Stuffed Green Peppers

Name: Stuffed Green Peppers
Yield: makes 4 servings
Ingredients: Cooking spray for the baking dish; 4 large green bell peppers; 1/2 pound ground beef; 2 tablespoons chopped onion; 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce; 1 cup dried bread crumbs; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/2 to 1 cup grated or crumbled queso fresco (about 2 to 4 ounces), for serving (see page 152); Pico de Gallo (page 20), for serving

December 9, 2011

Sweet bell peppers are stuffed with a very tasty beef filling and topped with queso fresco and pico de gallo, forming the green, white, red pattern that I love so much! This is a tasty and quick-to-make weeknight meal, which is also pretty enough to serve to company.

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