Nawlins Style Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe Southerngenius Kitchen

Steps:

• Brown ground beef with garlic, onions and celery.
• Prepare Dirty Rice.
• Add beef mixture to Dirty Rice and simmer for 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let sit 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare peppers by coring, removing seeds and cuting off tops (level the bottoms of any uneven so that they stand upright on their bottoms).
• Beat egg with Frank's Red Hot sauce and add 1 cup cheese to egg mixture.
• Add egg mixture to dirty rice/beef mixture.
• Stuff each pepper to the top with meat and rice mixture, and place in glass baking dish.
• Cover loosely with Alumnium Foil.
• Cook in oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven, uncover and top each pepper with remaining cheese. Bake uncovered for an additional 10 minutes.
• When finished, remove from oven and let sit 5 mins before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• Slice tops off of peppers and remove seeds and membranes.
• Blanch peppers in boiling water if desired.
• Set peppers in prepared dish.
• Cook sausage and garlic powder until sausage is browned.
• Drain.
• In medium bowl, stir together half of the French onions.
• Add rest of ingredients, mix well.
• Evenly spoon mixture into peppers.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until peppers are tender and filling is hot.
• Remove cover; top with remaining onions and bake 10 minutes more.