Italian Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients:
4 green bell peppers
2/3 cup cooked rice
1?4 cup olive oil, plus additional tablespoon
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons minced onion
1 tablespoon minced parsley
1 teaspoon salt, divided
3?4 teaspoon pepper, divided
1 1/2 cups canned tomatoes, drained
1?4 cup water
1?/ cup minced celery
Mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Cut top from each pepper. Remove white fiber and seeds; rinse cavities. Drop into boiling salted water to cover and simmer 5 minutes.
Remove peppers from water; invert and set aside to drain. Cook rice. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in skillet and add ground beef; brown and drain. Stir in onion, parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Mix with cooked rice. Lightly fill peppers with rice and meat mixture, heaping slightly. Place into baking dish.
Pour around peppers a mixture of tomatoes, water, celery, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Place a strip of mozzarella cheese on top of each Italian Stuffed Pepper.
Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
