Ground Beef Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

• large green bell peppers↗3
• cups water, Boiling, Salted↗5
• lb lean beef, Ground↗1
• cup onion, Chopped, 1 small↗1⁄4
• cup celery, Chopped↗1⁄2
• (8 ounce) can tomato sauce↗1
• teaspoon salt↗1
• teaspoon garlic salt1⁄4
• teaspoon Worcestershire sauce↗1
• cup instant rice, Uncooked↗1⁄2
• cup water↗1⁄2

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. 2

   Cut each bell pepper lengthwise in half.

3. 3

   Wash the insides and outsides of the peppers after removing the seeds and membranes.

4. 4

   Cook the peppers in the boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain and set aside. Cook and stir the meat, onion and celery in a large skillet until the meat is brown.

5. 5

   Drain off the excess fat. Stir in half of the tomato sauce and the remaining ingredients, heat to boiling then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.

6. 6

   Place the peppers, cut sides up, in an ungreased baking pan 9 X 9 X 2 or 8 X 8 X 2-inches.

7. 7

   Spoon the meat filling into each of the pepper half evenly and then cover the pan with aluminum foil.

8. 8

   Bake for 25 minutes then uncover and top with the remaining tomato sauce and bake an additional 5 minutes.