Stuffed Bell And Jalapeno Peppers

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 -5 bell peppers
• 4 -5 jalapeno peppers
• 1 -2 lb ground meat
• 2 cups jasmine rice
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons parsley (preferably fresh, but dry is good as well)
• 2 eggs
• 2 -3 fresh garlic cloves (i prefer fresh, but powdered or salt is fine as well, up to your preference)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (i use peppercorns in my grinder, nothing like your own grounded fresh peppercorns!)
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika (you can use regular paprika, but i prefer the smoked variety)
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (for some more heat)
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 hollow out your bell and jalapeno peppers, i dont like the hot spice from jalapeno so i discard the membranes and seeds.
• 2 mix together the ground meat, rice, onion, parsley, paprika, red pepper flakes, eggs, garlic, salt, ground pepper.
• 3 once that is mixed well, stuff into your bell and jalapeno peppers.
• 4 in a large pot mix together your tomato sauce and diced tomatoes and let them simmer.
• 5 preheat oven to 350 - 400 degrees.
• 6 once the tomato mixture has simmered about 5 - 10 minutes, it doesnt need to be boiling , just warm to hot temperature.
• 7 now arrange your peppers so they sit upright,make sure your peppers fit in the pan, if its too large the peppers will fall over and not cook evenly.
• 8 pour your tomato mixture into the pan , and ladle some sauce on top your peppers.
• 9 place in the oven and cook for 60 minutes, in 15 minute intervals, take out of the oven and baste the peppers.
• 10 hope you all enjoy this recipe, this is one of my favorite dishes in the world, but i like a bit of heat, hence the jalapenos and red pepper flakes. feel free to follow me here and on facebook!