Beef / Pork

Beef and Basmati Stuffed Bell Pepper takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Beef and Basmati Stuffed Bell Pepper takes 30 minutes to cook.

Beef and Basmati Stuffed Bell Pepper makes 1 servings.

The ingredients for Beef and Basmati Stuffed Bell Pepper are:

1 medium green bell pepper with flattened base
0.75 cup prepared brown basmati rice (can be leftover)
0.5 cup cooked 85/15 ground beef (can be leftover)
1-1/3 cup marinara sauce (can be jarred)
2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Here is how you make Beef and Basmati Stuffed Bell Pepper:

1. Brown the ground beef.2. Prepare brown basmati rice per instructions.3. Prepare (if making from scratch) or heat (if jarred) the marinara sauce.4. Clean and core green bell pepper.5. In small bowl, mix 0.75 cup rice and 0.5 cup ground beef, then stuff inside cavity of green bell pepper.6. Pour 2/3 cup marinara sauce in bottom of small sauce pan with a lid (so bottom of pepper does not burn).7. Carefully place pepper inside to rest on sauce and so sides do not touch side of pan.8. Pour remaining 2/3 cup marinara over top, carefully so as not to dislodge any of the rice or beef but so it coats the side of the pepper. (It will run off in a minute or so, but that is fine.)9. Cover with lid and turn burner to low-medium or medium heat.10. Cook until pepper is fork-tender, approximately 30-45 minutes.Serving Size: Makes 1 serving of one full pepper. Enter 0.5 servings if you only eat half and save the other for another meal.Number of Servings: 1Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KASTRA.

The nutritional information for Beef and Basmati Stuffed Bell Pepper is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 1
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 576.6

• Total Fat: 19.1 g
• Cholesterol: 60.3 mg
• Sodium: 1,511.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 71.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.3 g
• Protein: 32.6 g