Italian Beef + Bell Peppers. Stuff bell peppers with a flavorful mixture of ground beef, rice, onions and Italian seasonings. It's easy enough to make for a weeknight meal because we've omitted the added step of precooking the bell Rinse bell peppers. If necessary, cut thin slice from bottom of each pepper so they stand upright.

This colorful combination of bell peppers and onions can be grilled together and served with a grilled protein source of your choice. Transfer the beef to a clean cutting board. Add the bell peppers to the cooking liquid and simmer with the Sauté. You can have Italian Beef + Bell Peppers using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian Beef + Bell Peppers

1. You need of Hamburger meat.
2. Prepare of Spaghetti sauce.
3. Prepare of Green bell pepper sliced.
4. You need of Yellow Bell pepper sliced.
5. You need of Yellow onion sliced.
6. You need of Shredded parmesan cheese.
7. You need of Minced garlic.
8. Prepare of Italian seasoning.
9. Prepare of Rice of choice.

In a large bowl mix together the cooked rice and the raw ground beef. Add the egg, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to your taste, and mix very well.(I find it's best to mix it with your hands like meatloaf.). This is a great Italian-style rice and beef stuffed bell pepper recipe with a homemade tomato sauce that can easily feed a family or dinner party. Peperonata or Italian Bell Pepper Stew is a traditional Italian recipe where bell peppers and onions are simmered together to create a tasty dish.

Italian Beef + Bell Peppers step by step

1. Brown hamburger meat. Add garlic when almost brown. Drain meat and set aside.
2. Warm spaghetti sauce.
3. Sautee bell peppers and onions in olive oil. Add minced garlic when pepper onion mixture is almost done..
4. Serve bell pepper onion mixture topped with hamburger meat, sauce, parmesan cheese, and seasoning..
5. Serve over rice (or not!).

It never ceases to amaze me how different regions in Italy (and sometimes adjacent cities) will have slightly different variations of the same basic recipe. An Italian beef is a sandwich, originating in Chicago, composed of thin slices of seasoned roast beef, simmered and served au jus (known by locals as 'gravy') on a long Italian-style roll. This simple technique makes stuffed peppers even more delicious. Sweet bell peppers stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, Italian sausage, rice and a Creole tomato sauce, topped with cheddar cheese or slices of Velveeta. Well, the poor bell pepper falls right into that category of any other whole veggie that is stuffed - even though most often the very veggie he is.