Grilled Italian-Stuffed Peppers

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Delicious! No one knew I used Boca Burger ;)

posted by

karenjkni

on 9/10/2008

time

prep:

20 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

6 servings

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What You Need

1-3/4

cups water, divided

1-1/2

cups instant brown rice, uncooked

cups frozen BOCA Veggie Ground Crumbles

small zucchini, chopped

tsp. Italian seasoning

1-1/2

cups spaghetti sauce, divided

1-1/2

cups KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided

large each red, yellow and green pepper, halved lengthwise, seeded

Make It

HEAT grill to medium-high heat.

BRING 1-1/2 cups water to boil in medium saucepan. Add rice; cover. Simmer 5 min. Remove from heat; let stand 5 min. Stir in crumbles, zucchini, seasoning and 1 cup each spaghetti sauce and cheese. Spoon into peppers; top with remaining sauce and cheese.

PLACE each filled pepper half on center of 12-inch-square sheet heavy-duty foil. Bring up foil sides. Spoon 1 Tbsp. of the remaining water onto bottom of each foil packet. Double fold top and ends to seal packets, leaving room for heat circulation inside.

GRILL 20 to 25 min. or until filling is heated through and peppers are crisp-tender.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Use Your Oven

Heat oven to 375°F. Omit 1-1/4 cups water. Fill pepper halves as directed; place in 13x9-inch baking dish. Add 1/2 cup water to bottom of dish; cover with foil. Bake 30 min. or until filling is heated through and peppers are crisp-tender.

Creative Leftovers

Omit 1-1/2 cups water. Prepare as directed, using 2 cups leftover cooked brown rice.

Serving Suggestion

Serve with a tossed green salad drizzled with your favorite KRAFT Light Dressing.

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andrew_debbie

posted:1/22/2007

I prepared this following the recipe exactly. It came out ok but was a little bland for our taste. Next time I will add some garlic, mushrooms or herbs. Serving with Grated Parmesan cheese works well.

acarter4799

posted:1/15/2007

I changed up the meat in this recipe. i used lean ground beef instead. other than that, it was really good. easy to make and easy cleanup. my husband loved it but im not big on eating a whole bell pepper so i only ate the filling and about 2 bites of the pepper itself. overall we loved this one. its a keeper!

soxfan28

posted:11/9/2006

I used brown minute rice and ground sirloin and we LOVE this recipe! It's so tasty and low calories!

bigbouncy

posted:10/28/2006

I used long grain and wild rice and hamburger instead of the brown rice a boca meat. It turned out really good. I love stuffed bell peppers. I always forget how easy they are to make.

munnich

posted:9/7/2006

I have made this recipe both on the grill and in the oven. It is a great twist on regular stuffed peppers. Using the Boca crumbles makes this a healthy low fact dish that is full of flavor. It is a big favorite in my house.

bethellen71

posted:7/31/2006

I am vegetarian; my boyfriend is not. For his, I used a mixture of ground sage & ground hot sausage. He loves sausage. For both of ours, I ommitted the zuchini (didn't have on hand) and added chopped onion and garlic. I also substituted tomato sauce for the spagheti sauce. These came out great! I've been trying to use the grill lately so I don't heat up the kitchen with the oven. The consistancy and taste was wonderful.

mitchlnix

posted:6/27/2006

I would add a bit more spice next time. It was a little bland.

evansfolks

posted:5/30/2006

Great recipe, I have made it a few times with the oven directions and now I plan to make it on the grill. Can't wait to try it that way. This is an easy dish to incorporate help from my 3 year old. He loves to make it and eat it.

a cook

posted:4/24/2006

We used ground turkey and added some chili like another cook suggested. It was pretty good but not really worth the effort to make again. I do like the idea of it being served in the pepper so I am going to try and make some other dishes served like this.

a cook

posted:3/28/2006

I thought it needed a little extra flavor, so I added some chili sauce, cilantro and green onion to the meat mixture before scooping into the pepper. I also used ground turkey instead of BOCA. Very tasty, I will make again.