice down center (one-side only not the entire way through) and remove the seeds from the peppers.4 Italian Marconi Peppers
- Fill the peppers with the meat mixture and place them on top of the liquid in the oven-proof dish.
- Top with diced tomatoes.1-14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- Top with grated cheese1 cup Mozzarella cheese
- Bake at 375 for 35 minutes covered. Bake an additional 15 minutes uncovered.
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 517kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 741mg | Potassium: 694mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 727IU | Vitamin C: 51mg | Calcium: 159mg | Iron: 3mg
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 517kcal
Cost: $10.00