southwestern stuffed bell peppers

🥘 Ingredients

• • lean ground beef
• • onion
• • taco seasoning mix
• • egg
• • cooked rice
• • bell peppers
• • diced tomatoes
• • salsa
• • cheddar cheese
• • sour cream

📝 Instructions

1. 1 combine beef , onion , seasoning mix and egg in a large bowl
2. 2 add rice and mix well
3. 3 cut peppers in half lengthwise
4. 4 remove seeds and membrane
5. 5 spread tomatoes on the bottom of an ovenproof 12 x 9 inch baking dish
6. 6 the liquid from the tomatoes will reduce during cooking so if you like lots of sauce , add about a cup of water
7. 7 this also helps make the peppers softer
8. 8 place peppers , cut side up , on top of the tomatoes
9. 9 spoon beef mixture into peppers , mounding as necessary
10. 10 top each pepper with salsa
11. 11 bake in preheated 375f oven for 40-45 minutes or until beef is cooked thoroughly and peppers are soft
12. 12 cover each pepper with cheese and return to oven , under the broiler , until the cheese melts- less than a minute , so watch carefully !
13. 13 serve with sour cream and additional salsa