How to Make Yummy Summer Stuffed Peppers

Summer Stuffed Peppers.

You can have Summer Stuffed Peppers using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Summer Stuffed Peppers

1. You need 8 medium of yellow, green, or sweet red peppers.
2. Prepare 1/2 of garlic clove, minced.
3. Prepare 1 of 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef ( I use chuck).
4. It's 1 medium of onion, minced.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of finely chopped cabbage.
6. Prepare 1 medium of carrot, shredded.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of shredded zucchini.
8. It's 1 can of (28 ounces) tomatoes with liquid, cut up.
9. You need 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
10. You need 1/4 tsp of dried basil.
11. Prepare 1 of pepper to taste.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of long grain rice, uncooked.

Summer Stuffed Peppers instructions

1. Cut the tops off each pepper and reserve..
2. Cook peppers in boiling water until crisp-tender, about 2-3 minutes..
3. Remove from water and rinse with cold water..
4. Remove stems from pepper tops and chop enough of the tops to make 1/3 cup..
5. In a large skillet, brown ground beef over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, cabbage, carrot, zucchini and reserved chopped peppers..
6. Saute until vegetables are tender. Add tomatoes, rice, sugar, basil and pepper. Cover and reduce heat to simmer..
7. Cook until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Stuff hot meat mixture into peppers. Serve immediately..