Beef & Yellow Spanish Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 bell peppers, halved and seeded, any color
• 1 lb ground beef
• ground black pepper, to taste
• cayenne pepper, to taste
• onion powder, to taste
• chili powder, to taste
• paprika, to taste
• dried sage, to taste
• 2 1/2 cups yellow rice (i used an 8oz box of goya brand )
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 set oven to broil.
• 2 brown beef (or sausage) in a large pan with the spices (if using sausage, don't add the spices).
• 3 while beef is browning, prepare yellow rice as instructed on bag or box (or use your own recipe) in another large pan.
• 4 while beef and rice are cooking: rinse, halve, and seed your bell peppers and place them hollowed-side up in a 13 x 7 inch baking dish.
• 5 when beef is done browning, add the beef, diced tomatoes, and 1.5 cups of cheese in with the rice pan and stir till thoroughly mixed.
• 6 put a heaping spoonful of rice mixture into each bell pepper. they'll probably overflow --
• 7 sprinkle remaining shredded cheese over the top of the stuffed peppers.
• 8 broil the stuffed peppers until cheese on top is just melted and bubbly (about 15 minutes).
• 9 enjoy!