Amanda's Stuffed Peppers

Serve these beef and mushroom stuffed peppers with salad and breadsticks for a hearty and delicious meal. If you don't like the rice in regular stuffed peppers you will love this one!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 608 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 pound ground beef
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 (26 ounce) can spaghetti sauce
• 6 white mushrooms, chopped
• 4 bell peppers, tops cut off and seeded
• 0.5 cup bread crumbs
• 0.75 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 0.5 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 0.75 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 0.5 small onion, finely chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13 inch baking dish with aluminum foil.

Step 2

In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, garlic, 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, egg, onion and mushrooms. Spoon mixture evenly into the seeded bell peppers. Replace tops. Place stuffed peppers in lined baking dish.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven for one hour, or until meat stuffing is cooked through. Remove from oven and discard pepper tops.

Step 4

Sprinkle tops of peppers with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Return dish to oven until cheese is melted, about two minutes.

Step 5

In a saucepan, heat spaghetti sauce on stove over medium heat, stirring regularly. When sauce begins to steam, remove from heat and pour over top of peppers.