American
Stuffed Bell Peppers
Stuffed Bell Peppers is American home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 large bell peppers
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 14 oz diced tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cup shredded cheddar
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 375F and slice the tops off the bell peppers, removing the seeds.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet and brown the ground beef with the onion and garlic, about 7 minutes, then drain.
- Stir in the cooked rice, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, half the cheddar, salt, and pepper.
- Stand the peppers upright in a baking dish and fill them with the beef mixture.
- Add a splash of water to the dish, cover with foil, and bake 30 minutes.
- Uncover, top with the remaining cheddar, and bake until melted, about 10 minutes more.
Serve it with
A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Stuffed Bell Peppers, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Stuffed Bell Peppers carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, Vegetables, and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Stuffed Bell Peppers takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on bell pepper, beef, and rice.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.