How to Prepare Speedy Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, italian stuffed peppers w pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook italian stuffed peppers w pasta using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Stuffed Peppers w Pasta:

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