Mamma Gallo's Stuffed Italian Style Peppers

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This is how my mom makes her stuffed peppers. It's a meal in itself. I love to top it with her sauce and some cheese.








Ingredients:
  • 2-3 tablespoon of oil
  • 1 1/2 lbs of lean ground meat - beef/turkey /pork
  • 1 onion chopped fine
  • 2 or 3 cloves of garlic minced
  • 2 large tomatoes diced into cubes
  • 1 8 ounce can of drained mushrooms (or you can use fresh about 5-8 ounces cut up)
  • salt and pepper to your taste
  • 1/2 cup Italian flat leaf parsley chopped finely
  • 3-4 leaves of basil chopped finely
  • 1/2 cup of grated cheese -Asiago, Romano or Parmesan- I prefer Asiago
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup cooked rice **Note -Cold rice is fine just make sure if you cook it fresh it's at room temperature
  • 4 bell peppers: green, red, or yellow
Directions:
    1. Wash and dry peppers.
    2. Cut the peppers in half, remove inside seeds and stem and set aside.
    3. In a large pan add the olive oil on medium heat and saute the onions and garlic.
    4. Add the meat and cook until the meat is no longer pink-break up the chopped meat with a spatula when cooking.
    5. Drain the excess fat from the pan.
    6. Add the parsley, basil, mushrooms and the tomatoes to the pan and cook until the water has evaporated.
    7. Set pan aside to cool to room temperature.
    8. Add the cooled rice to the pan and stir it into the room temperature meat mixture thoroughly.
    9. Add the eggs and cheese.
    10. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
    11. Set the oven to 350-375 degrees.
    12. Get a cookie sheet pan.
    13. Grease a pan with cooking spray or rub with a little oil.
    14. Spoon the mixture to each halved pepper and place it on the sheet pan.
    15. Place in the heated oven.
    16. Cook for 30-40 min.
    17. Serve as a main dish or side.
    18. Top with tomato sauce cheese and fresh basil if desired.

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