Stuffed Bell Peppers Ala Frey

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 large green peppers
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 small zucchini
• 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
• 3/4 cup diced fresh celery
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon garlic granules
• 1 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons oil (vegetable or enova oil)
• 3 -4 cups seasoned tomato sauce (use tomato-wine sauce)

Recipe

• 1 wash peppers. cut them in half at the stem. clean the seeds and membrane from then and place them in a 9x13 pan.
• 2 wash the zucchini and cut them into quarters and finely slice them.
• 3 heat the oil in a large skillet.
• 4 saute the zucchini, mushrooms, celery, zucchini, onion and garlic until the vegetables are softened.
• 5 set aside and cool.
• 6 while vegetables are cooling, mix well the ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, garlic granules, paprika, salt and pepper.
• 7 when veggies are cool, mix into the ground beef mixture.
• 8 evenly distribute the beef amongst the pepper halves in the pan.
• 9 pour sauce over all.
• 10 cover pan with foil.
• 11 bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
• 12 check to see if peppers are done to your desire tenderness.
• 13 if not continue cooking uncovered until the peppers are done.