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Mediterranean Beef-Stuffed Yellow Peppers

Sweet, tender yellow peppers filled with oregano-and-cumin-spiced beef, tomato and zucchini, topped with salty feta and fresh parsley.

Mediterranean Beef-Stuffed Yellow Peppers

Ingredients

  • 1½ lb680 gPeppers, sweet, yellow, raw4 large, halved lengthwise and seeded
  • 1 lb500 gGround beef, 90% lean
  • 2¼ tsp10 gOlive oil
  • 1 medium110 gYellow onionfinely diced
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1 medium200 gZucchinifinely diced
  • 7 oz200 gDiced tomatoes, canned
  • 1 tbsp16 gTomato paste
  • 2 tsp2 gDried oregano
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cumin
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper
  • ⅓ cup crumbled60 gFeta cheesecrumbled
  • ¼ cup chopped15 gFresh parsleychopped

Steps

  1. Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Arrange the yellow pepper halves cut side up in a baking dish.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up, until browned, about 6 minutes.
  3. Add the onion and zucchini and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, oregano, cumin, cinnamon, salt and black pepper for 1 minute.
  4. Stir in the tomato paste and diced tomatoes and simmer until thick, about 5 minutes, until the beef reaches 160°F (71°C).
  5. Spoon the filling into the pepper halves, cover the dish with foil and bake 25 minutes.
  6. Uncover, scatter the feta over the top and bake 10 minutes more, until the peppers are tender and the feta is lightly golden.
  7. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve two halves per person.

Contains: Milk.

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