Stuffed Peppers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 fresh green peppers (medium-size)
3/4 lb. ground beef
3/4 c. onions, minced
1 1/2 c. brown rice, cooked
1 (14.5 oz.) can Italian diced tomatoes
2 Tbsp. ketchup
1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Place peppers in microwavable dish, cut side down and cook on High, uncovered, for 4 minutes. Turn over. In mixing bowl, combine next 3 ingredients and mix well. Mix together diced tomatoes, ketchup and Tabasco sauce. Then add 1/4 cup of this to the ground beef, onion and brown rice mixture. Divide beef-rice-tomato mixture evenly among green pepper halves. Then spoon remaining diced tomato mixture over top. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until beef mixture is 160\u00b0.