My Favorite Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice 
• 15 ounce tomato sauce canned
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 6 large bell peppers green halved seeded
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper 
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander 
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin 
• 6 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 1.5 pounds ground beef lean
• 1 teaspoon olive oil or as needed
• 1  onion diced
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded finely
• 2.5 cups water 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• casserole dish
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Bring 2 1/2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. Drizzle olive oil in a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
4. Fill a separate saucepan with water and bring to a boil; add green bell peppers and simmer for 3 minutes.
5. Transfer peppers to a bowl of ice water until peppers are cooled. Arrange peppers in the prepared casserole dish.
6. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Return skillet to heat; mix onion and cooked rice into ground beef.
7. Pour tomato sauce into ground beef mixture and stir to combine.
8. Mix garlic, coriander, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into ground beef mixture. Simmer until flavors have combined, 10 minutes.
9. Remove from heat and spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons ground beef mixture into each bell pepper half.
10. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over each filled pepper. Cover casserole dish with aluminum foil.
11. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
12. Remove aluminum foil and continue to bake until cheese is bubbling and melted, about 15 more minutes.