As many recipes exist for stuffed peppers as for meatloaf. Here is one really good one.
Rose's Stuffed Peppers:
- Make one batch of basic Italian ground beef mixture
- cook it, breaking up the chunks, until brown - can use a
microwave (with stirring every 3 minutes) or a frying pan
- pour off the grease
- cut tops off 5 large green peppers with as large a hole as possible
while still not cutting down the pepper's side
- wash, remove seeds and white tissue from pepper's interior
- fill peppers with cooked meat mixture, put lid back on
- place in a large sauce pan
- cover with sauce (below)
- bring to a boil then lower heat
- cook with a cover over medium heat on stovetop for about 1 hour
Stuffed Pepper sauce:
- fry a chopped onion in olive oil
- add 64 ounces crushed tomatoes (2 large cans)
- salt and pepper to taste - good with lots of pepper
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
Serve over cooked rice