Creole Stuffed Peppers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 medium green peppers
2 Tbsp. butter
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 1/2 c. cooked rice
1 tsp. salt (optional)
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce

Preparation

Wash peppers.
Cut thin slices from stem end of each; remove seeds.
If necessary, cut very thin slices from bottom of peppers so they will rest evenly and not topple over.
Place peppers in boiling salted water; remove from heat.
Let stand 5 minutes; drain.
Preheat frypan to 300\u00b0.
Melt butter in frypan.
Add ground beef and onion; saute until brown, about 5 minutes.
Place meat mixture in bowl.
Add rice, salt, pepper and 1 can tomato sauce; combine thoroughly.
Stuff peppers with the mixture; place in frypan.
Pour remaining cans of tomato sauce into frypan, spooning some on top of each pepper.
Cover; reduce temperature to low.
Cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until peppers are tender. Baste occasionally.
Yields 6 servings.