Main dishes

Italian Stuffed Green Peppers

photo by:kraft

Garlic, oregano, mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce lend Italian flair to these savory rice-stuffed peppers. Serve them with any simple meat entree.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

55 min

servings

total:

6 servings, 1 stuffed pepper half each

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what you need

green peppers, cut lengthwise in half

1/3

cup green onion slices

clove garlic, minced

Tbsp. butter or margarine

can (8 oz.) tomato sauce

cups hot cooked rice

1-1/2

cups KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided

3/4

tsp. dried oregano leaves

Make It

REMOVE seeds from peppers. Bring 1-1/2 qt. (6 cups) water to boil in Dutch oven on medium-high heat. Add green peppers. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes or until peppers are crisp-tender. Drain.

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Cook and stir onions and garlic in butter in medium skillet until garlic is tender and fragrant. Stir in tomato sauce, rice, 1 cup of the cheese and the oregano; spoon evenly into pepper halves. Place in 12x8-inch baking dish.

BAKE 20 minutes. Top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese; continue baking until cheese is melted.

* Made with quality cheeses crafted in the USA.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Substitute 1-1/2 cups KRAFT Finely Shredded Italian* Five Cheese Blend for the KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese.

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bkilker123

posted:11/10/2008

YUM! Used ground turkey in these and added some tomato soup since I didn't have any tomato sauce. I also added extra italian spices, some italian bread crumbs and a little cayenne pepper for a kick. Great dinner!

millsaps4

posted:5/28/2008

My husband loved these! He said they were the best I have ever made. I did add hamburger meat to mine and substituted te tomato sauce with Ragu Parmesan and Romano spaghetti sauce.

sasha_girl

posted:9/15/2007

My family loved this....I just added ground beef and it was very filling! Have made again and will make again.

owenssd

posted:12/22/2006

The rice filling was good, but these were not very filling. I think I will follow the advice of some of previous poster and add sausage or ground meat next time.

adculver

posted:4/4/2006

Very flavorful, leftovers were even better than the original meal. My husband loved it!

chadnamanda22

posted:9/28/2005

I was sort of disappointed with these. The rice and tomato sauce inside the peppers was really kind of plain. I am going to add a little bit of ground pork (or beef) with some enchilada sauce and maybe diced tomatoes. It needs more to it. But, I will probably keep making this, just adding more to it to get the flavor I want.

amazingfelix

posted:9/12/2005

I use hot italian sausage in this recipe. This is better with sauted celery and onion. I also add 1 cup wild rice mixed with the white rice. I have used both kinnds of cheese also. Very, very good!

greeneyesess

posted:8/26/2005

Absoluty fabulous...My husband and I loved it. I added some hot italian susage to spice it uo, and used a can of diced tomatos instead of sauce. to have some tomato chunks.....It was a great recipe.

truckers_wife38

posted:4/10/2005

EXCELLENT!!! My family loves it. This is something that will become a monthly meal for my family!!!

silverlve

posted:3/24/2005

I added some cooked spicy sausage to the recipe and it was delicious!