Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta
Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, italian stuffed peppers w pasta. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook italian stuffed peppers w pasta using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta:
  1. Take 4 large bell peppers
  2. Prepare 1 1/2 lb lean ground beef
  3. Take 1 cup steamed rice
  4. Make ready 1 can diced tomatoes
  5. Take 2 cans Tomato Sauce
  6. Make ready 1 small onion finely chopped
  7. Take 1 cup chopped parsley
  8. Get 2 tbsp granulated garlic
  9. Get 2 tbsp Italian seasoning
  10. Take to taste Salt
  11. Prepare To taste pepper
  12. Get 1 tsp Red pepper flakes
  13. Get 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  14. Get 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  15. Make ready 1 cup shredded mozzarella
  16. Prepare Pasta (your choice) I use spaghetti, linguine, or Angel Hair
Steps to make Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta:
  1. Preheat oven to 400
  2. Cook rice
  3. Boil water in a steamer sauce pan. Prepare peppers by cutting tops off them. Save tops to chop and cook in beef stuffing. Clean inside of peppers removing all seeds. Place in steamer and allow to cook for 8-10 minutes until they are hot and softer. Your choice how soft or crunchy you want them. Remember they will soften more in the baking process. Remove from heat and set aside.
  4. In skillet brown the beef. Drain any excess fat. Then add olive oil to keep moist and add additional flavor. Add 1/2 cup chopped parsley, chopped onions, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
  5. Add rice to browned beef. Mix thoroughly. Set aside.
  6. In a saucepan add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, rest of chopped parsley, 1 tbsp granulated garlic, 1 tbsp Italian seasoning, salt, sugar, red pepper flakes, and EVOO. Heat for 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat.
  7. Place pepper cups in large baking dish. Fill each one completely with beef and rice mixture. Pour tomato sauce over peppers completely. Cover with foil. Bake in oven for 35-40 minutes.
  8. Cook pasta to al dente in boiling water. Approximately 8-10 minutes.
  9. Remove peppers from oven. Remove foil and cover with mozzarella cheese. Bake in oven 5-10 minutes until golden brown.
  10. Serve peppers with a side of pasta as shown above. Enjoy.

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