Spicy Stuffed Bell Peppers

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb lamb
• 1/2 cup long-grain rice, rinsed and drained
• 1 medium onion, finely diced
• 1 medim garlic clove, crushed in garlic press
• 1 -2 fresh hot pepper, minced and seeds discarded (may substitute with cayenne pepper to taste)
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander or 2 tablespoons parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 5 bell peppers
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce or 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato soup
• 2 tablespoons oil

Recipe

• 1 boil rice in a saucepan with three cups boiling salted water for 10 minutes. rinse with cold water and drain well.
• 2 heat two tablespoon oil in a skillet, add onion and cook over low heat until softened. let cool.
• 3 mix with remaining stuffing ingredients.
• 4 preheat oven to 350.
• 5 cut tops off of peppers and remove stem, core and seeds.
• 6 spoon stuffing into peppers and cover with reserved pepper tops. stand peppers in a baking dish into which they just fit.
• 7 pour tomato sauce over peppers.
• 8 sprinkle peppers with oil.
• 9 bake uncovered about 1 hour or until very tender.