Stuffed Pepper Cups - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 medium green peppers
1 lb. ground beef
1/3 c. chopped onion
1 Tbsp. shortening
2 c. stewed tomatoes or 1 lb. can
3/4 c. packaged precooked rice
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
1 c. shredded sharp process American cheese

Preparation

Cut off tops of green peppers; remove seeds and membrane. Precook pepper cups in boiling salted water about 5 minutes. Drain; sprinkle inside with salt.
Brown meat and onion in hot shortening.
Add tomatoes, rice, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper to taste.
Cover and simmer until rice is almost tender (5 minutes).
Add cheese; stuff peppers and stand upright in a 10 x 6 x 1 1/2-inch baking dish.
Bake, uncovered, in a moderate oven for 25 minutes, until hot.
Sprinkle with more cheese.