Easiest Way to Make Favorite Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, italian stuffed peppers w pasta. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook italian stuffed peppers w pasta using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta:

1. Get 4 large bell peppers
2. Get 1 1/2 lb lean ground beef
3. Take 1 cup steamed rice
4. Prepare 1 can diced tomatoes
5. Make ready 2 cans Tomato Sauce
6. Get 1 small onion finely chopped
7. Get 1 cup chopped parsley
8. Get 2 tbsp granulated garlic
9. Take 2 tbsp Italian seasoning
10. Make ready to taste Salt
11. Make ready To taste pepper
12. Take 1 tsp Red pepper flakes
13. Get 1 tbsp granulated sugar
14. Take 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
15. Prepare 1 cup shredded mozzarella
16. Get Pasta (your choice) I use spaghetti, linguine, or Angel Hair

Steps to make Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta:

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Cook rice
3. Boil water in a steamer sauce pan. Prepare peppers by cutting tops off them. Save tops to chop and cook in beef stuffing. Clean inside of peppers removing all seeds. Place in steamer and allow to cook for 8-10 minutes until they are hot and softer. Your choice how soft or crunchy you want them. Remember they will soften more in the baking process. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. In skillet brown the beef. Drain any excess fat. Then add olive oil to keep moist and add additional flavor. Add 1/2 cup chopped parsley, chopped onions, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
5. Add rice to browned beef. Mix thoroughly. Set aside.
6. In a saucepan add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, rest of chopped parsley, 1 tbsp granulated garlic, 1 tbsp Italian seasoning, salt, sugar, red pepper flakes, and EVOO. Heat for 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat.
7. Place pepper cups in large baking dish. Fill each one completely with beef and rice mixture. Pour tomato sauce over peppers completely. Cover with foil. Bake in oven for 35-40 minutes.
8. Cook pasta to al dente in boiling water. Approximately 8-10 minutes.
9. Remove peppers from oven. Remove foil and cover with mozzarella cheese. Bake in oven 5-10 minutes until golden brown.
10. Serve peppers with a side of pasta as shown above. Enjoy.

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