Stuffed Bell Peppers With Sausage And Rice

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 bell peppers
• 2 italian sausages
• 1 (8 ounce) box broccoli and cheese flavored rice mix
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained (reserve liquid)
• 1 cup cheddar cheese
• 1 1/4 cups water

Recipe

• 1 remove sausage from casing and place in a 2 quart sauce pan.
• 2 fry until browned.
• 3 pour off any extra grease.
• 4 add water, drained tomatoes, and rice mix to sausage in 2 qt pan.
• 5 bring to a boil.
• 6 turn down to allow mixture to simmer for 10 minutes or until waters is evaporated and rice is cooked.
• 7 while simmering, halve peppers and place in a large pot of boiling water for 5 minutes.
• 8 remove and place in casserole dish with reserved tomato liquide on the bottom.
• 9 add 3/4 cup of the cheddar cheese to the rice mixture and remove from heat.
• 10 stir until combined.
• 11 spoon rice mixture into pepper halves.
• 12 top with remaining cheese.
• 13 place in preheated oven at 350 degrees until cheese is melted.