Ground Beef Stuffed Bell Peppers

Ground Beef Stuffed Bell Peppers

from recipezaar.com, recipe #3594

Ingredients

1 lb beef,Ground

1 large onion, chopped

1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce, divided

1 1/4 cups water, divided

1 (1 ounce) envelope garlic & herb salad dressing mix

1 cup white minute rice, uncooked

4 large green peppers, halved

1/4 teaspoon garlic powdersalt & pepper

Directions
1. Brown meat and onion in a large skillet on medium heat. Stir in 1 cup of the tomato sauce, 1 cup of the water and salad dressing mix. 2 Bring to boil. 3 Stir in rice, cover. 4 Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. 5 Meanwhile cut tops off peppers, remove seeds and cu in half. 6 Mix remaining tomato sauce, and water in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking disk. 7 Place peppers in dish. 8 Spoon meat mixture into peppers, cover with foil. 9 Bake at 400 for 35-40 minutes. 10 Spoon sauce over peppers before serving.

*I used red peppers instead of green per my sister's request: I think it was an improvement and it tasted better!