All the flavors of stuffed peppers but in a casserole for ease of making and ease of eating – yummy goodness.
I shared this amazing stuffed pepper casserole a while back over at SomewhatSimple.com. I love stuffed peppers and making it in this casserole dish makes it so much easier to make than regular stuffed peppers, but just as delicious to eat! This casserole has the same great flavors without the work.
I was inspired for this dish from Yummy Healthy Easy and knew it was something I needed to recreate. But to change my dish a little, I seasoned it with Italian seasonings, instead of Mexican style spices, a la my Italian stuffed pepper recipe.
Stuffed Pepper Casserole
All the flavors of stuffed peppers but in a casserole for ease of making and ease of eating - yummy goodness.
Ingredients
- 1 TBS olive oil
- 2 cups diced bell pepper
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1/2 TBS minced garlic
- 1 lb ground beef (or ground turkey)
- 1 1/2 TBS Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 3 cups cooked rice
- 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese (divided)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large saute pan, add your olive oil, diced pepper, diced onion and minced garlic over medium high heat and cook for about 5 minutes until the veggies just start to get soft, stirring often.
- Add in your ground meat and cook until the meat is cooked through. Drain grease out of your pan.
- Add in your Italian seasoning, salt, tomato sauce, rice and 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese stir together.
- Pour everything into a large baking dish and top with additional 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake in oven for about 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes or so until cheese turns golden.
Kathy Chalmers says
Made this recipe. Was unable to get can of tomato sauce. Was able to use pasta cooking sauce. Found it a bit too much tomato flavour. Added sour cream. Next time I am going to add mushrooms for some extra flavour.
Can you suggest what else to use for the tomato sauce that is available in Australia
Aimee says
I’ve found there is something in Australia called tomato passatta, that should work? Otherwise just diced or crushed tomatoes would work too. You could always cut the amount if it’s too tomatoey for what you prefer
Judy Davis says
When I copy and paste recipes I like to get as much information; just in case I pass it on to someone. Yes, I always list who did the recipe and their website.
The stuffed-pepper casserol: How long to prep. and about how many with the recipe serve?