Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients

• 15 ounce tomato sauce divided canned
• 0.3 cup celery chopped
• 1.5 cups rice cooked
• 6  pasilla peppers green seeds removed
• 1 pound ground beef 
• 6 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 1 tablespoon onion grated

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• pot
• baking pan
• spatula

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook green bell peppers in the boiling water until soft, 5 to 8 minutes; drain.
3. Cook ground beef in large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking into small pieces with a spatula as it cooks, until completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
4. Drain and discard excess grease.
5. Transfer beef to a large bowl.
6. Stir rice, celery, onion, and about half the tomato sauce with the ground beef; season with salt and pepper. Stuff cooked green peppers with the ground beef mixture.
7. Arrange stuffed peppers in a baking dish.
8. Pour enough water into the baking dish to about 1-inch deep.
9. Pour remainder of tomato sauce over the peppers.
10. Bake in preheated oven until heated through, about 30 minutes.