If the way to a man's heart is....

through his stomach, well this dish does it for me with John.  Saying he loves it is putting it mildly, I think I have seen him drool as he begins to eat Stuffed Green Peppers.  Seriously though, saying he loves this dish is not an exaggeration.  Myself, I can live without it but it makes him happy so here ya go:

Stuffed Green Peppers:

Here's what you will need:

Dice the onion:

Wash green peppers, cut off tops, remove seeds.  Reserve the tops:

Cut the tops, trimming away any useable pepper for the sauce.  Brown the hamburger, onion and diced peppers:

Place the washed and seeded green peppers in a pot or water, bring water to a boil:

Cook hamburger mixture until juices run clear; drain.  Return to pan.  Add tomato sauce, season with salt and pepper, onion powder and garlic powder to taste.  Let simmer in pan for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

When peppers are fork tender, place in casserole, add filling.

Add remaining filling around the peppers. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and top is slightly browned.

Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients:
1 ½ pounds hamburger

 5-6 green peppers, washed, cut tops off to remove seeds but keep peppers whole. Save the tops to trim off the pieces of green pepper for sauce.



2  15 oz. cans tomato sauce



½ of a small onion, diced

2 cups of rice, cooked according to box directions

½ - 1 tsp. salt



¼ tsp. pepper



Sprinkling of garlic and onion powders.



Recipe:



Brown hamburger in frying pan with onion and the small pieces of diced green pepper that were taken from the tops of the peppers. Sprinkle on the garlic and onion powder as well as the salt and pepper. Brown, breaking up the hamburger as it cooks. Cook until juices run clear. Drain.

 Return hamburger mixture to frying pan. Add tomato sauce and cooked rice to the hamburger mixture, stir well. Let simmer for 20 minutes until flavors are combined.



Meanwhile, put prepared green peppers in a large pot, add water to cover peppers. Cook over medium-high heat until peppers are almost fork-tender. Remove peppers from water, place in baking dish, standing peppers upright.

When hamburger mixture is finished cooking, spoon the mixture into the green peppers, filling each to the top. Extra filling should be placed around the peppers in the baking dish.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes until sauce is bubbling; remove from oven, let cool for 5 minutes so juices settle.


Serve.

 A Quick Tip: You may add a 1 ½ tsp. of brown sugar to the hamburger mixture if desired. This just enhances the flavors a little bit. An optional idea.