Stuffed green peppers (oven bag)
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Flour |
| 4 | cans | (6 oz. each) tomato paste |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Chopped onion |
| 1 | clove | Garlic,minced |
| 1½ | pounds | Ground beef |
| 1 | cup | Grated Cheddar cheese |
| 1½ | cup | Cooked rice |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| 6 | mediums | Green peppers |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Place large size (14 X 20") oven cooking bag in 12 X 8 X 2 baking dish.In small bowl,combine flour, tomato paste,water and sugar.Reserve ⅓ cup tomato sauce for meat mixture;pour remaining sauce into bag.Brown ground beef in skillet.Add onion and garlic;cook until transparent.Drain excess fat.Stir in cheese,rice,salt,pepper and tomato sauce.Remove tops and seeds from green peppers;stuff with meat mixture.Place stuffed peppers in bag.Close bag with nylon tie;make 6 half-inch slits in top.Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until peppers are tender.To serve, spoon sauce over stuffed peppers.Serves 6.