Beef-stuffed Bell Peppers With Creole Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large green peppers
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper (the tops)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 1 (1 lb) can crushed tomatoes or 1 (1 lb) can diced tomato
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 cut tops from peppers, remove membrane and seeds (dice the tops).
• 2 cover peppers w/ boiling water.
• 3 cook 10 minutes.
• 4 drain very carefully!
• 5 brown ground beef, onion, celery, and green pepper.
• 6 drain.
• 7 add salt and rice.
• 8 spoon into peppers.
• 9 place in baking dish and cover w/ creole sauce.
• 10 cover and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
• 11 uncover and bake 15 minutes longer.
• 12 creole sauce: combine tomatoes, onion, salt, sugar and basil in sauce pan.
• 13 simmer 10 minutes.
• 14 combine flour and water; add to sauce and cook until thickened.